Archived 2009 SJAWP
Programs
at
San José State University
Teachers Helping Teachers
Courses are Standards-aligned, approved for HOUSSE points for Highly Qualified Teachers under NCLB, and for AB466 PASSPORT hours.
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Spring 2009 |
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All sessions are conducted by San José Area Writing Project Teacher Consultants Registration Fee:
Preregistration, although not required, helps us anticipate participant numbers and plan more effective programs. You can register online; see links below. Payment is collected on-site. One (1) upper division/graduate level semester unit available for $100.00, and…
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Overall Theme: Better Modeling than Done on a Paris RunwayThroughout the Super Saturday Series, Teacher Consultants will demonstrate teaching writing, using modeling and mentor texts. |
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March 7, 2009
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Great Stories Grow from Great Storytellers: Mentor Texts for Young WritersFor K–3rd Grade Teachers Like artists who are learning to paint through the inspiration of other artists, writers also need mentors from which to draw experience. Narrative writing is an important part of the development of young writers. This workshop explores the many uses of mentor texts to help beginning writers learn to write from the art of accomplished writers.
Amy Seid-Ayala
Andrea Pecsok
9:45 AM
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Using Their Voices to Create Writing VoicesFor 4th–8th Grade Teachers Use teenagers great love—talking—to develop voice and word choice in the personal narrative. Explore reading choices, organizational tips, peer edit concepts and five traits development to encourage writing success.
Kathleen Cohen
9:45 AM
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It's Personal!For 9th–12th Grade Teachers The personal essay gets short shrift in English classes, yet students need instruction in personal writing to perform well on the SAT I, Subject A exams, and college application. This seminar will focus on teaching specific writing techniques—from gathering anecdotes and detail to developing voice—and present a range of structural formats that make personal writing effective.
Jeff House
9:45 AM
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April 4, 2009
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There's No Such Thing as Writer's BlockFor K–3rd Grade Teachers Great writing wants to be read, while great reading wants to be imitated. What do they both have? Fluency. We will look at writing through the different lenses of frequency, accuracy, proficiency, and pacing. Using journals, mentor texts, one-minute quick writes, and other time–saving strategies, participants will learn to identify appropriate tasks that will increase students' writing fluency.
Maria Smith
9:45 AM
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Teaching Focus and Freedom
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Just Get Them Writing!For 9th–12th Grade Teachers Do your students fear the blank page or screen? Do you fear not having enough meaningful writing assignments? This workshop will provide teachers with numerous ideas to get their students writing. From informal journal topics to more formal essays, narratives, and interviews, Kathy Gonzalez will help you and your students get started on the road to fluent writing--including tips for how to assess all this work.
Kathy Gonzalez
9:45 AM
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May 2, 2009
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Write to the Letter: Children’s Literature and the Craft of Letter WritingFor K–3rd Grade Teachers In this workshop we will explore ways to use children's literature to teach the possibilities of letter writing. Building on the models of children's literature, learn strategies to get started with dialogue journals and other authentic writing activities based on the craft children's literature.
Constance Bruinsma–Kelley
Trish Murray
9:45 AM
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YO! Getting Your Voice Heard!For 9th–12th Grade Teachers Get your students to consider the different elements—subject, occasion, audience, purpose, speaker—of various works of fiction, and then use those same elements to create their own selections. Students will be able to see their authentic writing move from a private, personal writing to a published, public work in a 'zine format.
Harriet Garcia
9:45 AM
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Teens & Writing Workshop
Cosponsored by
For 7th–12th Grade Students Did you ever want to ask the author, in person, questions about his book? Here’s your opportunity. Learn how Will Hobbs creates his books like Down the Yukon, Leaving Protection, and Crossing the Wire. His Downriver won the 1995 Young Adult California Young Reader Medal. Plan to do writing and interact with this award–winning Young Adult author!
Will Hobbs
10:00 AM
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Register by April 17, 2009.
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June 23, 2009
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Summer 2009 |
San Jose Area Writing Project
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June 22, 2009
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June 22, 2009
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Writer's Workshop and Your Classroom: It Can SucceedCourse ID: 30551, EDTE 150 Section 9For 1–5 Grade Teachers Spend one week this summer learning how to get the most out of next year's Writer's Workshop! Whether you have just begun to set up Writer's Workshop in your classroom, or you have been working with the workshop model for some time, this intensive training is guaranteed to help you refine your goals and mini–lessons for your core genres of writing. You will learn how to teach your students reflective, transferable strategies for planning, expressing, and revising their writing. Your students will begin to see themselves as successful, independent writers, and you will see how the cohesive design of your units can optimize your efficiency as a writing instructor.
