Please forward this announcement to teachers in your district.

This summer teachers from around the nation and the world will join online to exchange ideas and share best practices. The conversations are rich. The community is real. If you’ve never taken an online class before… this is the one to start with!

Teaching and Assessing Writing with the 6 Traits

EDUC 744 920 Elementary (Gr. K-4) – 3 gr. cr. begins June 16, 2008 EDUC 744 909 Middle/High School (Gr. 5-12) – 3 gr. cr. begins June 16, 2008

Learn to teach and assess writing with the 6-Traits of writing (voice, ideas, word choice, organization, sentence fluency and conventions). Learn to use the 6-Traits with the writing process to teach revision strategies. Help learners meet higher standards and improve test
scores.

Earn graduate credits via online courses that support your professional development goals for licensure renewal, salary advancement and advanced certification.

Sign up soon to reserve your spot! Classes are TOTALLY ONLINE. You may participate from your home or school computer. Registration is limited to 20 participants per section.

Syllabus and other details: http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/traits.shtml REGISTER ONLINE or REGISTER BY FAX Fax: (715) 232-3385

For more details e-mail Dennis O’Connor: oconnord@uwstout.edu

New Resources from NWP: 

• Creating Work of Their Own: Skills and Voice in an Eighth Grade Research Project – National Writing ProjectSummary: Roth argues that if students are to execute successful research projects, they need to put their own stamp on their work and also need explicit instruction in the skills necessary to carry out this task.(tags: 6-traits writing writing-process)
• The Research Paper: Engaging Students in Academic Writing – National Writing ProjectSummary: A teacher of high school freshmen engages her students in writing their research paper—and eliminates plagiarism—by having them write a historical account in first person.(tags: 6-traits writing writing-process)
• Eduholic: Blogging Teacher-Consultant Gets National Attention – National Writing ProjectSummary: Emmet Rosenfeld, a teacher-consultant for the Northern Virginia Writing Project, writes a blog for Teacher Magazine that reaches a responsive audience of teachers around the country.(tags: web2.0 blog writing 6-traits writing-process)
• Eleven New Sites Added to NWP Network – National Writing ProjectSummary: Eleven new sites have joined NWP’s network—helping the NWP move toward a goal of putting a writing project within reach of every teacher.(tags: writing 6-traits writing-process)

Teaching and Assessing Writing with the 6 Traits: Classes are are Filling Fast!

EDUC 744 920F Teaching and Assessing Writing with the 6-TraitsElementary (Gr. K-4) – 3 gr. cr. begins January 28, 2008.

EDUC 744 909F Teaching and Assessing Writing with the 6-Traits – Middle/High School (Gr. 5-12) 3 gr. cr. begins January 28, 2008.

Learn to teach and assess writing with the 6-Traits of writing (voice, ideas, word choice, organization, sentence fluency and conventions). Learn to use the 6-Traits with the writing process to teach revision strategies. Help learners meet higher standards and improve test scores.

Please forward this announcement to teachers in your district.

Earn graduate credits via online courses that support your professional development goals for licensure renewal, salary advancement and advanced certification.

Sign up soon to reserve your spot! Registration closes this week!

to allow time for assigning user names, passwords and ordering/shipping the textbook.

Classes are TOTALLY ONLINE. You may participate from your home or school computer. Registration is limited to 20 participants per section.

Syllabus and other details:

http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/traits.shtml

REGISTER ONLINE
or
REGISTER BY FAX
Fax: (715) 232-3385

• Māori Dictionary | Te Aka Māori-English English-Māori DictionaryCool online dictionary provided by Stephen from NewZealand.

  (tags: translation NewZealand)