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Gretchen Bernabei
Voice Lessons for TAKS Writing

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Excel at TAKS and the new TEKS standards with two dynamic
one-day workshops with outstanding teachers/authors
Barry Lane and Gretchen Bernabei

Barry Lane Workshops

Grades 3-12

HOOKED ON MEANING

Teach students to become confident, vivid writers and send TAKS scores SOARING

Plus, you get to take Barry
back with you!

Each registrant for Hooked on Meaning
receives a free copy of

Hooked on Meaning
DVD & Teacher's Guide

( $99 value, FREE with your registration..
new 2nd edition includes
20 student examples of high-scoring essays)

Also includes refreshments and a
certificate of attendance

BARRY LANE is widely acclaimed by his colleagues in the profession and his faithful, far-reaching teacher fans. The classroom-proven lessons in his books, videos and seminars have helped increase writing achievement and attitude in classrooms all across the country.

Because of his wide range of experience as both a writer and teacher, he brings a unique perspective that teachers at all levels find enlightening. Barry’s warmth, humor and original songs help relay his practical ideas on teaching writing in a manner so compelling they are used in classrooms year after year.

"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, Author, Units of Study
Director, Columbia University Teacher’s College Writing Project

“After taking our 4th graders through five weeks of tutorials using Barry Lane’s ideas, we went from 69% passing and 13% commendable on the TAKS release test to 98.5% passing and 44% commendable.”

~Jayne Hover,
4th grade teacher,
Judson I.S.D. Texas

“We used ideas from Hooked on Meaning with students who had failed the South Carolina writing exam. The next time they took the test they had a 100% pass ate. Following Barry Lane’s lead, we didn’t teach to the test, we taught the young writers craft. Their writing performances soared.”

~ Dr. Janet Files, Coastal Area
Writing Project, South Carolina

“After working with Barry Lane, teaching writing has never been the same for teachers on Kauai. Barry as infused enthusiasm, fun, and effective strategies into the craft of writing. Teachers continue to reach for his resources for best practices.”

~ April Shigemoto, Gr. 7-12,
School Assessment Liaison,
Kauai District Office

In this dynamic workshop, you will learn to teach students:

How to craft a personal response to an impersonal prompt;
To understand how the brain operates and how to use this knowledge to advantage on the test;
Grammatical secrets that boost clarity and test scores;
Narrative writing techniques, such as snapshots and dialogue, that bring life to an essay;
Persuasive writing secrets that lead to extraordinary persuasive essay responses;

Simple yet powerful techniques that help English language learners succeed at prompted tests.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

Grade 3-12 Teachers
Language Arts & English Teachers
Teachers of Title I, Title II,
Title III (ELL)
Title VII & Gifted Students
Mentor/Lead Teachers
Interns

Resource Specialists
Reading Specialists
Curriculum Coordinators
Administrators
Principals
Instructional Aides
ESL
Parents

View a sample clip from Hooked on Meaning

Barry Lane Texas Workshops - Hooked on Meaning - 2010
November 15	Norris Conf. Center	San Antonio, TX	210-738-0040
November 16	Norris Conf. Center	Houston, TX	713-780-9300
November 17	Special Events Center	Dallas (Garland), TX	972-487-4700
December 6	Norris Conf. Center	Ft. Worth, TX	817 289 2400
December 7	Holiday Inn Civic Center	Lubbock, TX	806-740-9948
December 8	Norris Conf. Center	Austin, TX	512-451-5011
December 9	Holidome Inn & Suites	McAllen, TX	956-686-2471

Voice Lessons for TAKS Writing
with Gretchen Bernabei

Put heart and laughter back into test prep and achieve outstanding results!

$185/pp or $175/pp for 3 or more
who register from the same school

Registration includes a Free copy of

Gretchen's latest DVD / CDROM

BA-DA-BING

($39 value)

...which has 40 minutes of video lessons from Gretchen, including over 100 pages of Text structures, visual prompts, writing craft lessons, and more

... plus refreshments and a certificate of attendance.

Receive Gretchen’s outstanding new digital resource for Free with your attendance!

GRETCHEN BERNABEI has taught grades 6-12 in San Antonio public schools for more than 20 years. She is now on special assignment with Alamo Heights ISD, which places her in the enviable position of being able to spend time developing more of her excellent ideas and strategies for writing pedagogy to benefit teachers and students everywhere.

Gretchen’s best-selling books include Why We Must Run with Scissors (with Barry Lane), Reviving the Essay, The Good Writer’s Guide, and Sparklers: High Scoring Essays and What They Teach Us. Her unique CD Rom, Lightning in a Bottle, contains a year’s worth of visual prompts that will inspire you and your students when preparing for TAKS testing.

Dear Texas teacher,

I’m going to share with you the best of what I’ve learned from our students; and you will benefit and be refreshed by truly useful strategies for helping students use what they already know. We still need to motivate students, to provide rigor with-out drudgery, to manage choices, freedom, and feedback for them, and to produce high test scores at the same time. Is it easy? Not always, but it’s the work we love. Is it possible? Absolutely! You’ll love seeing joy in your classroom again. You’ll delight in the many high scores your students will achieve.

Gretchen S. Bernabei

During the day at Gretchens Workshop, participants will explore:

Kid-tested, campus-proven techniques which raise writing test scores;
Easy and kid-friendly kernel essays for expository writing;
Ba-da-bing, ba-da-bang, ba-da-boom! Sentence patterns for reading and writing;
Using colors for (shh! Analysis) labeling types of text;
Some surefire backup plans for students who “just keep failing that test”;
Tons of student-written samples.

“With chalkdust fresh on her shoes, I felt Gretchen Bernabei was speaking my language. No “pie-in-the sky” workshop today! She’s been there; she knows; and she’s got a powerful ability to relate to other educators.”

~Cynthia Candler,
Terrell, Texas

“Gretchen’s strategies are our ‘secret weapon.’ We are celebrating incredible test scores in addition to confident, successful students! Sky-high scores and confident kids – what more could you ask for? TAKS, look out!"

~ Ken Patranella, Principal,
Sandra Day O’Connor High School

Voice Lessons for TAKS Writing - with Gretchen Bernabei - 2010
October 26	Norris Conf. Center	San Antonio, TX	210-738-0040
October 27	Special Events Center	Dallas (Garland), TX	972-487-4700
October 28	Norris Conf. Center	Houston, TX	713-780-9300
December 1	Hilton Midland Plaza	Midland, TX	432-683-6131
December 2	Holidome Inn & Suites	McAllen, TX	956-686-2471

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