2023 Writers Remix Institute for Grades 4-7
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Learn strategies to build better writers
This one-day face to face or virtual & interactive institute will equip you with some of our very best strategies for teaching writing.
During the live event, choose which sessions you would like to attend. Then, after the institute is over, you can continue learning with your on-demand access to every session for an entire year!
Writers Remix Institute for Grades 4th and 5th
March 4th- Virtual Only 9am - 3pm
(Virtual Registration Fee: $169.00)
March 9th- Face to Face or Virtual 9am - 3pm
(Face to Face Registration Fee: $225.00)
Writers Remix Institute for Grades 6th and 7th
March 25th - Virtual Only 9am - 3pm
(Virtual Registration Fee: $169.00)
March 30th - Face to Face or Virtual 9am - 3pm
(Face to Face Registration Fee: $225.00)
Location:
1270 Conrad Sauer, Ste. 103
Houston, TX 77043
Overview
During this Institute, you will learn how to motivate and assist developing writers. You will get an overview of the writing basics, focusing on the importance of the task, audience, and purpose. You will also discover how to organize your materials to create an inviting writing environment.
This Institute will discuss each step of teaching writing and the strategies you can use with your students. You will learn how to strengthen your students' writing using technology. Along the way, you'll develop engaging lessons for literary response, narrative writing, expository writing, and persuasive writing. You will also discover the secrets of effective writing assessment as you learn about evaluation tools like portfolios and rubrics. The approaches you learn will enable you to put everything you know about teaching writing into an applicable, workable format.
What you will learn
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Explore writing across the curriculum, and learn how to provide plenty of writing opportunities in every subject area
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Explore the basics of teaching writing by learning how to create an engaging writing task with a specific audience and purpose
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Discover how to use technology as a tool for strengthening writing
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Develop engaging lessons for literary response, narrative writing, expository writing, and persuasive writing
How you will benefit
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Become an effective teacher of planning, researching, organizing, writing, editing, and sharing
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Gain confidence in your ability to teach writing skills to students of varying skill levels
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Learn how to use and develop writing skills in a number of situations and content areas