Ignite Literacy Services

For ELA teachers in grades 3-10:
This two-day professional development series is designed to empower teachers with the tools and strategies needed to prepare students for the TCAP Writing Task. This training focuses on Tennessee ELA Writing Standards 1-3, emphasizing opinion/argumentative, informative/explanatory, and narrative writing. Through interactive sessions, participants will unpack the standards, analyze high-quality writing exemplars, engage in writing teacher models, and explore best practices for fostering student success. By the end of the sessions, teachers will feel confident in guiding students to write with purpose, clarity, and depth.

Key Takeaways for Teachers:

1. Deep Understanding of Standards: Gain insight into TN ELA Writing Standards 1-3 and their expectations for student performance.
2. Strategies for Writing Instruction: Learn effective methods for teaching opinion/argumentative, informative/explanatory, and narrative writing.
3. Assessment Literacy: Develop the ability to evaluate writing tasks using rubrics aligned with TCAP scoring guidelines.
4. Exemplar Analysis: Explore examples of student writing to identify characteristics of strong responses.
5. Practical Resources: Receive exemplars, prompts, graphic organizers, a timing protocol, and instructional strategies to implement immediately in your classroom.
6. Curriculum Integration: Learn how to connect and supplement your existing reading curriculum with writing tasks that align with the TCAP writing expectations, creating a cohesive approach to literacy instruction.

Suggested delivery:

• Summer/Fall session: how to teach process writing.
• Winter/Spring session: how to prepare for the on-demand writing task.

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