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A 3-Day
Writing Revival
Bring Back the Joy
Free Your Student's Voices and Create Lifelong Writers
A dynamic 3 Day Writing Retreat
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, handouts morning refreshments. 18 hours of PD certificate.
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
Register today, Risk free.
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 STAAR prep with a real writing workshop approach
- 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
- Us poetry slam to boost writing joy
- Master the art of Wacky We-search
- Get giggly with grammar and boost enthusiasm
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.
If this workshop doesn't ignite your passion for teaching writing you might want to make sure you have a fuse!
Laurie McDaniel, 9th grade
After the End is my favorite book on teaching students the art of revision, and it should be part of every writing teacher’s professional library.
Kelly Gallagher