Elena Melendez
Co–presenters
Optional three full–semester units of credit for this course by writing a 5–7 page paper in addition to completing the program.
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Why Battle the Current When You Can Swim the "English" Channel?Course ID: 30550, EDTE 150 Section 8For 6–12 Grade Teachers The workshop will focus on the way in which EL students can be empowered through strategies that amplify rather than simplify material. Using her 20 years of experience working with Mainstreamed English Learners, Marie Milner will show how she helps EL students access challenging material, develop higher order thinking skills, employ critical thinking and discover their own speaking and writing voices. One key is lowering the students stress level (affective filter), and Marie will provide lessons and student writing samples while discussing the application of language acquisition theory to successful classroom practices.
Marie Milner
Optional three full–semester units of credit for this course by writing a 5–7 page paper in addition to completing the program.
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June 29, 2009
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Making Every English Classroom
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July 6, 2009
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Ride the See–Saw: The Balance
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July 13, 2009
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Get the "Awk" Outta' Here!
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July 20, 2009
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Tools That Never Rust:
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August 3, 2009
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August 10, 2009
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The San José Area Writing Project
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Does your child love to read?
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Cumberland Elementary School
824 Cumberland Drive Sunnyvale, CA 94087 |
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| The students1: | Students entering 2nd through 6th grades |
| The time: | 9:00 AM–2:30 PM |
| The dates: | Monday, July 27th – Friday, July 31st |
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$325 per student for the week, due by
June 26, 2009.
Early registration discount: $305 if postmarked by May 1, 2009. Family discount: 10% off each child's registration fee when two or more family members are signed up for camp. |
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1Minimum enrollment of 10 students needed to conduct each grade–level class.
2Need–based financial assistance available. |
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This summer, the SJAWP will again gather our top teachers from the South Bay to teach our 3rd annual Young Writers' Camp. Students entering grades 2–6 will be grouped in small classes to facilitate individualized support and instruction. They'll experience writing in various genres, make books, and learn important grammar and editing skills. Classes are California standards–based and will support student writing on the 4th and 7th grade STAR Writing Assessments.
What kind of instruction will students have over the course of the week?
Click here for more details.
Registration is closed for 2009. Thanks, and we'll see you next year!
Fall 2009
Super Saturday Fall Program
September 19, 2009
through
November 7, 2009
All sections are conducted by San Jose Area Writing Project Teacher Consultants.
Courses are standards-aligned, approved for HOUSSE points and for English Course Units for Highly Qualified Teachers under NCLB.
All sessions are conducted by San José Area Writing Project Teacher Consultants
Registration Fee
- Veteran Teachers:
- $30.00 (Buffet Lunch Included)
- $25.00 (Workshops Only)
- 1st to 3rd–year Teachers:
- $20.00 (Buffet Lunch Included)
- $15.00 (Workshops Only)
- Credential Students/Pre-service Teachers:
- $15.00 (Buffet Lunch Included)
- $10.00 (Workshops Only)
PAYMENT ON SITE (no credit cards accepted)
Preregistration, although not required, helps us anticipate participant numbers and plan more effective programs. Register online by clicking on the Register Online button in each event box
or call 408-924-4412.
Credit
One (1) upper division/graduate level semester unit available for $100.00, and…
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Attending 2 of 3 Fall 2009 Super Saturdays (September 19, October 17, November 7) and writing a five–page paper, or…
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Attending all 3 Fall 2009 Super Saturdays and writing a three–page paper.
Location
Room assignments will be sent to registered participants and posted on the Web site when confirmed.
San José State University
7th and San Carlos Streets
Room Assignments
Room assignments will be sent to registered participants and posted on the Web site when confirmed.
September 19, 2009
Theme:
Get Off to the "Write" Start:
Writing on a Daily Basis
San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets
Check In & Registration:
8:30 AM–9:00 AM
Sweeney Hall
Room 229
Super Saturday Workshops:
9:00 AM–11:30 AM
Closing Presentation:
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
Buffet Lunch (Included in Registration Fee):
12:45 PM–1:30 PM
(Ongoing, informal discussion with colleagues, workshop presenters & writing project facilitators.)
