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Dislike writing? |
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| Believe they can't write? |
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| Are continually saying, "I donšt know what to write."; "I canšt think of anything to write."? |
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| Seem like they are being tortured any time they are asked to complete a writing assignment? |
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| Have no concept of a first draft? |
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| Rarely edit and revise their work?
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Would you love to see these students discover that they can write and can also enjoy and value writing? Would you like to see them actually read what they have written and make revisions? Would you like to relieve your anxiety about how they might perform on writing assessments? Then this workshop is for you!
Resistance to writing can be one of the major obstacles to improving writing achievement. If we canšt get them to write, we can never help them to improve their writing skills. This fast paced, active class will provide you with specific activities which will greatly increase the fluency, quality and quantity of student writing, while also increasing their motivation to write. You will learn effective ways to get students to hear how their writing actually sounds, which encourages them to evaluate and improve their writing. You will further find strategies with which to model good writing and the writing process, as well as ways to teach specific strategies for students to plan, proofread, edit and revise their writing.
These practical activities, techniques and strategies are research-based and teacher-tested, and can be immediately incorporated into your current writing curriculum. Teachers who have employed these strategies have seen immediate results and find that their students:
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are overcoming their blocks to writing |
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| perform better on writing assessments |
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| are motivated to write, enjoy writing and have positive attitudes towards writing |
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| write more descriptively |
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| believe they have something important to say |
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| revise and edit their work |
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| are comfortable expressing their ideas in writing |
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| write fluently, coherently and correctly |
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| see that writing is important in all content areas |
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| greatly increase the amount they write |
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| improve sentence construction, spelling and handwriting |
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| employ a variety of strategies for planning, revising and editing their writing |
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| see the connection between reading and writing |
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| write even when it isn't required |
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| write more creatively |
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In addition to the improvement in writing, application of the material from the workshop will also result in:
- Improved Classrooms Climate
- Increased Acceptance and Tolerance
- Greater Student Empathy
- Increased Cooperation
- A Decrease in Negative Interactions
- Improved Reading, Listening and Speaking
A book of over a hundred pages, detailing all of the strategies presented, as well as other practical material for use in your classroom will be provided.
Who Should Attend: Any teacher (including General Ed, Special Ed, Title I, & ESL teachers) who wish to improve students writing fluency and skills.
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- "These writing activities will be a wonderful addition to my writing program."
- "It was truly amazing that such little change in instruction can greatly affect student production. The best thing was seeing them have pride and confidence in their writing."
- "Students actually began bringing me unassigned writing which they had been doing outside of the classroom."
- "Išve seen a complete turnaround in the attitudes my students have towards writing."
- "I have found that your sharing sentences is a wonderful, quick way to practice some basics in sentence writing. Grammar, mechanics, and composition are all touched upon in one quick easy lesson."
- "What a great way of getting students past their writing blocks"
- "The techniques really helped some of my students to get back on track with their writing projects, and most important, they began to enjoy writing."
- "The results were excellent. Interest level remained high throughout the writing process, as students were genuinely concerned about their final products."
- "They all wrote fast and furiously and most volunteered to read what they wrote. They loved it. It was the first assignment EVERYONE completed and handed in!"
- "This writing process lends itself to creativity and more interesting writing, and develops better writing mechanics and style."
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Bob Wack brings a broad range of classroom teaching and teacher training experience to his high energy, enthusiastic and informative presentations. He has taught at the elementary and secondary levels in general ed, special ed, remedial ed, and at two alternative schools, as well as serving in several consultative positions. In addition to creating and presenting his own workshops on teaching self-motivation, cooperative learning, writing strategies, classroom management, conflict resolution and consultation and supervision techniques, he has conducted inservice presentations for numerous schools and districts around the US. He has taught writing at the elementary, middle school and high school levels. Thousands of teachers have successfully used his writing strategies in their classrooms.
In 1984, Bob created Effective Learning Resources as a means to offer quality, practical training to teachers and other educators. He has trained over 24,000 teachers in the last 21 years.
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Bob Wack is also available for on-site presentations on this and other topics.
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Spring 2005 Schedule Coming Soon
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You can receive 1.5 Quarter, which is the same as 1 Semester, units or credits. Cal State operates on a Quarter, rather than a Semester, system, but the credit you receive will be the same as a 1 credit course which you might take from a university which operates on the semester system.
Official Name & # of Course: Increasing Writing Achievement TED 7326 (The course # 7203 on the flyer was an error.)
Cost: $81, Payable to California State University, East Bay. This will be paid at the workshop; can be paid by check, VISA or Mastercard.
Requirements: Participation in the live workshop, plus a paper which will mostly describe how you used the information from the class. (Even if you are not currently teaching, you will be able to fulfill the requirements for the course.)
For Classes taken in January or February, you can take the class as a Winter class (ends March 10) or a Spring class (Ends June 1). (If you need a grade for before the end of June, you will want to register for the Winter Quarter. If you are not able to finish by early March, you would merely take an incomplete and then complete the course by May to ensure that you get your transcript in time)
California State University, East Bay has both baccalaureate and graduate degree programs and is accredited through the Western Conference of Colleges and Universities.
The credit issued by California State University, East Bay is upper division, post-baccalaureate (postgraduate) credit. The University doesn't call it graduate credit, because it is not automatically applicable to a graduate degree program in the California State University system. (People have applied credit from my Cal State classes to their Masteršs programs.) States and school districts treat this credit just as if it was graduate credit. I have never had anyone who reported that this credit was denied for salary increment. (For you Ohio folks who need to recertify, hundreds of Ohio teachers have applied this credit for that purpose.) I have on rare occasions received calls from people who have taken the class who have been told that the credit would not be honored, but in every case, once I explained the credit to the administrator, the credit was accepted. If you, or someone in your district, has questions about the applicability of the credit, please don't hesitate to contact me.
Registration for credit, and the collection of all fees relating to the academic credit, will take place the day of the workshop.
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Cost: $105 (Payable to Effective Learning Resources), if payment or purchase order is received at least five days before the day of the class, then $110 up to the day of the class and $115 if payment or p.o.is received after the class. $10 off for first year teachers. $10 off if three or more teachers from the same school register together. Discounts can be combined.
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Registration: You can register by printing out the Live Workshop form, filling in the pertinent information, and faxing or mailing it back to Effective Learning Resources as directed on the form.
You can also email registration information to us. Simply provide the information below in your email:
Name
Address
Work phone
Home phone
School name
District name
Grade levels
Method of payment that will be coming (e.g., check, purchase order, credit card).
We accept Discover, Visa, Mastercard & American Express. You can e-mail your credit card number, be sure to include the expiration date.
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