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"THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF EFFECTIVE WRITING:

USING FOCUS CORRECTION AREAS TO DEVELOP

STRONG, ERROR-FREE SENTENCES"

(Grades 2 to 12)

WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION

For teachers in grades 2 to 12 in all subject areas, curriculum coordinators, principals, supervisors, curriculum committee members, school-based management team members, and special educators. 

This workshop is for all teachers, whether you use the Collins Writing Program^SM, or not. You’ll discover the power of using Focus Correction Areas™ (FCAs) to help students become advanced writers. This workshop takes an in-depth look at “style” by concentrating on seven strategies for building clear, descriptive sentences. You’ll also discover what the “priority conventions” are and how to use FCAs to get your students to address them in their writing. As a result of attending this workshop, you’ll be fully equipped to bring the writing in your classroom alive--with fewer errors. 

PARTICIPANT LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Take an in-depth look at the foundation of good writing, the sentence, including

  • Simple sentences

  • Simple sentences with multiple subjects

  • Simple sentences with multiple predicates

  • Compound sentences

  • Complex sentences

  • Compound-complex sentences

• Build quality sentences using activity templates

• Learn how to effectively incorporate figurative language into sentence building activities

  • Similes

  • Metaphors

  • Figures of speech

  • Hyperbole

  • Personification

• Learn how to integrate Sentence Building and the Collins Writing Program

• Learn how to identify and focus on essential writing conventions for your students

• Learn how to embed essential conventions in meaningful writing experiences for your students

• Learn how to make students more responsible for their own editing

• Learn how conventions can be used to balance your focus correction areas (FCAs)

• Actively participate in a variety of fun sentence building and other activities

All participants will receive a complimentary copy of Seven Sentence Building Activities to Develop Advanced Writers by Jerry Morris and a classroom set of 25 Essential Conventions Check Mate folders and the accompanying classroom poster by Gary Chadwell.

SPECIAL NOTE: This listing of workshops reflects the most current information available. Please note that courses may be added, and occasionally, courses may be canceled.