This full-day training includes two sessions: "Help Your Students Write a Constructed Response for Success in College and Career" and "Differentiating Writing Instruction: Create an Environment that Supports ALL Learners in Becoming Successful Writers".
Current shifts in standards as well as the revised high school completion tests require students to cite evidence when writing constructed responses. Explore strategies for helping learners move from novice to competent writers, respond to different text types, and master steps involved in writing constructed responses.
Learn practical strategies to differentiate instruction and help ALL your students increase their writing performance. Explore how principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can help diverse learners to meet with success in writing. Discover how providing options for the ways that students access and engage in learning can motivate them to reach their writing potential.
- Distinguish between text types and their uses (with an emphasis on argument writing)
- Write a strong thesis statement, or claim
- Discuss use of evidence to support claims (CCRS shift #2)
- Define the principles of differentiated instruction (DI) and of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Identify the benefits of incorporating DI and UDL principles into writing instruction
Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to:
Picknelly Adult and Family Education Center - Room PAFEC 402/403
206 Maple St.
Holyoke, MA 01040
United States