San José State University
You must RSVP for lunch by Tuesday, September 15, 2009: e-mail Mary Warner, or call her at (408) 924-4417,
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e-mail Trang Phan, or call her at (408) 924-4412.
Free parking on 4th Street, just north of San Carlos Avenue
(San Jose City parking—free on weekends)
Parking at the 7th Street (& San Salvador) Garage (located right beside Sweeney Hall):
Bring $5.00 cash or credit card for the ticket machine.
Walking the Walk, Becoming an Author:
Writing Every Day
For K–3 Grade Teachers
Laura will guide teachers in how to glean writing strategies from mentor texts for facilitating mini–lessons that can be implemented in daily writing. This workshop will also engage participants in analyzing the embedded thinking involved in teacher read–alouds and how to use this strategy to model good writing. Focusing on the place of narrative in the writing curriculum, participants will learn how to write a story from the perspective of an antagonist (i.e., "the bad guy").
Laura Cain
Haman Elementary School
Santa Clara Unified School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project
Make It Manageable! Ten Most Effective Strategies for Directing Writers' Workshop
For 4–8 Grade Teachers
From lesson planning, to setting the daily routine, to writing with and responding to students, you can find time to guide the different components of Writers' Workshop without getting frustrated or overwhelmed. This workshop will cover ten important guidelines for focusing your daily and year long planning, integrating writing standards wisely, optimizing time management during the workshop, and maximizing your students' writing experience and enjoyment. Now that you have started with Writers' Workshop, you can feel confident that you can stick with it all year!
Elena Melendez
Escondido Elementary School
Palo Alto Unified School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project
The Text's the Thing:
Using Nonfiction to Spark the Interest of All Our Students While Meeting All the Standards
For 9–12 Grade Teachers
Let’s face it—a lot of our students don't share our love of literature, nor do they intend to become English majors. And their lives, from the STAR and EPT tests to the world of work, will be filled with much more nonfiction than fiction. So, how do we make writing and reading relevant to and engaging for these students? By incorporating regular, relevant nonfiction reading and writing exercises into our daily curriculum. This workshop will offer ways to weave such exercises into your existing curriculum and to scaffold writing for success with nonfiction.
Brook Wallace
Westmont High School
Campbell High School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project
Closing Remarks
Jayne Marlink
Executive Director
California Writing Project
October 17, 2009
Theme:
Teaching to the Test:
Understanding the CST Writing Strategies
San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets
Check In & Registration:
8:30 AM–9:00 AM
Sweeney Hall
Room 229
Super Saturday Workshops:
9:00 AM–11:30 AM
Closing Presentation:
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
Buffet Lunch (Included in Registration Fee):
12:45 PM–1:30 PM
(Ongoing, informal discussion with colleagues, workshop presenters & writing project facilitators.)
San José State University
You must RSVP for lunch by Tuesday, October 13, 2009: e-mail Mary Warner, or call her at (408) 924-4417,
or
e-mail Trang Phan, or call her at (408) 924-4412.
Free parking on 4th Street, just north of San Carlos Avenue
(San Jose City parking—free on weekends)
Parking at the 7th Street (& San Salvador) Garage (located right beside Sweeney Hall):
Bring $5.00 cash or credit card for the ticket machine.
Hooray for Diffendoofer Day:
a Valuable Lesson from Dr. Seuss
For K–3 Grade Teachers
You have to teach to the test they say?
You cringe at the thought to do it that way.
Perhaps we can learn a thing or two
From that writer of Horton Hears A Who.
Maybe it’s not teaching to the test,
But understanding how to think your best;
Like applying, analyzing, and synthesizing,
We know learning is not just memorizing.
Vocabulary exists all over the CST,
Add background knowledge then you'll see,
That to the test is not what you really teach,
But it’s students’ best you’re helping them to reach.
Show them language, words, and morphemes,
A prefix, suffix, or root word as easy as it seems.
Use a word in its context and if you’re still stuck The dictionary is where you’ll find your luck.
Join me in understanding the CST,
And learning more than one writing strategy.
