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The leader in balanced literacy.
*NEW*COMING IN JANUARY 2002!
Achieving Writing Proficiency Workshop
Achieving Writing Proficiency is
designed to help intermediate and middle school teachers prepare
their students to succeed in standardized writing
assessments. The two-day Achieving Writing Proficiency
workshop helps teachers gain knowledge about their stat writing
standards and assessments.
Achieving Writing Proficiency was
developed by Connie Prevatte to help teachers teach writing, use
of graphic organizers and use appropriate language for each
genre. Teaching writing strategies include pre-writing,
note taking, revision and editing.
| 1. The Writing Perspective |
5. Narrative Revision
Mini-Lessons |
| 2. Getting Started |
6. Narrative Prewriting:
Structural Organization |
3. Expository Revision
Mini-Lessons |
7. The Lesson |
4. Expository
Prewriting:
Structural Organization |
8. Putting It All Together |
At a cost of $239 per person, an Achieving
Writing Proficiency workshop can be held at your staff
development site for a minimum of 50/maximum of 125
participants. Participant materials include a resource
booklet and CD-ROM containing writing workshop mini-lessons.
Research shows that follow-up and coaching days
are necessary to ensure effective staff development over
time. Rigby Professional Consultants provide follow-up
days designed to reinforce and clarify information, and
opportunities to review new teaching practices. Three days
of recommended follow-up include:
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Day 1- Modeled lessons with questions and
answers session.
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Day 2- Small group or grade-level planning
sessions (requires substitute teacher)
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Day 3 - Observation of teaching practices
with feedback
Cost of follow up days: $2,600 per
consultant per day.
IMPROVE YOUR STUDENT WRITING ASSESSMENT
SCORES!
Call Rigby Professional Development toll free at
800-822-8661 extension 2200 to schedule an Achieving Writing
Proficiency workshop today!
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