Open Response Writing Workshop

Sponsored by

The Salem State Collaborative Project for Math, Science

And Interdisciplinary Education (CPMSIE)

Location: Lynnfield High School Essex Street, Lynnfield, MA 01940

Presenter: Joan Pokrant, Elementary Education Consultant

Audience: Grade 1-6 Classroom Teachers

PDP’s: 10 Hours with completed project

Dates: October 15, 22, 29, November 4, 2009

Time: 3:45 – 6:00 PM

Fee: $50 for Members $195 for Non-Members

Description: This workshop will help teachers improve the quality of their open response prompts and writing lessons. Many strategies will be presented to help your students write an effective, quality response to all content area open response questions including response to literature.
At this workshop you will learn to:

• Analyze state test questions
• Identify test vocabulary that strengthens students' understanding of test questions
• Identify content vocabulary that strengthens open response answers
• Create open response questions for daily writing in the content areas
• Communicate the item specific rubrics used to score answers
• Design prewriting activities to yield quality open response answers
• Facilitate activities which will help students to "dissect" open response questions
• Facilitate activities which will help students evaluate and revise their own open response answers

Registration:

Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org, or email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please either email (preferred)

or call Jim at 781-771-4860.

Make checks or Purchase Orders payable to CPMSIE and Bring to the First Session

DEADLINE to sign up for Open Response Writing Workshop is October 10, 2009