You were relaxed, fluent, and knowledgeable. You obviously enjoy what you do. I can also create programs and speeches to fit conference themes. In addition, I can present writing inservice programs for individual school staffs or district-level groups of teachers. As we all know, the first draft is only a beginning place.
Good writing depends on revision.
Using six-trait writing and Writing Workshop approaches, you will learn six strategies for motivating students to revise their writing by helping them to see how revision improves writing. This workshop is heavily-illustrated with examples of student writing. While the qualities of good writing cut across all genres and forms of writing, each genre or form has its own rules. Using six-trait writing and Writing Workshop approaches you will learn specific steps to use in teaching any genre or form of writing from essay to narrative to poetry to biography and beyond. You ll also learn some fun ways to incorporate writing into your science and social studies curriculum.