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Unlocking Literacy: Teaching Analytical Reading and Writing for Multilingual Learners

July 14 8:30 am - July 15 2:30 pm

July 14-15, 2025 @ Moore Hall, UCLA
8:30am – 2:30pm

Facilitated by: Nataly Casillas

What happens when we offer students opportunities to identify with literature studied in our classrooms as well as windows for learning about the world around them? With a focus on multilingual learners, collaborative model lessons and discourse, participants will be able to walk away from with workshop with:

  • An introduction to UCLA Writing Project’s approach to Pathway Strategies that strengthen student analysis of reading and writing.
  • Sample lessons of rigorous and exciting texts that support analytical reading, writing and discourse
  • How to support and engage multilingual learners using the Cognitive Strategies Bookmark
  • Getting students excited about improving their writing through discourse and revision using the Grammar Brushstrokes strategy
  • Planning culturally relevant and sustainable lesson sequences to engage all learners

Fee: $200

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School Purchase Orders Accepted (Title I or Title III funding may be used.)

Nataly Casillas (she/her/ella) is a South East LA middle school English and English Language Development teacher in LAUSD. She enjoys helping students humanize their educational learning and experiences to create rich, meaningful, and relevant connections between their learning, their knowledge, and their journey.   

Part of the

Unlocking Literacy: A Toolkit for Academic Success
Workshop Series

Unlocking Literacy: A Toolkit for Academic Success

Join us for learning, collaboration, and actionable takeaways that will empower you to unlock your students’ full academic potential. Educators may select one or more of the workshop series. We encourage all content area and secondary education teachers to attend. 

  • Unlocking Literacy: Teaching Narrative Reading and Writing to Multilingual Learners
    July 7-8, 2025 @ Moore Hall, UCLA
  • Unlocking Literacy: Teaching Argument Writing for Multilingual Learners
    July 9-10, 2025 @ Moore Hall, UCLA
  • Unlocking Literacy: Teaching Analytical Reading and Writing for Multilingual Learners
    July 14-15, 2025 @ Moore Hall, UCLA

Unlocking Literacy: A Toolkit for Academic Success is designed for educators who work with students from diverse linguistic backgrounds, including English Language Learners. This hands-on workshop will equip teachers with effective, research-based strategies and tools to foster academic success in reading, writing, and critical thinking. Special attention will be given to bridging language gaps, enhancing comprehension, and developing writing skills in ways that are accessible to all learners, regardless of their linguistic background.

Educators will leave with practical, ready-to-implement resources for cultivating academic literacy in their classrooms, ensuring that learners are prepared for success in all academic areas. Whether you teach English Language Arts, Social Studies, or other content areas, this toolkit will provide strategies that can be applied across subjects to boost academic achievement for all students.

Key Takeaways

  • Practical tools and research-based strategies for enhancing literacy skills in multilingual learners
  • Techniques for scaffolding reading and writing to support academic growth
  • Methods for fostering critical thinking and analysis in diverse classrooms
  • Approaches to building vocabulary and language proficiency within the context of academic content

Participants will receive a certificate documenting their attendance at this professional development series – up to 10 hours.

Details

Start:
July 14 8:30 am
End:
July 15 2:30 pm
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Venue

UCLA

Organizer

Nancy Lee Sayre
Email
sayre@gseis.ucla.edu
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Nancy Lee Sayre, Program Manager

sayre@gseis.ucla.edu

Faye Peitzman, Director

peitzman@gseis.ucla.edu

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