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New! Putting Voice and Passion in Non-Fiction Writing 3-12 :
Face the Facts with Fun
a new workshop with Author and Teacher Barry Lane
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You
will receive a free copy of 51 Wacky We-Search Reports with your registration
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Are you bored with the reports you teach students to write?
Looking for ways to help your students find their voice when writing about facts and ideas?
Do you long for creative ways to meet state standards
or teach the 6 traits of writing with passion, flare and good humor?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, you need to attend this workshop.
Many books and seminars on writing teach rigid formulas for success but few address the real problem, how to engage a help our students find their own unique voices when writing about subjects outside of themselves. This day long workshop will show you many well-tested techniques for helping students grades 3-12 discover their own voices and craft them into eloquent, smart, funny, sad, audacious, papers and reports that reach the hearts and minds of their readers.
"I am energized and inspired to do Non-fiction with a Punch!"
--- Carolyn Cissiu Grade 8 NH
"After 20 years of attending educational workshops, Barry Lane’s will change the way I teach writing. I am eager to return to my classroom and begin building writers from the inside out."
--- Kath Bumgainer, K-6
"Inspiring, energizing, motivational and as funny as ever! I can’t wait until school starts tomorrow to put these ideas into practice! Barry Lane helps to remind me why I love being a teacher—possibilities, hope, passion. Potential.”
--- Amy Nash, Grade 4 PA |
There are no boring subjects, only boring writers..... Barry Lane
In this dynamic workshop you will learn how to:
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Help your students find a meaningful point of view on a less meaningful subject
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Meet the demands of dull state tests while at the same time having fun
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Show your students simple methods of organizing blocks of information for your reader
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Reveal to students how to play with questions to find a thesis
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Explore the joys of wacky We-search and how it can help your students find unique perspectives on content
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Show students how to experiment with voices to gain an awareness and understanding of voice
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Transform mindnumbing book reports into thought-provoking book explorations.
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Discover the power of point of view and how it can transform informational writing
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Delight your students with new ways of writing about literature and History, Math and Science
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Tap into your students strengths as a persuasive writer by using what they know about persuasion from life
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Explore parody and humor to teach expository writing test skills
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Use the visual arts and music to mine passionate opinions about literature and life.
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Craft compelling beginnings and endings.
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Expand writing assignments from mundane to meaningful.
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Teachers of all grades bring home lessons
"Thank you for bringing my focus back to more authentic, playful and meaningful approaches to teaching writing. You put the test in its place and gave us a way to play with it."
--- Shelly Stull, Grade 4
"The time is right! Formulaic writing has helped non-writers at least feel safe enough to write something. Now it is time to invite those timid writers to find their voices and risk putting their passions on the paper. Barry’s Voice seminar gives teachers concrete tools to help students give life to their non-fiction writing. Thanks for a much needed boost in our test-driven world."
--- Gail Bagentos Secondary Literacy consultant, Colorado
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Barry Lane is one of the nation's finest speakers on the teaching of writing. His combination of inspiration, warmth, insight and energy is magical. My colleagues and I left our day with Barry with full hearts and high spirits, ready to bring new strategies and new energy into our writing workshops."
--- Lucy Calkins, Director of Columbia University's Teachers College Writing Project |
Who should attend?
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Language Arts Teachers 1-8
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English/Reading teachers 9-12
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Content area teachers, especially science and social studies
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Reading Specialists
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Writing Specialists
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Special Educators
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ESL Teachers
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Administrators
Funding sources:
Title One
NCLB
Chapter One
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| Barry
Lane Texas Voice Workshop Schedule 2006 |
| Date |
Location |
Hotel |
Hotel
Phone |
| NOV
14, 2006 |
San
Antonio, TX |
Norris
Conference Center |
210-738-0040 |
| NOV
15, 2006 |
Houston,
TX |
Greenspoint
Marriott |
281-875-4000 |
| NOV
16, 2006 |
Dallas,
TX |
Westin
Park Central |
972-233-4421 |
| NOV
17, 2006 |
Austin,
TX |
Norris
Conference Center |
512-451-5011 |
| DEC
12, 2006 |
Amarillo,
TX |
Ambassador
Hotel |
806-358-6161 |
| DEC
13, 2006 |
Lubbock,
TX |
Holiday
Inn & Towers |
806-763-1200 |
| DEC
14, 2006 |
Midland,
TX |
Hilton
Midland Plaza |
432-683-6131 |
Barry
Lane National Voice Workshop Schedule
2006-2007
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Date
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Location |
Hotel |
Hotel
Phone |
| OCT
24, 2006 |
Columbia
SC |
Holiday
Inn at USC |
803-799-7800 |
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| NOV
7, 2006 |
Omaha
NE |
Holiday
Inn Central |
402-393-39050 |
| NOV
8, 2006 |
Detroit
MI |
Embassy
Suites Southfield |
248-350-2000 |
| NOV
9, 2006 |
Indianapolis
IN |
Adams
Mark Hotel |
317-248-2481 |
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2007
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| JAN
9, 2007 |
St.
Pete Beach
FL |
Grand
Plaza Hotel |
727-360-1811 |
| JAN
23, 2007 |
Portland
OR |
Holiday
Inn Airport |
503-256-5000 |
| JAN
24, 2007 |
Bellevue
(Seattle)
WA |
Red
Lion Inn |
425-455-5240 |
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| FEB
7, 2007 |
Maui
HI |
Maui
Beach Hotel |
808-877-0051 |
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| MAY
2, 2007 |
Portsmouth
NH |
Sheraton
Harborside |
603-431-2300 |
| MAY
3, 2007 |
Meriden
CT |
Four
Points by Sheraton |
203-238-2380 |
| MAY
9, 2007 |
Flint
MI |
LouHelen
Retreat and Conference Ctr |
810-653-5033 |
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