Austin, TX - Informational/Expository
The strategies taught through Empowering Writers have been a most valuable asset to the staff…our STAAR results from last spring were amazing!
Barbara Lange - Brinker Elementary, Plano ISD
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Event Details
January 29 @ 8:30 am - 3:30 pm
This workshop is intended for teachers of students grade 2 and above, or any teacher responsible for teaching informational/expository writing. Come away with engaging lessons aligned to the NEW STATE STANDARDS that have clear objectives that will empower you to:
- understand a variety of writing challenges: informational essay/report, the “how to” piece, compare contrast
- explore opportunities for analyzing the organizational structure of the informational/expository essay
- learn specific strategies for crafting strong introductions with attention-grabbing leads create clear, concise topic sentences
- generate a number of broad yet distinct main ideas
- write a variety of powerful supporting details
- construct conclusions in which main ideas are creatively restated
- receive powerful exemplars of informational/expository writing for classroom use
- make the connection between powerful informational/expository exemplars and reading comprehension task
Required Resources:
The required resource for this workshop is the Informational/Expository Guide, available in print or digitally with a license to the Hub.
This workshop uses a digital handout (there will not be any printed handouts at the workshop.) We recommend you download and print it prior to the workshop. Access to the digital handout will be delivered with your registration.
*To access either the digital guide or handout during the workshop, you will need to bring a fully charged device. 
