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Back-to-Basics: Teaching Close Reading and Academic Writing Skills
Price: $299.95
Let's face it; tests are always changing, and those changes make our heads spin. But the fact remains (and we all know this) that close reading and academic writing skills help students to become academically and culturally sound. So, that's why we call this two-day training "Back-to-Basics." If our children can read well and write well, then the tests will take care of themselves. Breathe. Let this two-day workshop provide you with training on the teaching of close reading and literary analysis, also known as response to literature. From the very simple model of the Cinderella paragraph to Advanced Placement® interpretations, this guide reveals an academic approach to writing about literature. This workshop is the English Language Arts teacher's foundational workshop that segues nicely to our expository, argumentation, and narrative modes of discourse.
The standards-based curriculum guide aligns with both the Common Core State Standards and the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS).
Through the gradual release of responsibility model, teachers learn how Jane's prewriting strategies strategies teach students that "Writing is about Thinking." Scaffolding of skills starts with student-centered terminology, color-coding, and Web-off-the-Word™, Schaffer's breakthrough approach to commentary and vocabulary development. The thinking and writing process continues with editing, revising, and proofing techniques. From writing an effective prompt to common terminology to cognitive processes to final draft essays, this workshop is designed to assist the English language arts teacher with strategies and techniques that yield successful writers and the added bonus: close readers! Woven throughout the two-day training are also close reading strategies, because we all know that writing and reading go hand-in-hand. Topics for the reading section include strategies and activities pertaining to denotation, connotation, and tone; multiple-choice reading stems; annotating texts using the JSWP color-coding, creating a dialectical journal, vertical approaches to reading, and questioning strategies, to name a few.
- Part I
- Introduction and The Methodology
- Brief History and Jane's Philosophical Points
- The Formula Issue Laid to Rest; Enter "Weaving"
- Gradual Release of Responsibility Format for JSWP
- Organization, Logic, and Voice: The Response to Literature Model Paragraph
- Avoid Starting from Scratch Each Year: Common Terminology for Students
- Topic Sentence
- Concrete Details
- Commentary
- Teaching Students Literary Jargon: How to Talk the Talk and Walk the Walk
- Concluding Sentence
- Color-Coding for Cognitive Recognition and Development
- Chunking
- Different Ratios for the Different Types of Writing
- Part II
- The Thinking and Writing Process of a Literary Analysis
- Gathering Concrete Details and Discerning the Best Ones to Use
- The T-Chart: Arranging Ideas
- Web-off-the-Word™ (WOW) Commentary DevelopmentTopic Sentence RevisionsConcluding Sentences That Impact a Paragraph
- Teaching Tone
- Verbal Sound Values
- The Shaping Sheet for Grammar, Style, Revisions, Editing, and Proofing
- Varying the Types of Sentences, Lengths of Sentences, and Sentence OpeningsTransitional Words and Thoughts
- Close Reading: Sentence Openings of Famous Authors
- Simplifying Syntax
- Introduction to Weaving
- Part III
- Prompts and Practice:
- The Three Parts to an Effective Writing Prompt
- Developing Prompts (Bring a Topic for a Literary Prompt)
- Collaborative Writing (Working Through the Thinking Process Together)
- Core Literature
- Skill Progression Charts
- Novel and Drama Records
- Part IV
- Engaging Students in the Act of Reading
- Text-based Writing with Embedded Quotations
- Writing a Thesis Statement
- Part V
- Thematic Statements
- Introductions and Conclusions
- Introduction to Style Analysis
- Google Docs Template for Response to Literature
- The Teacher's Toolbox
- Rubrics and Scoring Guides
- Making Corrections
- One-to-One Conferencing
- Timelines
- Portfolios
Included in this Training
- Access to the trainer and/or Dr. Louis for questions that might arise after the training
- Differentiation strategies:Comprehensive teacher's guide
- The JSWP approach instills a sense of confidence and understanding of the thinking and writing process for the following students:
- English as a second language
- English language learners (ELL)
- Special education (SPED)
- Struggling writers
- The JSWP approach trains advanced students to weave concrete details and commentary and develop syntactical and stylistic techniques, which lead to more sophisticated academic essays
- Advanced Placement®
- Gifted and Talented
- International Baccalaureate
- Pre-AP®
- The JSWP approach instills a sense of confidence and understanding of the thinking and writing process for the following students:
- Unbound student graphic organizers for easy copying
- Zipper bag with set of pens for color-coding technique
- Free Access to Google Docs Template
- Newsletter subscription
- CEU certificate of completion
Start Time: 9:00 A.M.
Lunch: 12:00 - 1:00 P.M.
End Time: 4:00 P.M.
Location: Jane Schaffer World Headquarters
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400 South Zang Boulevard, Dallas, Texas 75208
Phone: 214.946.3385
Fax: 214.943.9447
Parking: Free parking is available on the south side of the building on Centre Street. Do not park in the lot behind Oak Cliff Towers. Parking is reserved for bank customers only, and towing will be enforced.
Questions? 214.946.3385
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Credit Cards and Purchase Orders Accepted.
- Purchase Orders must be received by registration deadline to reserve seats.
- Please make Purchase Orders and checks payable to Louis Educational Concepts, LLC


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Target: Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Goal: Revoke Louisiana truck stop owner's permit to imprison and show "Tony the Tiger."
