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Teaching Pre-AP and AP English: Style Analysis

By Deborah Louis | March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

We offer several AP/Pre-AP sessions.A. Preparing Students for the AP Literature and Composition Free Response Question This workshop is two days, 5 hours each day (not including lunch); Day 1 is a prerequisite for Day 2. Teachers learn how to …

Teaching Pre-AP Style Analysis

By Deborah Louis | March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

We offer several AP/Pre-AP sessions. A. Preparing Students for the AP Literature and Composition Free Response QuestionThis workshop is two days, 5 hours each day (not including lunch); Day 1 is a prerequisite for Day 2. Teachers learn how to …

Teaching Expository/Informational Writing: Summarizing and Analyzing Non-Fiction Text, including the Research Paper

By Deborah Louis | March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

This workshop is two days, 5 hours each day (not including lunch). Day 1 is a prerequisite to Day 2. The morning of Day 1 covers part of the same content as Teaching the Paragraph in ELA and Content-Area Classes; …

Teaching the Paragraph in ELA and Content-Area Classes for Project-Based Learning

By Deborah Louis | March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

This workshop is one day, 5 hours (not including lunch). It is appropriate for an entire staffas a one-day introduction to writing in ELA and content-area classes. It provides instruction on the paragraph only but does not address the essay. …

Teaching the Response to Literature Paragraph and Essay

By Deborah Louis | March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

This workshop is three days, 5 hours each day (not including lunch); Day 1 is a prerequisite for Days 2 and 3. Teachers learn how to teach the literary analysis/response to literature paragraph and essay. Day 1 covers the following: …

Demonstration and Coaching Days

By Deborah Louis | March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

We offer customized demonstration and coaching days as well. The length of time for each offering below varies. Schools can customize from the list below to create the most effective agenda for their staff: Demonstration LessonsThe trainer conducts one or …

Teaching the Response to Literature Paragraph and Essay

By Deborah Louis | March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

This workshop is two days, 5 hours each day (not including lunch); Day 1 is a prerequisite for Day 2. Teachers learn how to teach the response to literature paragraph and essay. Day 1 covers the following: Response to literature …

Teaching the Persuasive Essay

By Deborah Louis | March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

This workshop is one day, 5 hours (not including lunch). Teachers learn how to teach ways of organizing persuasive papers, developing a thesis that takes a stand, acknowledging the counter-arguments, and concluding with a call to action. The day includes …

Teaching Expository/Infonnational Writing: Summary and Analysis of NonFiction Passages

By Deborah Louis | March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

This workshop can be one or two days, 5 hours each day. Day 1 is a rerequisite to Day 2. Teachers learn how to teach students to summarize expository passages first and then analyze them after that. Day 1 covers …

Teaching the Narrative Essay, Personal and Fictional

By Deborah Louis | March 29, 2012 | 0 Comments

This workshop is one day, 5 hours (not including lunch), and covers both personal and fictional narratives. Teachers learn how to teach the personal narrative first and then transfer those skills to the fictional narrative. Schools may also choose to …