Maria Smith
Literacy Coach
Berryessa Union School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project
TBA
De-mystify and Deconstruct!
For 4–8 Grade Teachers
Teachers know what reading comprehension strategies look like, but what are writing strategies, anyway? And how do students make sense of them? This workshop is all about categories: Presenters and participants will classify the CST skills using the concepts of word, sentence, paragraph and genre to create a manageable approach to teaching students “test” writing. This workshop also tackles the fourth and seventh grade March writing application test, as well as the spring CST for fourth through eighth graders.
Laura Brown
Valle Vista Elementary School
Mount Pleasant Elementary School District
SJAWP Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project
Brenna Dimas
Rancho Milpitas Middle School
Milpitas Unified School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project
TBA
It's Not What You Think It Is
For 9–12 Grade Teachers
In this workshop, Todd and Laurie will deal with the fact that the standards for writing strategies, when tested on the CST, are *not* actually assessments of a student's writing. They'll show what skills are assessed, exactly what the standards mean, and how to incorporate instruction on those standards into a classroom that actually *does* focus on writing.
Todd Seal
Silver Creek High School
East Side Union High School District
San Jose Area Writing Project
Associate Director
Laurie Weckesser
Silver Creek High School
East Side Union High School District
San Jose Area Writing Project
Teacher Consultant
TBA
Closing Remarks
Brent Duckor
Department of Secondary Education
San José State University
November 7, 2009
Theme:
Teaching to the Test:
Understanding the CST Writing Strategies
San José State University,
7th and San Carlos Streets
Check In & Registration:
8:30 AM–9:00 AM
Sweeney Hall
Room 229
Super Saturday Workshops:
9:00 AM–11:30 AM
Closing Presentation:
11:30 AM–12:30 PM
Buffet Lunch (Included in Registration Fee):
12:45 PM–1:30 PM
(Ongoing, informal discussion with colleagues, workshop presenters & writing project facilitators.)
San José State University
You must RSVP for lunch by Tuesday, November 3, 2009: e-mail Mary Warner, or call her at (408) 924-4417,
or
e-mail Trang Phan, or call her at (408) 924-4412.
Free parking on 4th Street, just north of San Carlos Avenue
(San Jose City parking—free on weekends)
Parking at the 7th Street (& San Salvador) Garage (located right beside Sweeney Hall):
Bring $5.00 cash or credit card for the ticket machine.
Show not Tell Works for Feedback Too!
For K–3 Grade Teachers
Avoid simply making the teacher comment, "Use more details." Give feedback they'll actually use to write stories you'll want to read! Pam and Julia will show—not tell—participants how to get students to incorporate rich details in their writing. Leave with ideas for specific teaching and conferencing points with even the youngest student writers. We'll give you usable ideas on how to guide them to say more in their writing.
Pamela Cheng
Literacy Coach
Sunnyvale School District
Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project
Julia Snyder
Cumberland Elementary School
Sunnyvale School District
TBA
Correcting Students' Writing is Killing Me
For 4–8 Grade Teachers
Are you tired of making marks on your students' writing, though no one seems to read them? Don't just tell your students with your pen, but affirm what they can do and show them how they can improve. The key to helping students write better is giving them descriptive feedback. If you want students to respond to your comments, then show them what you mean. You will learn how to assess (not grade) writing by analyzing students' strengths, identifying their needs, and planning your next steps for providing appropriate instruction. We will look at student samples and focus on one skill/strategy at a time. When we become more explicit in the way we teach, students begin to learn and write better.
Maria Smith
Literacy Coach
Berryessa Union School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project
Sarah Thistlethwaite
Laneview Elementary School
Berryessa Union School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project
TBA
Responding at the Micro and Macro Levels:
Grammar and Scholarly Citations
For 9–12 Grade Teachers
Marty and Tina illustrate how to respond productively and effectively to the grammar and scholarly apparatus of student papers. Marty examines the logic behind students' grammatical errors, the different degrees of error that students make, and humane responses to these errors. Tina explores the role of teacher response in leading students from "citation dependent" papers to those where references grow organically from students' own full–voiced arguments.
Marty Brandt
Independence High School
East Side Unified School District
Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project
Tina Golaw
West Valley Community College
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project
TBA
Closing Remarks
Nelson Graff
Department of English
San Francisco State University