Workshop Registration Details

Gretchen Bernabei and Laura Van Prooyen have put together a wonderful new process to “pop the hood” on a poem to discover what makes it work, using text structures to unlock the engine of a poem. Teachers will participate in the modeled lessons, reading and re-reading a poem closely, to identify the author’s craft and text structure of the poem, and to leverage what they have learned to write their own evocative poems. All participants will receive a copy of Text Structures from Poetry, with 50 classroom-ready lessons, as well as access to a TEKS alignment document. Participants will learn how to use poems to blend reading and writing in a clear, simple sequence: free writing, reading, closer reading, analysis, structural analysis, and composing. And for the first time, we will use this resource to prepare for the changes in the new STAAR test, in anticipation of constructed response questions.

Grades 3-10 ELA Teachers, as designated by Principal

English Language Arts/Reading

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