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The Write Tools 101: The Two-Day Foundation Workshop
In our basic, introductory training, we develop the common language and basic strategies that lay the foundation for a school-wide approach to writing. This two-day workshop provides K-12 teachers with essential strategies and hands-on practice so they can immediately implement these instructional tools in their classrooms.
The Write Tools 101 includes strategies for:
- Responding to reading
- Building better sentences
- Planning before writing
- Expository paragraph writing
It also includes
- Summary writing overview
- Multiparagraph essay writing overview
- Emphasis on the full writing process
- Correlations to reading
- Connections to 6 + 1 Traits of Writing
This workshop can be geared to large or small groups, as well as groups representing a variety of grade levels and content areas. These two days lay the groundwork for all future trainings.
By the end of the basic training, participants have learned and practiced practical, easy-to-adapt, use-them-tomorrow strategies that give teachers the necessary confidence and tools to be exceptional teachers of writing.
For the two-day basic training, you will use The Write Tools binder. The binder includes sections on:
- Building Better Sentences
- Expository Toolbox: Planning for Writing
- The Stand-Alone Paragraph
- Revising, Conferencing, Editing, and Publishing
- Multi-paragraph Expository Writing
- Writing a Summary
- Student Pages (reproducibles for immediate use)
The "Student Pages" section contains the same worksheets that are used during the training. These can be reproduced as handouts or overhead transparencies and used in your classroom the next day.
We have allowed room in the binder for further training with our advanced modules. If you obtain further training, you need only purchase the module you desire. Each module comes shrink-wrapped with a tab and can be slipped into your binder. This keeps your material costs low and keeps you organized!
If you are interested in viewing sample pages and a strategy from the binder, click here.