For the past eleven years a truck stop in Grosse Tete, Louisiana has kept a tiger imprisoned as an advertising gimmick. The Tiger, named Tony, is imprisoned in a small concrete cage. The concrete makes his paws bleed and, in the summer, he has had no respite from the Louisiana heat that beats down on him. Noxious fumes fill the air he is forced to breathe while tourists and truck drivers stare, yell, and take pictures of him through the cage.
Tony's struggle has been ongoing. In May 2011, a judge granted an injunction that should have prevented the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries from renewing Tony's permit, but sadly this compassionate decision was overturned in appeals court. Finally, a Louisiana court has ruled the permit should have never been issued and Tony has a chance of being removed from the truck stop.
Sadly, there has not been a ruling about where Tony is to go if he's removed from the truck stop. The tiger could be taken to a zoo and end up imprisoned much as he is now. Tony the tiger deserves a life outside of a small cage. Please write the Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and let them know Tony deserves to be taken to a sanctuary.
Dear Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries,
Tony the Tiger has been kept captive and abused by the Tiger Truck Stop in Louisiana for the past eleven years. A recent ruling may free Tony from this imprisonment, but unless the proper procedure is defined, Tony may end up in a situation very similar to the one he is in now.
What Tony has been through is despicable. It is barbaric that he has been kept in a small concrete cage for eleven years as an advertising gimmick. The abuse he has suffered cannot be undone, but he can be saved from more of this horrific treatment.
After eleven years of abuse, Tony the tiger deserves to be taken to an animal sanctuary and live out the rest of his life in a natural habitat, not in a cage.
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Simon Nixon, the chief executive and co-founder of price comparison website Moneysupermarket.com, is stepping aside, following a collapse in the share price and a 15% fall in revenue from the group's financial arm.
Nixon will become executive deputy chairman from February 25, working one day a week on product development and futurology. He will also pursue his villa hotel business and other interests.
Peter Plumb, managing director of the financial services business, will join the board from 1 January and succeed Nixon as chief executive.
Moneysupermarket floated for £366m in July last year. Its shares subsequently crashed from an initial 170p to a low of 40.25p this year.
The company admits its financial services arm has been hit as lenders have withdrawn from the mortgage, personal loan and credit card markets, but Nixon denies he led it into flotation at the wrong time, and that his sideways move is a result of its poor performance.
"Every business in our sector is massively down, but our brand is strong. We've got more people coming to our site; but if lenders won't lend, we can't make money.
"I've been chief executive for nine years; most [bosses] get bored after three. It's been difficult for me to let go of what has been my baby, but since flotation, over the last 18 months, the role has changed.
"There's more corporate governance and dealing with shareholders, and the duties have been taking me away from what I really enjoy which is the product side - looking at what else we can innovate."
A single man with a fondness for fast cars, Nixon founded the website in 1999 with his then girlfriend's brother, Duncan Cameron.
He cashed in £100m at flotation and was estimated to have been worth £500m when the shares were at their peak. He still owns 54% of Moneysupermarket.
A spokesman for the company said that the performances of the insurance and travel divisions were still strong and that although profits would be slightly down from last year's £51m, revenue was likely to be in the region of £180m this year, compared with £160m last year.
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I set up Books that Benefit in order to sell donated books online for the benefit of two charities - Help for Heroes and Alzheimer's Research UK. All proceeds from the sale of these books will be divided 50-50 between the two charities. The more books I sell the more money I will be able to raise and I hope in this way to make, over time, a not insignificant contribution to the two charities. If you have any unwanted books you wish to donate for the benefit of these two charities please contact me. Payment for books can be made through AbeBooks, by UK cheque or through PayPal.
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GROSSE POINTE FARMS — Two neighboring storefronts on the Hill may be renovated next year in the style of an upper eastside Manhattan office building that looks more like a house.
"It's a very, very significant renovation, a takeoff on the old Bank of New York office from the mid 1800s on [Madison/Lexington] (Avenue)," said Edward Russell, owner of Russell Development Company.
He tested his proposal, which requires a 5-foot height variance, this month to the Grosse Pointe Farms city council.
"This is all preliminary," Russell said. "I want to make sure there is flexibility on the council because, if we're going to spend significant money, we want to do the right kind of job."
The prototype is a three-story, front-entrance, brick, Georgian colonial with dormers.
"Our client absolutely loves this building," Russell said. "It is now a J.P. Morgan wealth management office."
Russell's client wants to represent the structure at 117 and 121 Kercheval, side-by-side locations of the former Greenhouse Salon and Talmer Bank and Trust.
Greenhouse moved to Mack. Talmer intends to move to 99 Kercheval on the Hill.
Russell proposes topping 117 and 121 Kercheval, which stand nearly 30 feet tall, with a 5-foot-3 false third floor facade and three dormers to hide roof-top air conditioning and other equipment.
"The screen should be integral to the design of the whole building," said John Jackson, executive vice president of McKenna Associates, the Farms planning consultant. "I think the height is reasonable."
Councilman Louis Theros wants third-floor treatments continued on the rear facade.
"This is more about architectural constancy than screening," he said.
Russell asked council members if they saw "conceptual problems."
"You're finishing off the face nicely," said Councilman Martin West.
"It's consistent with what you're trying to accomplish," answered Mayor James Farquhar.
Although Russell didn't name the tenant, he said the second story would be transformed into a family office containing three or four people.
"We're not ready to announce any tenant for the first floor," adding that it will be used for "general business."
The proposed use would reduce demand for parking space on the Hill, he said.
A formal proposal is likely at the Janaury council meeting, tenatively scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, Jan. 14.
"We look forward to seeing it," Farquhar said.
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