Writing is Thinking (WIT) involves explicit instruction in expository writing skills to develop students' written and oral language, content knowledge and reading comprehension simultaneously. WIT is especially powerful for English learners because it also teaches how the English language works.
Please join us for this online workshop focused on the foundational sentence-level strategies that form the heart of the WIT approach and that support students to meet the demands of the New York State Learning Standards for the Arts. Our aim is not to turn arts teachers into writing teachers! Rather, we aim to develop your expertise in drawing upon sentence-level strategies in support of your arts-related goals, including in performance!
This is a hands-on experiential workshop. Teachers will leave with activities they can use immediately with students. This workshop is geared to teachers of English learners in art, music and theatre classes in grades 3-12, including bi-lingual and co-teaching pairs. Participants are expected to attend all four sessions.
Participants MUST be enrolled by Tuesday, May 10, 2022.
To access this workshop, a Zoom link for each session will be shared with registered participants to their email addresses used to enroll in Frontline (MLP), in the afternoon the day before each session.
Cost: Free
For questions regarding this activity, please contact the HV RBERN.