Houston, TX - Informational/Expository - 11.6.19

“The strategies taught through Empowering Writers have been a most valuable asset to the staff…our STAAR results from last spring were amazing!”

- Barbara Lange
Brinker Elementary, Plano ISD
22 pts above state average on 2012 STAAR Writing

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This workshop is intended for teachers of students grade 2 and above, or any teacher responsible for teaching informational/expository
writing.  Come away with engaging lessons aligned to the NEW STATE STANDARDS that have clear objectives that will empower you to:

• understand a variety of expository writing challenges: informational essay/report, the “how to” piece, compare contrast
• explore opportunities for analyzing the organizational structure of the informational/expository essay
• learn specific strategies for crafting strong introductions with attention-grabbing leads create clear, concise topic sentences 
• generate a number of broad yet distinct main ideas
• write a variety of powerful supporting details 
• construct conclusions in which main ideas are creatively restated
• receive powerful exemplars of informational/expository writing for classroom use 

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