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Lucy Calkins
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A 3-Day
Writing Revival
Bring Back the Joy
Create a Class of Lifelong Writers
A dynamic 3 Day Writing Revival
with author and outstanding presenter Barry Lane
For teachers 3-12 (and anyone who teaches writing)
"If you're not excited about teaching writing after this workshop, check your pulse."
Billy Morrison, 5th grade teacher
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Fee: $595 per person includes 6 books/DVDS, handouts morning refreshments and more. 18 hours of PD certificate.
Official hotel is the Hilton Garden Inn Energy Corridor Rate of $109 LINK TO REGISTER Any hotel in the west Houston area near I 10 will be close to 2600 Gessner rd.
Bring the whole team and the Principal comes for free!
PLC special : Principals attend FREE when 3 teachers from their school attend. Call 1-802-829-1321 to add them to the list. Email purchase orders to accounting@discoverwriting.com
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Have you lost your passion for teaching writing or not found it yet? Has writing become more of a predictable performance and less of an art? Do your students groan when it’s time to write because they see writing as filling in simple outlines or following prescribed formulas instead of discovering their own unique voices? Do your students see elaboration as just adding more stuff because they are supposed to?
If so, you might need a 3 Day Writing Joyfest: a 3 day retreat where you, think, write, and learn ways to create a class of real writers who elaborate their ideas and craft real meaning in whatever genre they write, including the STAAR test.
3 Day Joy-filled Agenda: Some highlights from each day
Day One : Getting Started: You're a Writer; Teach Writing
- Replace test prep with a real writing workshop class
- Make time, space and choice the foundation of your day
- Teach writing from a writer's perspective
- Use the 3 questions of identity to drive deeper learning
- Teach voice and choice through poetry
- Lead with curiousity instead of only structure
- Learn transformational power of writing badly
- Create a sense of play through notebook quickwrites
- Mine memory for ideas, events and connections
- Turn rigor to vigor with using fluency techniques
- Use kinesthetic learning to morph writing into performance
- Teach the Specific Ocean and the Mountain of Wisdom
- Create a question culture to drive learning
- Play with essay structure
- Grow stories from characters
- Use written conversations to drive learning
- Learn the art of writing conferences
- Teach meaningful elaboration, not just adding more details
- Use snapshots, thoughtshots and dialogue for revision
- Use songs to teach students revision strategies and explore themes
- Create a student centered writing class
- Help reluctant writers and 2nd language students find their voices
- Prepare for the STAAR test without losing your power as a teacher
Day Three: Bringing it all home: A Year of Joyful Writing
- Use folders and portfolios to assess writing
- Help students learn the art of self-reflection
- Use mentor text and text structures to improve writing
- Having fun with grammar and teaching in context
- Teach the sweet spot to improve argument writing
- Learn online resources and digital tools to boost passion
- Turn Rigor to Vigor and bring it all home.
Laurie McDaniel, 9th grade
