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 paragraph
- Prompt construction
- Graphic organizers
- Ways to reduce grading time
- Shared writing
- 1-1 conferencing
- Scaffolding
Day 2 covers the following:
- Response to literature essay, focusing on introductions, thesis sentences, and conclusions
- Revising and editing
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