Literacy Workshops
Bring a one-day literacy workshop to your school!
Workshop Summary
Linking oral and written language skills at the time of acquisition is stressed throughout the presentation of subject matter in order to assure successful integrated performance in all four language modes: speaking, listening, reading, writing. Participants will be equipped with multiple models of instructional strategies, such as, multi-sensory practice, guided practice, think aloud, choral work, layering, classifying and sorting, and the appropriate sequence and pace of instruction.
N.I.N.E. Enterprises offers participants highly specialized one-day or half-day mini-workshops that focus on a specific area of language instruction and skills. This allows greater focus and in-depth examination of subject matter. Teachers are engaged in the activities as if they were students. See selections below for specific content of these mini-workshops.
N.I.N.E. Enterprises offers participants highly specialized one-day or half-day mini-workshops that focus on a specific area of language instruction and skills. This allows greater focus and in-depth examination of subject matter. Teachers are engaged in the activities as if they were students. See selections below for specific content of these mini-workshops.
Workshop Selectons
Workshop Goal
Like Johnny Can Spell Workshops and Johnny Can Write Workshops, the Mini-Workshops have a singular goal: To enable the teacher to provide his/her students with instruction in and practice of the phonological, syntactic, and semantic systems of English in a naturally integrated manner through classroom activities and lessons.
Pick a mini-workshop, or let us create one to suit your needs.
N.I.N.E. Enterprises offers one-day training not to exceed eight (8) instructional hours. Some of the mini-workshop titles are as follows:
The Sounds and Symbols of English
Learn how to teach systematic, explicit phonics and handwriting instruction at the same time. Expand your knowledge base. Experience simple effective instructional strategies. Content of the workshop aligns with No Child Left Behind.
Write It Right!
Learn how to teach handwriting successfully. Learn the proper use of writing tools and how to monitor habits of penmanship. Examine the formation of letters relative to a clock-face. Learn the connection between manuscript and cursive styles. Understand the impact of manuscript and cursive on language learning.
Spelling and the Dictionary
Learn how to teach spelling with Think to Spell¨, a word analysis process that focuses on phonograms, syllables, morphemes, and rules. Learn how to teach and practice dictionary skills effectively without a workbook. Content of the workshop aligns with No Child Left Behind.
Build a Vivacious Vocabulary
Learn how to teach homophones, homographs, antonyms, meronyms, and synonyms without worksheets. Learn how to successfully teach and promote the use of the dictionary. Content of the workshop aligns with No Child Left Behind.
Working with Words
Experience hands-on participation in five dynamic vocabulary work statioins: Word Webs, Words at Work, Poetry Words, Multiple Meaning Words, and Breadcrumbs. Content of the workshop aligns with No Child Left Behind.
Words! Words! Words! Classify Them!
Learn how to classify words as parts of speech, how to use parsing as a review strategy, and how to successfully teach word inflection such as noun plurals, degrees of adjectives, and verb tenses. Learn everything that you ever wanted to know or have struggled to understand about the parts of speech.
How We Write
Learn how to use sentence writing to teach anchor lessons about process writing, the vocabulary of writers, and skills for drafting, conferencing, revising and editing. Explore easy ways to teach writing conventions and sentence variety. Learn how to chart student thinking and learning. Ideas are great for mini-lessons for Writers Workshop.
Sentences under Construction
Learn how to write clear and concise sentences. Use sentence conferencing to develop the stages of writing and practice the mechanics of writing. Use sentence characters to teach the kinds of sentences and end punctuation. Question webs guide sentence elaboration. Learn how to vary the beginning of a sentence, how to combine sentences, and how to use sentence punctuation. Learn how to add a special touch of pizzazz.
Sentence Mapping
Give old-fashioned diagramming a new twist as a visual tool to improve writing. Use graphic symbols-hearts on verbs, pins on preps--to identify stentence elements and to understand how they work in a sentence. Express the functions of sentences elements with simple drama. Learn how to write prescriptions for sentences made to order. Ideas are great for mini-lessons for Writers Workshop.
Like Johnny Can Spell Workshops and Johnny Can Write Workshops, the Mini-Workshops have a singular goal: To enable the teacher to provide his/her students with instruction in and practice of the phonological, syntactic, and semantic systems of English in a naturally integrated manner through classroom activities and lessons.
Pick a mini-workshop, or let us create one to suit your needs.
N.I.N.E. Enterprises offers one-day training not to exceed eight (8) instructional hours. Some of the mini-workshop titles are as follows:
The Sounds and Symbols of English
Learn how to teach systematic, explicit phonics and handwriting instruction at the same time. Expand your knowledge base. Experience simple effective instructional strategies. Content of the workshop aligns with No Child Left Behind.
Write It Right!
Learn how to teach handwriting successfully. Learn the proper use of writing tools and how to monitor habits of penmanship. Examine the formation of letters relative to a clock-face. Learn the connection between manuscript and cursive styles. Understand the impact of manuscript and cursive on language learning.
Spelling and the Dictionary
Learn how to teach spelling with Think to Spell¨, a word analysis process that focuses on phonograms, syllables, morphemes, and rules. Learn how to teach and practice dictionary skills effectively without a workbook. Content of the workshop aligns with No Child Left Behind.
Build a Vivacious Vocabulary
Learn how to teach homophones, homographs, antonyms, meronyms, and synonyms without worksheets. Learn how to successfully teach and promote the use of the dictionary. Content of the workshop aligns with No Child Left Behind.
Working with Words
Experience hands-on participation in five dynamic vocabulary work statioins: Word Webs, Words at Work, Poetry Words, Multiple Meaning Words, and Breadcrumbs. Content of the workshop aligns with No Child Left Behind.
Words! Words! Words! Classify Them!
Learn how to classify words as parts of speech, how to use parsing as a review strategy, and how to successfully teach word inflection such as noun plurals, degrees of adjectives, and verb tenses. Learn everything that you ever wanted to know or have struggled to understand about the parts of speech.
How We Write
Learn how to use sentence writing to teach anchor lessons about process writing, the vocabulary of writers, and skills for drafting, conferencing, revising and editing. Explore easy ways to teach writing conventions and sentence variety. Learn how to chart student thinking and learning. Ideas are great for mini-lessons for Writers Workshop.
Sentences under Construction
Learn how to write clear and concise sentences. Use sentence conferencing to develop the stages of writing and practice the mechanics of writing. Use sentence characters to teach the kinds of sentences and end punctuation. Question webs guide sentence elaboration. Learn how to vary the beginning of a sentence, how to combine sentences, and how to use sentence punctuation. Learn how to add a special touch of pizzazz.
Sentence Mapping
Give old-fashioned diagramming a new twist as a visual tool to improve writing. Use graphic symbols-hearts on verbs, pins on preps--to identify stentence elements and to understand how they work in a sentence. Express the functions of sentences elements with simple drama. Learn how to write prescriptions for sentences made to order. Ideas are great for mini-lessons for Writers Workshop.