Writing Workshop for 3-8 Grade Level Educators
RE-INVIGORATING THE SECOND-R:
HELPING STUDENT WRITERS GROW IN CONFIDENCE AND SKILL
with Ann Ellsworth
When: February 23, 2018 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Where: Montec Building, 1121 E. Broadway, Missoula, Montana
Six OPI renewal units available
Registration fee: $99
Lunch on your own
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The workshop will cover:
About the presenter:
Ann Ellsworth has taught in elementary and secondary schools in Wisconsin and Montana, and has led reading and writing professional development workshops across Montana and the Midwest. She was awarded the 2016 Montana Reading Teacher of the Year, and was a finalist for two national teaching awards. Presently she works with teacher candidates at Montana State University-Bozeman She has served as editor of the MONTANA STATE READING JOURNAL and is working with a publisher on a book on how to improve student writing.
RE-INVIGORATING THE SECOND-R:
HELPING STUDENT WRITERS GROW IN CONFIDENCE AND SKILL
with Ann Ellsworth
When: February 23, 2018 9:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Where: Montec Building, 1121 E. Broadway, Missoula, Montana
Six OPI renewal units available
Registration fee: $99
Lunch on your own
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The workshop will cover:
- Small successes pay off. Find out how short, low-risk assignments pave the way for more complex writing. Lots of ideas shared for narrative and expository writing.
- Writing with a purpose: Jazz up an ordinary assignment so students have a “let’s do it” attitude!
- Writing across the curriculum: Bring Science and Social Studies topics to life through writing exercises that are meaningful and fun.
- Scaffolding student writing with graphic organizers. See how organization within the paragraph and between paragraphs improves.
- Revision, not editing: Find out 3 ways to teach students to revise at the sentence level—not merely change a word or add a comma—but rework the sentence so it’s structurally more complex and interesting.
- Learn 5 Tips for Writers that take an ordinary piece to the next level.
About the presenter:
Ann Ellsworth has taught in elementary and secondary schools in Wisconsin and Montana, and has led reading and writing professional development workshops across Montana and the Midwest. She was awarded the 2016 Montana Reading Teacher of the Year, and was a finalist for two national teaching awards. Presently she works with teacher candidates at Montana State University-Bozeman She has served as editor of the MONTANA STATE READING JOURNAL and is working with a publisher on a book on how to improve student writing.
