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• In-Person, Tues. 9/29 - Rocky Hill, CT - Launching into Literacy - Diving into Informational Skills (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    29 Sep 2026
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    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Hampton Inn & Suites Rocky Hill - Hartford South 685 Cromwell Ave, Rocky Hill CT
  • Spaces left
    39

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  WHO:  Teachers, Grades 2-8

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: 

  Instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text, apply analysis skills to constructed response, confidently teach informational and opinion writing, and learn how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work.  Gain understanding of foundational writing skills to effectively respond to text. 

  HOW THE DAY BREAKS OUT:
  
  Part 1– Launching into Literacy      

  • Understanding EW’s Methodology and how it creates writing success
  • Recognizing Genre
  • Identifying Organizational Frameworks (e.g., Informational vs. Narrative)
  • Learning How to Annotate and Analyze Text
  • Finding Literary Elements for Literary Analysis
  • Identifying Text Conventions (“clues” discovery) for Constructed Response
    

  Part 2– Informational Skills

  • Developing Broad, yet Distinct Main Ideas
  • Creating Detail-Generating Questions
  • Widening Sentence Variety
  • Conducting/referencing Research
  •  Building Introductions and Conclusions

  Part 3– Putting It All Together

  • Practicing Process Writing
  • Forming Assessment Rubrics
  • Recap of Today’s Learning – Informational Writing

  WHAT YOU GET: 

  • 6 hours of Informational Writing instruction (taught by Master Educators)
  • Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development
  • Register Today to hold your spot!  Whether paying by credit card now, or using a check/PO for payment later, you can be sure your seat is secure now, so that you won’t miss this valuable training to enhance your writing instruction.  (Note registration window closes approximately 24 hours prior to the training time)

  Workshop Requirements:
  
  Each participant is required to have the corresponding Empowering Writers’ teaching manual (digital guide or printed manual) for this Informational writing workshop.  Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

  • Remember that your Empowering Writers’ digital guide includes a year-long HUB license that delivers Informational digital teaching resources for an entire year of informational writing instruction.  The HUB allows for easy, online access to your Informational Writing digital guide, along with a wealth of done-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online and use for a year from payment date.   
    
    Teachers love the EW HUB for their writing instruction!

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• In-Person, Thur. 10/29 - Rocky Hill, CT - Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr 2-8)

  • When
    29 Oct 2026
  •  
    8:30 AM - 3:30 PM
  • Location
    Hampton Inn & Suites Rocky Hill - Hartford South 685 Cromwell Ave, Rocky Hill CT
  • Spaces left
    40

  Register

  WHO: Teachers, Grades 2-8

  WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:  

  • Create both Short and Extended Constructed Response by applying specific skills to tasks that require students to identify and cite evidence from text
    

  • Review foundational skills for application to Constructed Response: analyze and annotate source text, deconstruct the task

  • Model the step by step process for both Short and Extended Constructed Response using source texts

  • Create an effective response using specific tools and strategies such as paraphrasing and citing evidence from the source text

  • Develop Key Comprehension Questions for use with a variety of source text - reading adoptions, stories, articles, science and/or social studies text

  • Utilize the Framing Questions for literary analysis

  • Evaluate responses using rubrics to target areas of weakness for focused instruction

  Required prerequisite: Background in Empowering Writers Informational/Expository 6 hour training recommended.

  
  

  How the day breaks out:

  Part 1: Focus on Short Constructed Response

  • Review foundational skills

  • Introduce and practice the Step by Step Process for Short Constructed Response

  • Model paraphrasing and citing evidence using source texts

  • Examine how to use the Detail Generating Questions to improve the response

  • Develop Key Comprehension Questions

  • Introduce and Model Literary Analysis

  • Evaluate a response using the Short Constructed Response Rubric to determine strengths and weaknesses

  Part 2: Focus on Extended Constructed Response

  • Compare each Step by Step Process to identify new learning

  • Practice the Step by Step Process for Extended Constructed Response using a single source text

  • Take it to the Next Level - Model and practice the Step by Step Process for Extended Constructed Response using multiple source texts

  • Evaluate a variety of prompts/tasks to determine how to approach them

  • Highlight inferential and evaluative thinking in response tasks

  WHAT YOU GET:

  • 6 hours of Constructed Response instruction (taught by Master Educators)
    
  • Certificate of Attendance for 6-hours of Professional Development

  • Register Today to hold your spot!  Whether paying by credit card now, or using a check/PO for payment later, you can be sure your seat is secure now, so that you won’t miss this valuable training to enhance your writing instruction.  (Note registration window closes approximately 24 hours prior to the training time)

  • Print guides are available for purchase in our Bookstore.

  
  

  
  

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