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Lessons and Strategies to Improve Student Writing Throughout the Year
June 30-July 1, 2025
8:30am – 2:30pm
on the UCLA campus
Facilitated by: Marlene Carter
One of the most motivating factors for student writers and their teachers is seeing growth in their writing. Join us for a workshop series in which we share lesson ideas and strategies used by successful teachers throughout California to help their students improve. You’ll experience firsthand lessons that you can use to target specific elements of writing. You’ll leave with resources and lesson ideas that you can use to help your students become confident and competent college- and career-ready writers.
Recommended for teachers of grades 7-12
Program Details
Among our focus areas are strategies for
- getting students excited about improving their writing
- responding to student writers with comments that help them improve, and
- teaching students to revise writing with a focus on improvement
The writing is based on texts of interest to students, so there are lessons that support both reading and writing. You’ll experience lessons and strategies that help students:
- read accurately for a clear understanding of the text and the writing task;
- write dynamic, thoughtful claims/thesis statements;
- use well-chosen examples from the passage, experience, observation, or other readings to make students’ ideas clear and compelling;
- organize their writing to establish a focus, and guide the reader through a coherent, well-ordered presentation of ideas;
- make sophisticated use of grammatical relationships and punctuation to support the effective communication of ideas; and
- write strong introductions and conclusions.
Participants will receive a certificate documenting their attendance at this professional development series – up to 10 hours.
