Learning Opportunities

Build cross-curricular connections through Narrative Writing! Come join our training team where Carla Thio, our Master Trainer in Canada, will be presenting our narrative workshop in person.

Learn skills and strategies for teaching effective narrative writing whether you teach ELA, Social Studies, Humanities or Science. We will make connections to all parts of your curriculum so you can seamlessly apply the skills your students learn to your content area topics.

This workshop is geared towards teachers grades 2-8. Empowering Writers' approach to writing instruction is student centered and teacher friendly.

WHAT YOU GET: 

• 6 hours of Informational Writing instruction withMaster Educator Carla Thio
• Full year access to digital resources on the Empowering Writers HUB 
• Morning Refreshments and Lunch

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Foundational writing skills that start by reading with “Author’s Eyes,” instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text through annotation and analysis, how to break the writing process down into manageable pieces, how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work, differentiation strategies, and the confidence to teach narrative writing as you build a community of writers through common language and assured experiences.

HOW THE TRAINING BREAKS OUT
Part 1– Launching into Literacy         

•         Understanding EW’s Methodology and
  how it creates writing success
•         Recognizing Genre
•         Identifying Organizational Frameworks
  (e.g., Informational vs. Narrative)
•         Learning How to Annotate and Analyze Text
•         Finding Literary Elements for Literary Analysis
•         Identifying Text Conventions (clues) for Constructed Response

Part 2 - Narrative Skills

•         Developing an Entertaining Beginning
•         Creating Elaborate Details
•         Building Suspense
•         Describing the Main Event
•         Developing Extended Endings

Part 3– Putting It All Together

•         Practicing Process Writing
•         Forming Assessment Rubrics

·          Recap of Today’s Learning – Narrative Writing