ASE LA 2: Using Research in Writing Steve Schmidt, ABSPD, abspd.appstate.edu, schmidtsj@appstate.edu Workshop Focus Help college and career readiness students successfully tackle the writing demands of high school equivalency tests and Adult High School writing tasks Workshop Goals - Understand the writing demands of GED 2014 and AHS courses - Understand the scoring rubrics for GED 2014 - Learn techniques to help students prepare for argument based writing including quick writes, writing frames, graphic organizers, and models - Gain access to resources for helping students achieve writing success Workshop Schedule 8:30 - 9:45 Welcome! Groups: Overview of GED/AHS Writing Demands Writing Away Fear 9:45 10:00 Break – 10:00 11:45 Understanding Prompts – Jigsaw Learning: Rubrics Scoring Extended Responses Science Short Answers 11:45 12:45 Lunch – 12:45 2:00 Writing About Reading – Teaching with Rubrics Unpacking Prompts Think Alouds Writing Frames 2:00 2:15 – 2:15 3:45 Writing as a Process – Modeling Writing Source Reliability Research: Danger of a Single Story 3:45 4:00 Resource Sharing – Training Calendar Take Aways and Evaluation
ASE LA 2: Using Research in Writing Steve Schmidt, ABSPD, abspd.appstate.edu, schmidtsj@appstate.edu Workshop Focus Help college and career readiness students successfully tackle the writing demands of high school equivalency tests and Adult High School writing tasks Workshop Goals - Understand the writing demands of GED 2014 and AHS courses - Understand the scoring rubrics for GED 2014 - Learn techniques to help students prepare for argument based writing including quick writes, writing frames, graphic organizers, and models - Gain access to resources for helping students achieve writing success Workshop Schedule 8:30 - 9:45 Welcome! Groups: Overview of GED/AHS Writing Demands Writing Away Fear 9:45 – 10:00 Break 10:00 – 11:45 Understanding Prompts Jigsaw Learning: Rubrics Scoring Extended Responses Science Short Answers 11:45 – 12:45 Lunch 12:45 – 2:00 Writing About Reading Teaching with Rubrics Unpacking Prompts Think Alouds Writing Frames 2:00 – 2:15 2:15 – 3:45 Writing as a Process Modeling Writing Source Reliability Research: Danger of a Single Story 3:45 – 4:00 Resource Sharing Training Calendar Take Aways and Evaluation
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