the Hub - On-Demand Launching into Literacy - Diving into Informational Skills (Gr 2-8) (DIGITAL)(CANADA)

Watch and learn how to teach the foundational skills of Informational Writing with this on-demand teacher’s course. You can view, pause, and replay this content or break your learning into bite-size sections that work with your school schedule. This flexible format makes learning easy!

Teach Your Students How to Apply Analysis Skills to Constructed Response

WHO: Teachers, Grades 2-8
Registration is required per person.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN: Instructional tools to support deeper comprehension of text, apply analysis skills to constructed response, confidently teach informational and opinion writing, and learn how to provide actionable feedback when assessing student work. Gain understanding of foundational writing skills to effectively respond to text.

HOW THE DAY BREAKS OUT:

Part 1– Launching into Literacy (content repeated in both Narrative and Informational workshops)

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” discovery) for Constructed Response

Part 2– Informational Skills

Developing Broad, yet Distinct Main Ideas
Creating Detail-Generating Questions
Widening Sentence Variety
Conducting/referencing Research
Building Introductions and Conclusions

Part 3– Putting It All Together

Practicing Process Writing
Forming Assessment Rubrics
Recap of Today’s Learning – Informational Writing

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WHAT YOU GET:

6 hours of Informational Writing instruction (taught by Master Educators)
Digital handout and reflection sheet to accompany your training day.
On-Demand access available for 14 days
Certificate of Participation, available upon request.
Ongoing support from the Empowering Writers’ team to ensure your success through virtual teacher talks, online chat Q&A, webinar trainings and much more!
Register Today for immediate online access to this valuable, on-demand writing instruction.

Workshop Requirements:

Each participant is required to have the corresponding Informational teacher resource (digital or printed) which is not included with PD. If you don't already own the corresponding digital or print guide, please select your grade level from the dropdown menu to add the digital resource to your purchase.

The Hub digital guide includes a one-year license with an annual renewal and includes lessons, videos, PowerPoints, and other teaching tools for a full year of instruction.

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