This training opportunity helps teachers to prepare their students for close reading skills and academic writing needed to be successful on the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium’s (SBAC) assessment of the informational/explanatory performance task.
Participants will learn how to teach the Jane Schaffer Writing Program® terminology, color-coding, and structure that successfully takes writers through the writing process to produce an organized, logical, and creative response on the test.
Participants will also learn how to teach close reading of informational texts to understand the main idea of passages in order to synthesize those ideas into responses. Teaching students the JSWP method of thinking while reading and writing will prepare students to be successful test takers.
Subject Area Participants: Advanced Academics, English Language Arts and Reading, Learning Support, Science, Social Studies
Grade Level(s): 6-11
3-Part Series (Weeknights):
- October 16, 23, and 30 (4:15 - 6:15 P.M. Pacific)
- Deadline to Register: September 25
Credit Cards, Purchase Orders, and Business Checks Accepted.
Please note that sessions will be recorded for review purposes only. Online participants are expected to join us in real time.
Online participants must attend at least 80% of the live training to earn a certificate of completion.
