EDITING, REVISING & MORE WORKSHOP
Teach Your Students Important Editing & Revising Skills to Strengthen their Writing
WHO: Teachers, Grades 3-6
This presentation includes dynamic, interactive modeling by the presenter. All participants are encouraged to actively engage during the workshop by providing responses during the modeling segments, asking questions and interacting with others when possible.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN:
This workshop is geared for any teacher responsible for teaching editing and revising for grades 3-6. Empowering Writers will provide the “how” for delivering direct instruction in revising and editing. Experience how specific instruction of grammar and mechanics brings clarity to all forms of communication. Come away with so much more than just “skill and drill”!
HOW THE DAY BREAKS OUT:
Participants will:
- Recognize the movement of skills through grade levels
- Connect skills to content area topics/themes for powerful applications
- Understand the parts of speech as the building blocks of language
- Explore hands-on-activities designed to make learning grammar engaging
- Learn effective strategies for revising sentences
- Utilize student work for authentic application
- Build instructional confidence through focused skills
Resource Available: Editing, Revising & More Teacher Manual with either printed Student Books (Grades 3-4 & 7) or Digital Student Pages (Grades 3-7)
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Workshop Requirements:
Each participant is required to have the corresponding Empowering Writers' Editing & Revising teacher and student resources (digital or printed).- Remember that Empowering Writers’ Editing, Revising and More digital guide includes a school year HUB license that delivers digital teaching resources for an entire school year of editing and revising instruction. The HUB allows for easy, online access to your Editing & Revising resource, along with a wealth of other done-for-you resources and teach-it tools to access online and use now through June 30, 2022. Teachers love the EW HUB for their writing instruction!