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SUMMARY:Building Your First ELA Unit with Structured Writing Activities - Virtual Morning
DESCRIPTION:Adaptable to your schedule! Join us for all three mornings or a single session. \nDate: August 10 -August 12; 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.\nPresenters: Alison Leveque\, PhD; Kinjal Nicholls\, MA; Dana Carr-Ford\, MA\, MsEd; Betsy Duffy MsEd\nGrades: 3-9\nLocation: Virtual\nCredits: NYCTLE credits – 3 hours per full-day workshop \nDescription: \nThis three-day institute guides educators through the process of designing a coherent\, standards-aligned ELA unit from the ground up — one that intentionally connects reading\, discussion\, and writing to build the deep literacy skills students need to think critically\, write confidently\, and engage meaningfully with complex texts. \nDay 1: Laying the Foundation for a Coherent ELA Unit \nDay 1 establishes the blueprint for a strong ELA unit by helping educators set clear learning goals\, develop essential questions\, and select meaningful texts that anchor instruction and build student knowledge from the start. Educators will explore how to plan scaffolds that support students before\, during\, and after instruction — ensuring every learner has access to the curriculum from day one. In the afternoon\, participants begin drafting their own ELA unit by identifying priority standards\, defining learning goals\, and selecting the central text or text set that will drive their instructional sequence. \nKey Learning Objectives \n\nexplain the core components of an effective ELA unit\, including learning goals\, essential questions\, and scaffolds to support student success\nanalyze students’ prior knowledge and identify opportunities to build background knowledge while addressing potential misconceptions\nalign unit planning with foundational skills programs\, writing curricula\, and standards-aligned texts\nplan text analysis routines that incorporate reading\, discussion\, and writing tasks to support comprehension and meaning-making\nbegin drafting a coherent ELA unit by defining learning goals\, creating essential questions\, and choosing central texts or text sets\n\nDay 2: The Heart of the Matter: Integrating Writing and Deep Comprehension \nBuilding on Day 1’s unit framework\, Day 2 shifts to the practical\, day-to-day work of moving students beyond surface-level reading and into critical analysis — using the powerful connection between reading and writing as the engine for deeper thinking. Educators will design scaffolded reading experiences that build skills progressively\, craft text-dependent writing prompts that challenge students to synthesize and reflect\, and develop graphic organizers and templates that help all learners organize their thinking and express ideas with clarity. You’ll learn scaffolds to deepen student understanding\, foster higher-order thinking\, and create a learning environment where reading and writing meaningfully inform one another. In the afternoon\, participants continue drafting their unit with ready-to-use scaffolds and tools that support every student on the path from teacher-led modeling to independent application. \nKey Learning Objectives: \n\nlearn strategies for using the writing process as a tool to process complex texts and check for understanding\ncreate “Close Reading” sequences that move students from literal comprehension to inferential analysis\ndevelop scaffolds to transition from teacher-led modeling to collaborative practice and independent application\ncraft an “Essential Question” and a “Culminating Task” that drive the unit’s instructional path\nidentify and select diverse texts and supplementary materials based to supports the unit’s end goal\ndevelop text-dependent writing prompts that demonstrate their learning\n\n Day 3: Authentic Assessment & Reflective Practice \nWith a fully drafted unit in hand\, Day 3 focuses on closing the loop — equipping educators with the assessment tools and reflective practices needed to measure student growth\, respond to real-time data\, and continuously strengthen instruction. Participants will develop rigorous summative assessments\, student-friendly rubrics\, and a bank of formative quick-checks that keep every student’s progress visible and actionable. Educators leave with a complete\, ready-to-implement ELA unit — including assessments\, scaffolds\, and a structured reflection protocol — so students are set up for success from the very first day of school. \nKey Learning Objectives: \n\nunderstand summative assessments that demonstrate mastery\nexplore how graphic organizers and other writing scaffolds promote deep comprehension and learning\ncreate a toolkit with quick\, actionable ways to pivot instruction based on real-time student data\ndevelop clear\, student-friendly rubrics that streamline grading and maximize growth\ndesign a summative performance task that directly connects with the learning goals\ncreate a rubric and a bank of formative assessment “quick-checks” to monitor student progress in real-time\ndevelop a post-instructional reflection protocol to evaluate the overall effectiveness of any unit
URL:https://thewindwardinstitute.org/event/building-your-first-ela-unit-with-structured-writing-activities-virtual-morning/
LOCATION:Westchester Lower School Campus\, 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue\, White Plains\, NY\, 10605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer Institutes,Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="The Windward Institute":MAILTO:wi@thewindwardschool.org
