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Workshops and Coaching packages available, customized to meet your needs.

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Workshops

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K-1 Getting Ready to Write:

Teach your students how to identify genre and author’s purpose, and develop the foundational skills of narrative, informational and opinion writing.

K-1  A Sentence A Day:

The focus begins in Kindergarten with pencil placement, spacing, and letter formation. The resource then progresses to writing sentences and building powerful vocabulary, alongside grammar and conventions. 

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Literacy Launch Grades 2-8:

Teachers will introduce students to each of the organizational structures, learn to summarize text, and internalize the annotation and analysis process for both narrative and informational/opinion texts

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Informational Grades 2-8 (with Literacy Launch)

Learn to confidently teach informational and opinion writing effectively, respond to text and apply analysis skills to constructed response.

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Constructed Response Gr. 2-8

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

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Narrative Gr. 2-8 (with Literacy Launch)

Learn to teach narrative writing, and how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work. Gain understanding of foundational writing skills to help students effectively respond to text and strengthen both writing abilities and reading comprehension skills.

Bookstore Graphic (2500 x 1500 px) (4000 x 2500 px)

Grammar: Editing & Revising

Empowering Writers will provide the “how” for delivering direct instruction in revising and editing.

Upcoming Workshops at a Glance

Workshops By Location - In Person:

Canada:
Oct. 24, Friday - Narrative, Edmonton - Early Bird Specials!
NEW! Oct. 27, Monday - 2hr Live Zoom - A Sentence A Day - geared for K-2 Canadian Educators
Nov. 7, Friday - Live Zoom Narrative geared for Canadian educators
Nov. 13, Thursday - Narrative, Calgary - Early Bird specials!
Nov. 14, Friday - Narrative, Camrose (new location) - Early Bird specials
Dec. 1, Monday - Informational, Calgary - Early Bird specials!
NEW! Dec. 3, Wednesday - 2 hr Live Zoom - A Sentence A Day - geared for K-2 Canadian educators
Feb. 19, Thursday - Informational, Edmonton - Early Bird specials!
Feb. 20, Friday - Narrative, Calgary - Early Bird specials!

Texas:
Oct. 16, Thursday - Constructed Response, ESC 19 TX
Oct. 21, Tuesday - Informational, Arlington TX
Oct. 23, Thursday - Constructed Response, Channelview TX
Oct. 28, Tuesday - Getting Ready to Write Gr. K-1, Tyler, TX
Oct. 29, Wednesday - Constructed Response, Tyler TX

NEW Illinois:
Sept. 25, Thursday - Diving into Informational Skills - North Cook ISC
Oct. 28, Tuesday - Constructed Response - North Cook ISD
Nov. 13, Tuesday - Using Student Writing Sample Data to Inform Instruction • ZOOM SESSION
Jan. 15, Thursday - Empowered Assessment - Part 1: Analyzing Response to Text Tasks • ZOOM SESSION
Feb. 19, Thursday - Empowered Assessment - Part 2: Creating Effective Text-Based Writing Prompts

Massachusetts:

Sept. 25, Thursday - Informational, Foxborough MA
Oct. 7, Tuesday - Getting Ready to Write K-1, Foxborough MA

 

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Zoom: Available Everywhere

The Literacy Launch! Leveraging the Reading/Writing Connection (Gr. 2-8) 2 Hour, 9 - 11am Central
Sept. 23, Tuesday - 2hr Live Zoom
On-Demand 2 hour PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

Launching into Literacy - Diving into Narrative Skill (Gr. 2-8)
Oct. 3rd, Friday, Live Zoom
On-Demand PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

Launching into Literacy – Diving into Informational Skills (Gr. 2-8)

Sept. 17, Wednesday - Live Zoom
Oct. 16, Thursday - Live Zoom
Nov. 13, Thursday - Live Zoom
On-Demand PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

Sentence A Day (Gr. K-2)
Oct. 2, Thursday - 3hr Live Zoom. 9am - 12pm Central
NEW! Oct. 27, Monday - 2hr Live Zoom geared for Canadian Educators, 4-6pm Mountain
Dec. 3, Wednesday - 2hr Live Zoom geared for Canadian Educators, 4-6 Mountain Time

Constructed Response - A Step by Step Approach (Gr. 2-8)
Sept. 25, Thursday - Live Zoom
Oct. 22, Wednesday - Live Zoom
Nov. 18, Tuesday - Live Zoom
On-Demand PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

Getting Ready to Write - (Gr. K-1)
Oct. 14, Tuesday - Live Zoom
On-Demand PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

Editing & Revising Workshop (Gr. 3-6)
On-Demand PD (available 24/7 for 14 days)

NEW! Launching into Literacy: Diving into Informational & Narrative Skills Workshop
Sept. 20, Tuesday - Live Zoom
Oct. 28, Tuesday - Live Zoom


Introductory Webinars for Canadian Educators

Register using the link below for any free 1 hour session and learn how EW meets the Alberta Curriculum. 

Oct. 15th - Intro to Empowering Writers Kindergarten - Grade 1 for the Alberta Curriculum

Oct. 21st - Empowering Writers: Grades 2-6 - How to Approach Narrative and Informational Writing While Meeting Alberta Curriculum Standards

Nov. 18th - Intro to Empowering Writers Kindergarten - Grade 1 for the Alberta Curriculum

Nov. 19th - Empowering Writers: Grades 2-6 - How to Approach Narrative and Informational Writing While Meeting Alberta Curriculum Standards

 

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