Moving English Learners Forward on the STAAR/EOC Writing - October 28, 2021

8181 Airport Boulevard,Houston TX 77061

28 October, 2021

Description

Moving English Learners Moving English Learners Forward on the STAAR/EOC Writing Moving English Learners Moving English Learners Forward on the STAAR/EOC Writing October 28, 2021 Speakers: Natalia Heckman and Allison Hand, Seidlitz Education This workshop outlines simple steps that will make the essay writing portions of the STAAR and EOC assessment less threatening. Participants will explore approaches for secondary ESL and ELA teachers to scaffold instruction and to boost students’ performance on the writing portion of the STAAR and EOC. The workshop includes an opportunity to examine the required elements of the essays and learn how to help students incorporate these elements into their writing. Participants will receive a resource that includes items such as:• Sentence and paragraph building activities• Graphic organizers with sentence stems and paragraph frames