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SUMMARY:Building Your First ELA Unit with Structured Writing Activities - In-Person Full Day
DESCRIPTION:Adaptable to your schedule! Join us for an individual session or all three days. \nDate: August 10th-August 12th\nPresenters: Alison Leveque\, PhD; Kinjal Nicholls\, MA; Dana Carr-Ford\, MA\, MsEd; Betsy Duffy MsEd\nGrades: 3-9\nLocation: In-person at the Windward Westchester Lower School Campus in White Plains\, NY\nCredits: NYCTLE credits – 5 hours per full-day workshop \nDescription: \nThis three-day institute guides educators through the process of designing a coherent\, standards-aligned ELA unit from the ground up — one that intentionally connects reading\, discussion\, and writing to build the deep literacy skills students need to think critically\, write confidently\, and engage meaningfully with complex texts. \nDay 1: Laying the Foundation for a Coherent ELA Unit \nDay 1 establishes the blueprint for a strong ELA unit by helping educators set clear learning goals\, develop essential questions\, and select meaningful texts that anchor instruction and build student knowledge from the start. Educators will explore how to plan scaffolds that support students before\, during\, and after instruction — ensuring every learner has access to the curriculum from day one. In the afternoon\, participants begin drafting their own ELA unit by identifying priority standards\, defining learning goals\, and selecting the central text or text set that will drive their instructional sequence. \nKey Learning Objectives \n\nexplain the core components of an effective ELA unit\, including learning goals\, essential questions\, and scaffolds to support student success\nanalyze students’ prior knowledge and identify opportunities to build background knowledge while addressing potential misconceptions\nalign unit planning with foundational skills programs\, writing curricula\, and standards-aligned texts\nplan text analysis routines that incorporate reading\, discussion\, and writing tasks to support comprehension and meaning-making\nbegin drafting a coherent ELA unit by defining learning goals\, creating essential questions\, and choosing central texts or text sets\n\nDay 2: The Heart of the Matter: Integrating Writing and Deep Comprehension \nBuilding on Day 1’s unit framework\, Day 2 shifts to the practical\, day-to-day work of moving students beyond surface-level reading and into critical analysis — using the powerful connection between reading and writing as the engine for deeper thinking. Educators will design scaffolded reading experiences that build skills progressively\, craft text-dependent writing prompts that challenge students to synthesize and reflect\, and develop graphic organizers and templates that help all learners organize their thinking and express ideas with clarity. You’ll learn scaffolds to deepen student understanding\, foster higher-order thinking\, and create a learning environment where reading and writing meaningfully inform one another. In the afternoon\, participants continue drafting their unit with ready-to-use scaffolds and tools that support every student on the path from teacher-led modeling to independent application. \nKey Learning Objectives: \n\nlearn strategies for using the writing process as a tool to process complex texts and check for understanding\ncreate “Close Reading” sequences that move students from literal comprehension to inferential analysis\ndevelop scaffolds to transition from teacher-led modeling to collaborative practice and independent application\ncraft an “Essential Question” and a “Culminating Task” that drive the unit’s instructional path\nidentify and select diverse texts and supplementary materials based to supports the unit’s end goal\ndevelop text-dependent writing prompts that demonstrate their learning\n\n Day 3: Authentic Assessment & Reflective Practice \nWith a fully drafted unit in hand\, Day 3 focuses on closing the loop — equipping educators with the assessment tools and reflective practices needed to measure student growth\, respond to real-time data\, and continuously strengthen instruction. Participants will develop rigorous summative assessments\, student-friendly rubrics\, and a bank of formative quick-checks that keep every student’s progress visible and actionable. Educators leave with a complete\, ready-to-implement ELA unit — including assessments\, scaffolds\, and a structured reflection protocol — so students are set up for success from the very first day of school. \nKey Learning Objectives: \n\nunderstand summative assessments that demonstrate mastery\nexplore how graphic organizers and other writing scaffolds promote deep comprehension and learning\ncreate a toolkit with quick\, actionable ways to pivot instruction based on real-time student data\ndevelop clear\, student-friendly rubrics that streamline grading and maximize growth\ndesign a summative performance task that directly connects with the learning goals\ncreate a rubric and a bank of formative assessment “quick-checks” to monitor student progress in real-time\ndevelop a post-instructional reflection protocol to evaluate the overall effectiveness of any unit
URL:https://thewindwardinstitute.org/event/building-your-first-ela-unit-with-structured-writing-activities-in-person-full-day/
LOCATION:Westchester Lower School Campus\, 1275 Mamaroneck Avenue\, White Plains\, NY\, 10605\, United States
CATEGORIES:Summer Institutes,Workshops
ORGANIZER;CN="The Windward Institute":MAILTO:wi@thewindwardschool.org
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