Oklahoma Writing Project 
Hosting August Conference
Getting Started on the “Write” Foot
How to Begin Your Year with Writing
Come Learn How to Incorporate Writing into Your Existing Curriculum
 
  • Presentations will include practical, developmentally appropriate ideas to build writing skills and literacy using Oklahoma PASS Standards
  • Participants will review the 6 Traits of Writing and how to use these traits to increase student achievement
  • Participants will learn the writing process and other helpful classroom strategies.   
  • Participants will be actively involved and leave with lessons that can be immediately implemented.
  • Participants will learn how to create a classroom that is excited to write!

Saturday
August 29, 2015
Dale Public Schools
300 Smith Avenue
Dale, Oklahoma 74851
Cost: $40.00 per person
Only 30 minutes from OKC Metro/Easy I-40 Access 

Schedule:
8:30-9:00 Registration
9:00-10:30 Session 1
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Session 2

 Schedule Sessions for these breakout grade level spans: Kdg-2nd; 3rd-5th, 6th-8th. 9th-12th
(Changes could be made based on registrations)

Planned Sessions and Titles:
Kdg-2nd Grade Session Led by Heather Pogue
Getting Started Write Away!
Using Picture Books and Authors to Teach the Six Traits of Writing in the K-2 Classroom 
 Are you trying to find ways for children to apply the writing process?  This workshop will help integrate the use of picture books and authors to address the six traits of writing while establishing and developing your classroom community.

3rd-5th Grade Session Led by Kim Schooler
Beginning the Year the "Write" Way
“A notebook can be a clearing in the forest of your life, a place where you can be alone and content as you play with outrage and wonder, details and gossip, language and dreams, plots and subolots, perceptions and small epiphanies.”­Ralph Fletcher. This is the love we seek to instill in our students. However, from some students you hear, “I don't know how to write, I don't have anything to write about!" Participants in this interactive workshop will learn to build a community of writers from the very first day of school, the writing process, and how to implement the six traits into writing.

6th-8th  Grade Session Led by Melanie Vincent
Beginning in the Middle: How to use the six traits to start your writing program for the year in MIDDLE school
In this hands on workshop, teachers will learn about the six traits of writing and how to incorporate them into their classrooms with literature and writing activities. Teachers will leave with activities that can be used in their classrooms immediately and will encourage even their most hesitant writers. 

9th-12th  Grade Session Led by Jason Stephenson
BUILDING WRITERS FROM THE START
Writing is an essential part of the any high school classroom, but sometimes it's challenging knowing how to begin. In this interactive workshop, learn strategies for building a community of writers who pick their own topics, create drafts, offer feedback, and actually revise. We'll also learn about the six traits of writing and how they can be assessed to make grading more efficient.


All Sessions taught by OWP Teacher Consultants/ Highly Qualified Oklahoma Classroom Teachers

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Registration Deadline August 21, 2015
Space is limited. Register TODAY!!!


Questions Contact: Audra Plummer [log in to unmask]; (ph) 405-401-1348

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Audra Plummer  M. Ed.
Co-Director of Inservice
Oklahoma Writing Project
University of Oklahoma
Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education
338 Cate Center Drive, Room 190
Norman, Oklahoma 73019
Phone: 405-401-1348
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