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Expository Writing Instruction: Part 2 – Grades 4-9

March 16, 2012

This two-session workshop will address the develoment of compositions from outlining to drafting and revising and editing. Summarizing, note-taking and vocabulary development will also be discussed. This workshop is open to participants who have completed the course, Expository Writing Instruction: Part One. Teachers of grades 4-9

Expository Writing Instruction: Part One – Session 2

March 14, 2012

This course will present strategies for teaching expository writing in all content areas in grades K-12. Instructional guidelines will be presented for developing complex sentences; outlining; writing paragraphs and compositions; and revising and editing . . .

Study Skills and the Research Process

September 24, 2010

“Study Skills and the Research Process,” a presentation by Betsy Duffy and Lisa Bambino of the Windward School, will be presented at The International Dyslexia Association’s 61st Annual Conference, Reading, Literacy and Learning, on October 27-30, 2010.

Teaching Basic Writing Skills: An Overview

September 18, 2010

Dr. Judith Hochman will give a presentation entitled “Teaching Basic Writing Skills: An Overview” at Massachusetts General Hospital on November 6. The event is open to the public. The presentation is part of the Massachusetts General Hospital Lecture Series sponsored by the Orton-Gillingham Association.

Summarizing: A Key to Academic Success

September 18, 2010

This workshop, open to the public and held at the Windward Teacher Training Institute, will present strategies for writing concise summaries. Based on Teaching Basic Writing Skills this workshop will present strategies for writing concise summaries.

Teaching Basic Writing Skills Workshop at CACLD Conference in Oct

September 15, 2010

Dr. Judith C. Hochman will present a workshop entitled “Teaching Basic Writing Skills: Strategies for Effective Writing Instruction” at CACLD’s 40th Annual Learning Disabilities and Attention Deficits Through the Lifespan Fall Conference on October 16 from 10:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m. at the Marriott Hotel in Stamford, Connecticut.

Expository Writing Instruction: Part One

September 13, 2010

This course, taught at the Windward Teacher Training Institute in White Plains, NY, will address strategies for teaching expository writing in all content areas. These strategies can be adapted in primary through secondary grades. Topics will include developing complex sentences; writing paragraphs and compositions; and revising.

Windward Teacher Training Institute

August 11, 2009

The Windward Teacher Training Institute (WTTI), founded in 1988, provides professional development based on scientifically validated research in child development, learning theory and pedagogy.



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