Specific strategies that lead to growth in student writers. The most exciting part of teaching writing is watching students improve! All students can develop their competence and confidence in writing when they engage in instruction tailored to their needs.
Through collaborative activities and thoughtful discussion, attendees will develop actionable plans to harness the potential of AI while centering the cultural wealth and lived experiences of urban students and communities.
Spark students’ imaginations and creativity while building their cognitive toolkit reading and understanding narratives and writing their own, all while building language proficiency. In this two-day workshop, participants will be introduced to UCLA Writing Project’s approach to Pathway Strategies for Narrative Writing - supporting multilingual learners as they read narratives for content and craft.
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 this workshop with sample lessons of rigorous and exciting texts that support analytical reading, writing and discourse.
Students need support synthesizing multiple sources to build strong and persuasive arguments. Join us as we learn and use research-based cognitive strategies to support students in the reading and synthesizing of multiple texts in arguments.
