GGA10-03:  IMPROVING WRITING INSTRUCTION

INSTRUCTOR(S): Sara Heisler, sheisler@ashland.k12.wi.us
GRADE LEVEL: 1-12 Language Arts, Special Education, & Core Subject Teachers
(5-Day Workshop)
 

If your writing instruction is not producing the results that match state standards expectations, this workshop offers solutions.  Regular and special education writing teachers may choose to improve their own classroom instruction, or focus on a district-wide perspective to improve their K-12 writing program.  Math, reading, science, and social studies teachers will learn how to incorporate their subject’s writing standards so the focus remains on teaching content, not teaching the art of writing.  Instruction can also address WKCE exams, AP English exams, ACT and SAT writing. 

Participants work at their own paces in their own areas of interest.  Teachers are encouraged to bring their own instructional materials, curriculums, and student samples.  Daily options include one-on-one instruction, observing methods in mock-classroom situations based on participant needs, and sharing information with other teachers.  Participants also have access to the Internet, instructional videos, and six hundred pages of bound information about teaching thinking and writing skills coordinated to specific expectations and writing samples for each grade level.   

Participant Outcomes:

	Knowledge of how to coordinate writing expectations to state standards
	Knowledge of classroom expectations and methods which meet state writing standards
	Knowledge of rubrics and assessment strategies that improve writing and meet state evaluation standards
	Practical application to a unit of instruction or project that is useful to each teacher