“#LoveLearnWrite" Angela Moore George Wythe High School

Objective: This will be an interactive workshop for teachers in middle and high school. Teachers will review and learn updated strategies to engage students while teaching the parts of speech, in order to write well develop papers. Teachers will leave with a self made tool kit. Agenda 1. Snapshot and Introductions 2. Review interactive ways to introduce grammar to students 3. Practice grammar activities for tool kit 4. Review interactive ways to introduce writing to students 5. Practice writing activities for tool kit 6. Review Portfolio writings and create sample folders for portfolios

Snapshot: Create sentence with others using your index card. Introductions: Write a sentence that describes you and identify the subject and verb of the sentence. Please plan to share!

Grammar Strategies Common Sentence Templates Clause/Phrase Adjectives Simple Sentence Compound sentence Complex Sentence Clause/Phrase Adjectives Transitional Words

Practice Grammar Activities Simple Sentence Practice activity Compound Sentence activity Complex Sentence activity Clause/Phrase activity Adjective activity Transitional Words activity

Writing Strategies The Writing Process Five-Paragraph Essay Outline Powtree Transition & Reason The Frame Expanding Paragraph Writing

Practice Writing Activities Everyone will create a lesson using the writing strategies. All participants will share their lesson using the writing strategies. What’s in the folder

Writing Portfolio Review Types of Writing: Narrative, Expository, Persuasive and Descriptive(Pacing guide curriculum) Monthly entry Peer editing activities Eight entries for the year

Questions? Finish building your writing tool kit Participation Raffle