Fall 2010

Super Saturday Program

Theme:
Reading to Write

September 11, 2010
through
November 13, 2010

All sections are conducted by San Jose Area Writing Project Teacher Consultants.

September 11, 2010

Theme:
Establishing Reading–Writing Routines:
Fostering Resiliency

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 Wednesday, September 8, 2010: 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.

The Three Cs of an Effective Environment:
Classroom Management, Community, and Consistency

For K–3 Grade Teachers

Do you want your students to be independent and enjoy reading and writing authentically? It is all about classroom management, community, and consistency. Creating a learner–centered classroom, establishing procedures, and exercising consistency are the recipe for a successful school year. You will walk away with reading–writing center ideas and activities that your students will be able to do independently, so that you can have time to work with small groups and individual students. These activities require little or no prep because the students will do all the work!

Maria Smith
Literacy Coach
Berryessa Union School District
Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project

Location: TBA

or
call: 408-924-4412

How Do You Teach a Book:
Promoting Reading that Engages Writing

For 4–7 Grade Teachers

As the school year begins, Jay Richards asks you to consider the essential, but surprisingly often unexamined question: How do you teach a book—especially in ways that can engage your students? For Jay, the answer revolves around five guiding ideas that can be adapted to any novel or short story:

Jay will take you through these strategies with clear examples to help get your students to go back to the text for better understanding and enjoyment. He'll also talk about how you can students create more meaningful responses to reading. Leave with a better understanding of your own teaching as well as ideas about teaching reading and writing to use Monday morning.

Jay Richards
Central Middle School
San Carlos Elementary School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Location: TBA

or
call: 408-924-4412

Make a Habit Out of This:
Reading and Writing Routines

For 8–12 Grade Teachers

Working routines of reading and writing into lessons regularly not only encourages student achievement, but also makes planning and classroom management easier. These habits can form the core of a lesson, unit, or class. Get ideas about various routines you can add to your bag of tricks, from beginning–of–class ideas to long–term semester plans.

Debbie Navratil
Silver Creek High School
East Side Unified School District
Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project

Todd Seal
Silver Creek High School
East Side Union High School District
Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project

Location: TBA

or
call: 408-924-4412

Closing Presentation

Andrea Butler
Literacy Consultant
Los Gatos Union School District

October 16, 2010

Theme:
Academic Language: Vocabulary & Text Structure

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 Wednesday, October 13, 2010: 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.

Beyond Beginning, Middle, End

For K–3 Grade Teachers

Before you can "break out of the mold," you need to know what the mold is! As you introduce your students to new genres, you will need to understand the essential vocabulary that defines and shapes each one, as well as their fundamental text structures.

In this workshop, I will guide you through fun and effective mini lessons on five basic text structures: Compare and Contrast, Cause and Effect, Sequence, Description and Problem/Solution. You, in turn, will walk away with the tools, references and the know-how to grow and inspire your blossoming writers.

Alexis Doucette
Cumberland Elementary School
Sunnyvale School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Location: TBA

or
call: 408-924-4412

Don't Gloss over Those Academic Words!:
Teaching Academic Language, Vocabulary, and Text Structure

For 4–7 Grade Teachers

Ute will offer participants methods to help their students with vocabulary language, the structure of text, and the characteristics of different writing genres. Using GLAD and other strategies, Ute will share engaging ways to expose students to vocabulary in multiple ways including graphic organizers, pictures, and outlines. Participants will plan for teaching vocabulary in a structured and scaffolded way so students can apply what they learn in their writing and test–taking.

Ute Gillett
Campbell Middle School
Campbell Union School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Location: TBA

or
call: 408-924-4412

Wide Angle and Close Up:
Helping Writers Analyze Text Structure

For 8–12 Grade Teachers

From middle school to college, students are expected to write a variety of texts including reflective, expository, analytic, and persuasive essays. One strategy that can help student writers to craft effective academic essays is the analysis of other authors' texts. In this workshop, you will try out two techniques for analyzing the structure of academic texts. Wide-angle: analyze an author's rhetorical strategies in laying down a train of thought in an essay. Close-up: how a writer's purpose affects grammatical and lexical choices at the paragraph level. Both techniques can be applied to a wide range of non-fiction texts. Student writers learn how to take an active role in their reading and writing of academic texts.

Sarah Nielsen
Comp/TESOL
California State University, East Bay
Associate Director
San Jose Area Writing Project

Location: TBA

or
call: 408-924-4412

Closing Presentation

Rosemary Kuhn
Piedmont Hills High School
East Side Union High School District

Professional Learning Community – Session One

1:30 PM–3:30 PM

November 13, 2010

Theme:
Writing about What You Read:
Pulling Evidence from the Text

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 Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 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.

Getting Young Readers Writing: Ideas for Using Nonfiction Texts in the K–3 Classroom

For K–3 Grade Teachers

String rays? Chrysalis? Local History? Are you interested in using nonfiction texts to inspire your students? Even beginning readers can be motivated to write by reading the right book. This workshop will offer strategies for integrating the texts you use for science and social studies into your writing time. Different activities will be presented for grade level standards K–3. You will leave the workshop with a selection of new ideas for your classroom.

Leah Heinrich
Discovery Charter School, San Jose
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Location: TBA

or
call: 408-924-4412

Reading and Writing Non-Fiction:
Helping Students Understand and Use Content Vocabulary

For 4–7 Grade Teachers

Do you want to guide your intermediate grade level students to understanding more of the vocabulary they are exposed to in the content areas? We will look at how to choose key vocabulary, activities to reinforce meaning and authentic use of vocabulary in students' own writing to help bridge the gap between what students understand as they read and can communicate in writing.

Sarah Brennan
Discovery Charter School, San Jose
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Location: TBA

or
call: 408-924-4412

Hide and Seek:
Pulling Textual Evidence

For 8–12 Grade Teachers

Help your students find the information they need to back up any argument using the concepts of debate. These skills will be transferred from the personal to simple argument over current issues, and then to academic research and beyond! Show your students the hidden gems in both fiction and nonfiction texts with take–away concepts you can use in your room tomorrow!

Mara Milazzo
Abraham Lincoln High School
San Jose Unified School District
Teacher Consultant
San Jose Area Writing Project

Location: TBA

or
call: 408-924-4412

Closing Presentation

Nancy Avoy
Former chair of English
Los Gatos High School
Los Gatos Union School District

Professional Learning Community – Session Two

9:30 AM–12:30 PM