Professional development
Practical skills for teaching writing
My professional development workshops for writing teachers emphasize
thesis + support (or persuasive pattern) writing,
the kind nonfiction writing required in academic and workplace situations.
I like to keep the workshops small (6-12 people) so we can discuss a topic adequately and still finish on time.
English language arts teachers and homeschoolers seeking professional
development in 2011 can choose from these online courses:
English language arts teachers lag behind
math and science teachers in their use of informal writing activities
to engage students, foster learning, and provide quick feedback.
As a participant in the professional development workshop Crafting
Informal Writing Prompts, you will learn how and when
to use informal writing in the ELA classroom with students
13 and older by actually using writing
prompts in the session.
Crafting Informal Writing Prompts is a 75-minute
live workshop. The fee is $39 (USD) per participant. To register
for this workshop, click
here. To inquire about rates for having me deliver this workshop
for your group or organization, click here.
Teachers can reduce their workload by crafting
good writing prompts that address issues within their discipline.
Learn the tricks of crafting authentic writing prompts
for topics other than literary works in my two-session
workshop on crafting formal writing prompts. After you learn what
makes a good ELA prompt, you will either find or develop prompts
for both competent and not-yet-competent writers
on a range of topics within the English language arts curriculum.
At the end of the workshop, you'll receive copies of all the participants'
prompts.
Crafting Formal Writing Prompts consists of two 75-minute
live professional development sessions. The fee is $75 (US) per
participant. To register for this workshop, click
here. To inquire about rates for having me deliver this workshop
for your group or organization, click here.
The five paragraph essay has has been the
standard tool for teaching writing for centuries: its predictability
makes it appropriate for developing competent writers.
By applying some creativity, you can use the standard formula five-paragraph
essay to teach critical thinking skills and encourage
creativity in student writers 13 and older.
In the workshop Get Creative with the 5-Paragraph Essay,
you will learn how to slip requirements into writing prompts to
ease competent student writers into expanding their repertoire of
writing strategies in ways that have true real-world applications.
Get Creative with the 5-Paragraph Essay is a 75-minute
live workshop. The fee is $39 (USD) per participant. To register
for this workshop, click
here. To inquire about rates for having me deliver this workshop
for your group or organization, click here.
Colleges and employers want students who are
able to bring creativity to bear on real world problems. They have
very little use for imaginative writing.
In the professional development workshop Shape Creativity in
Nonfiction Writing, you will learn simple, easy ways to promote
creative thinking in ways that teens and adults who hate Jane Austen
and poetry readings will find useful and perhaps even enjoyable.
The same tricks will help highly imaginative youngsters apply some
of their inventiveness in practical ways.
Shape Creativity in Nonfiction Writing is a 75-minute
live workshop. The fee is $39 (USD) per participant. To register
for this workshop, click
here. To inquire about rates for having me deliver this workshop
for your group or organization, click here.
Lectures, worksheets, and exercises for
plagiarism prevention have little effect unless students have mastered
the correct way of using sources. Learn three strategies
to make sure your students 13 and older can use sources correctly.
The anti-plagiarism strategies I will show you can be used by teachers
in any discipline. However, the examples I use in this workshop
are drawn from English language arts.
Plagiarism Prevention is a 75-minute
live workshop. The fee is $39 (USD) per participant. To register
for this workshop, click
here. To inquire about rates for having me deliver this workshop
for your group or organization, click here.
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