2013-14ProfessionalDevelopmentCatalog

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Got an Opinion? Want to Argue? W.1 CCSS for Writing is for You!
What are instructional strategies to teach students to write opinion and argumentative pieces?
The Common Core has revolutionized the emphasis on writing, in all formats. The foremost instructional shift
of the CCSS in Standard 1 is to increase opinion writing (to grade 5) and argumentative writing (grades 6
and above). This workshop will look at the research behind argumentative writing, explore argumentative
readings and websites, and review samples of lessons and rubrics for argumentative writing from the new
NYSED Expeditionary Learning and Odell curricula. We will also explore formats and rubrics for this genre of
writing. Participants are encouraged to bring a unit of study that could envelop Standard 1 writing.
PARTICIPANTS: Elementary teachers in grades 3-5, secondary teachers of English 6-8, literacy coaches,
instructional leaders responsible for ELA
Literacy and Language Arts
DATE/TIME: Mar 18 2014 8:30AM - 3:00PM
COST: $168 for Curriculum Center Members; $193 Curriculum Center Non Members
LOCATION: Putnam/Northern Westchester BOCES; Yorktown Heights, NY; School Services Building
FACILITATOR: Lucretia Pannozzo comes with more than thirty-five years of experience in public education
as a teacher of English in middle and high school, Instructional Leader for English, Director of Humanities,
and secondary staff development coordinator, including for new teacher and mentoring programs.
Lucretia Pannozzo was one of the first ninety National Board Certified Teachers in ELA/ Early Adolescence.
She served for five years as a teacher representative on New York State’s Professional Standards and
Practices Board. She has taught graduate courses in reading for ELA and content areas. Lucretia
Pannozzo has worked extensively in districts around literacy, Common Core, formative assessment,
curriculum development and mapping. She is part of the Network Team Institute. She is available for
consultation in your district.
REGISTRATION REQUIRED BY: 3/4/2014
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