Improving teacher knowledge, methods and skills.
Presented by Janine Gordon, Cengage Learning Professional Development Consultant.
As children are now assessed nationally using a criteria based assessment, teachers must explicitly teach students about the text, sentence and word level demands of text.
This session will focus on explicitly teaching children how to structure their writing appropriately to text type. We will examine the elements of greater importance within specific text types and work on teaching about words that make different texts work in both construction and comprehension. Strong focus will be on linking the explicit teaching of reading to the explicit teaching of writing.
Overall, this practical, hands-on workshop will examine the literacy demands of different text types including structure and language features, and linking these to scaffolding the explicit teaching of writing to students.
Session Outline:
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Identifying the features, at the whole text, sentence and word level, of a range of text types
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The need for all our students to access and manipulate language
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Teaching children the structure of text
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Teaching children explicitly how to choose words to effectively construct texts
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Linking the explicit teaching of reading to the explicit teaching of writing
Tuesday 21 May
Time: 3.30pm-5.30pm (registration from 3.15pm)
Cost: $85.00 per attendee (GST inclusive)
Venue: Sunshine Beach State School
David Low Way
Sunshine Beach QLD 4567
Inclusions: Afternoon tea and handouts
Register your interest with Jillian Lim by Friday 17 May
Email: jillian.lim@cengage.com
Phone: 03 9685 4225
Fax: 1800 813 515
Wednesday 22 May
Time: 3.45pm-5.45pm (registration from 3.30pm)
Cost: $85.00 per attendee (GST inclusive)
Venue: Redeemer Lutheran School
Vine St
Nuriootpa SA 5355
Inclusions: Afternoon tea and handouts
Register your interest with Jillian Lim by Thursday 16 May
Email: jillian.lim@cengage.com
Phone: 03 9685 4225
Fax: 1800 813 515
Tuesday 28 May
Time: 4.00pm-6.00pm (registration from 3.45pm)
Cost: $85.00 per attendee (GST inclusive)
Venue: Casula Public School
De Meyrick Ave
Casula NSW 2170
Inclusions: Afternoon tea and handouts
Register your interest with Jillian Lim by Friday 24 May
Email: jillian.lim@cengage.com
Phone: 03 9685 4225
Fax: 1800 813 515
Wednesday 5 June
Time: 4.00pm-6.00pm (registration from 3.30pm)
Cost: $85.00 per attendee (GST inclusive)
Venue: St Thomas More Primary School
Cuthberts Rd
Alfredton VIC 3350
Inclusions: Afternoon tea and handouts
Register your interest with Jillian Lim by Friday 31 May
Email: jillian.lim@cengage.com
Phone: 03 9685 4225
Fax: 1800 813 515
Tuesday 11 June
Time: 1.15pm-3.15pm (registration from 1pm)
Cost: $85.00 per attendee for two hours, $95.00 per attendee for three hours (GST inclusive)
Venue: St Mary's School
163 Palmerin St
Warwick QLD 4370
Inclusions: Afternoon tea and handouts
Thursday 13 June
Time: 3.30pm-5.30pm (registration from 3.15pm)
Cost: $85.00 per attendee
Venue: St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School
152 South St
Centenary Heights QLD 4350
Inclusions: Afternoon tea and handouts
Register your interest with Jillian Lim by Friday 7 June
Email: jillian.lim@cengage.com
Phone: 03 9685 4225
Fax: 1800 813 515
Tuesday 25 June
Time: 3.45pm-5.45pm (registration from 3.30pm)
Cost: $85.00 per attendee
Venue: Port Pirie West Primary School
214 The Terrace
Port Pirie, SA, 5540
Inclusions: Afternoon tea and handouts
Register your interest with Jillian Lim by Friday 21 June
Email: jillian.lim@cengage.com
Phone: 03 9685 4225
Fax: 1800 813 515
