1st Annual
UWM Writing Project
Conference on the Teaching of Writing
Conference on the Teaching of Writing
All PK-12 Teachers
Saturday, November 9th, 2013
9:00 - 3:30 PM
UWM School of Continuing Education
$30 includes lunch buffet:
Soup, Salad
Fried Chicken, Beef Stroganoff & Vegetable Pasta Saute
Cookies
Beverage
Soup, Salad
Fried Chicken, Beef Stroganoff & Vegetable Pasta Saute
Cookies
Beverage
For more information, contact:
Dr. Karen Rigoni
The following inquiry projects are scheduled to be presented at this year's conference:
Listen, Look, Learn…Then Teach: Improving the Quality of Conferences in a Writing Workshop Classroom
Presenter: Mary Armstrong, Stormonth Elementary School (Fox Point-Bayside School District)
Description: Adopting a framework for one-on-one writing conferences helps teachers to meet diverse needs in their classrooms and to guide all students in their growth as writers. This interactive workshop uses examples of best practice and authentic student writing to introduce participants to a conference framework and the rich, intentional language that supports it.
Audience: K-8 Educators
Moving Students from Definitions to Applications: A case for writing in Science classrooms
Presenter: Paula Krukar, Whitefish Bay High School, 2013
Description: Teaching writing is the job for the English teachers, not Science teachers. There is no time to add one more thing into the jammed-packed curriculum. Ever heard those excuses form content area colleagues or made them yourself? This workshop will disperse these two excuses and show the participants the need and the way to incorporate meaningful writing activities into the Science classroom.
Audience: K-12 Educators
Travel the Author Paved Road: Revising Writing using Mentor Texts
Presenter: Jennifer Laffin, Lake Geneva Schools
Description: Revision could quite possibly be the most important part of the writing cycle, yet it is the stage that most students avoid and many teachers have no idea how to teach. Connect reading and writing by teaching your students to use their favorite authors as writing coaches as they learn to revise their writing using mentor texts. Revising will never be boring (or dreaded) again!
Audience: K-12 Educators
Moving Beyond Formula Toward Better Student Writing
Presenter: Lisa Moore, Cedarburg High School
Description: If not the five-paragraph essay, then what? In this workshop, participants will learn
how to design assignments that empower students to structure their writing in response to their specific audience and purpose. Participants will get hands-on practice in using mentor texts to teach students to think strategically, rather than formulaically, about writing.
Audience: 3-12 Educators, Curriculum Directors
e-Portfolios: Positively Powerful An Introduction to Online Portfolios
Presenter: Carrie Nelson, Brown Deer Schools
Description: This interactive session includes how to update the concept of writing portfolios using 21st Century tool. Participants learn about the expanded definition of e-Portfolios, current research that backs best practices of the Common Core, and how to implement parts of it in their classroom the next day.
Audience: K-12 Educators
Differentiating Writing Instruction in the Elementary Classroom
Presenter: Leslie Peters, Kenosha Unified Schools
Description: How can differentiated
writing content be implemented in
the classroom to meet the needs of diverse learners? In this workshop,
participants will learn how to differentiate writing content. Then, they
will produce a written piece using a differentiated strategy.
Audience: K-5 Educators
Connected Learning: Using Texture Texts to Help Students Become Better Critical Consumers of Text and Develop Higher Level Thinking Skills
Presenter: Jody Rodewald , Oak Creek High School
Description: Feeling disconnected with your curriculum? This interactive session discusses texture texts - the layering of multiple types of text - as a way to offer students a richer reading experience. Participants will experience how incorporating texture texts develops higher level thinking skills and produces more meaningful writing.
Audience: 6-12 Educators
Want to Spark a Writing Revolution? Put Writing Circles in Action
Presenter: Kelly Saunders, Nicolet High School
Description: Looking for a practical way to motivate your students to write more while also meeting the
Common Core State Standards? Try a writing circle. Based on the work of Jim Vopat, writing circles offer students a low-risk, collaborative forum to write, share, and respond easily and effectively in any classroom. This interactive workshop will lead you through essential strategies for getting a writing circle started.
Audience: 3-12 Educators
Differentiating Writing: Using Scaffolding Techniques to Reach Struggling Writers
Presenter: Jamie Silver, Brookfield Central High School
Description: Discover ways to differentiate writing in your mixed-ability classroom. In this workshop participants will explore ways to differentiate by process for student readiness and consider a variety of scaffolding techniques for struggling writers. Participants will also participate in collaborative writing to experience differentiation strategies themselves.
Audience: K-12 Educators
To Teach Grammar, or Not to Teach Grammar?
Presenter: Michelle Streed, Tenor High School
Description: Grammar instruction may have been the bane of participants’ existence while in compulsory schooling, but no more! Participants will engage in instructional strategies and activities to support development of how to effectively teach grammar within the context of writing. Participants will leave the session with guiding principles of grammar instruction, including deciding what is taught and imbedding grammar within the writing process.
Audience: K-12 Educators
The Mini-Lesson: Unlocking the Key to a Successful Writer’s Workshop
Presenter: Sara Skiba, Cedar Hills Elementary School
Description: Are you tired of just “winging it” when teaching writing? Or maybe you feel ill-equipped to effectively implement writing instruction? During this session on mini-lessons, participants will be given the opportunity to learn about the purpose, structure, and types of mini-lessons.
Audience: K-12 Educators
To Group or Not to Group: Blended Collaboration within the Writing Process
Presenter: Shannon Behm, Mitchell Middle School
Description: “Group Work”, the mention of this phrase evokes collective groans from students and educators, yet the ability to work collaboratively is a valued 21st century skill. This interactive session explores the benefits and challenges to collaboration with in the writing process and engages participants in strategies for effective collaborative writing.
Audience: 3-12 Educators
Creating and Using Effective Rubrics for Quality Standards Based Assessment
Presenter: Dawn Schlipp, Rufus King High School
Description: Need help grading? This workshop offers tips and strategies to create and use effective rubrics for performance task assessments. Participants will learn about several strategies that promote student self-assessment through rubric development and use in the classroom. Teachers will critically examine sample rubrics and receive additional resource suggestions for effective rubric creation and use.
Audience: K-12 Educators
Writing from the Real World: Using Mentor Texts to Guide & Improve Student Writing
Presenters: Tracy McCubbin & Jennifer Kavatovich, Bradley Tech High School
Description: In this workshop, navigate the process of using real world texts in the classroom to improve student writing. Participants explore the Mentor Text Model of “Read, Analyze, Model, and Emulate” to provide writers a scaffolded approach to the writing experience.
Audience: K-12 Educators
On-Demand Writing
Presenters: Jared Gilbert & Kristy Mathieu, Bradley Tech High School
Description: During this workshop, participants will delve into the formation of arguments for the purpose of responding to on-demand writing prompts. Prompts at all grade levels, from daily warm-up writings to the AP exam, will be covered. Participants will leave with an understanding of how to incorporate claim, evidence, and explanation into their curriculum regardless of discipline.
Audience: 3-12 Educators
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