NEW! Picturing Writing Pumpkin Life Cycle Workshop
September 19, 24 & 26, 3:30 – 5:30 PM (ET)
Teach informational writing through an evidence-based approach that engages all learners
This new virtual Pumpkin Life Cycle Workshop offers an engaging seasonal writing unit that utilizes proven Picturing Writing strategies and practices. This unit addresses ELA Standards for informational writing, reading, speaking, listening and language as well as the Next Gen Science Standards for Structure and Function and Interdependent Relationships Within Ecosystems. It offers yet another model for integrating Picturing Writing across the content areas.
This experiential workshop will introduce (or review) Artists/Writers Workshop and the crayon resist painting process along with supplemental art techniques. As an informational writing unit, teachers will learn how to elicit facts from visual and written resources, embed facts into their paintings, and then read their pictures to access detail and description. With a focus on the use of strong verbs and adjectives, participants will discover the power of using image and text to advance student writing.
Picturing Writing is an innovative, evidence-based approach to teaching writing designed to meet the needs of a wide range of learners. This highly scaffolded, multimodal approach gives students access to visual as well as verbal tools for developing and recording their ideas. Because pictures offer a universal language, Picturing Writing allows students to enter the reading/ writing process from a position of strength and enthusiasm. It provides an enticing, alternative pathway into writing for emergent writers, English Learners, and others who struggle with reading and writing.
No previous art experience necessary!
Registration deadline: September 5, 2024
2024 Picturing Writing Pumpkin Life Cycle Workshop
September 19, 24, & 26 – 3:30-5:30 PM ET
SNHU Graduate Credit (1)*
*Up to 3 credits available.
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Picturing Writing Classroom Kit for 20 Students
Picturing Writing Classroom Kit for 24 Students
Paper Order Form for Picturing Writing Pumpkin Life Cycle Workshop (pdf)
Location: Your home or school (virtually)
Cost: $400 (includes six hours of experiential training, packet of masters, 4 mentor texts, Artists Frame, Artists/Writers Workshop poster, and all workshop art materials shipped to you)
One graduate credit available through SNHU; up to 3 credits with classroom implementation for $150 per credit.
Picturing Writing Classroom Kit options:
$600 for 20 students (includes S&H for 40+ lb. box)
$665 for 24 students (includes S&H for 40+ lb. box)
Questions: Contact Beth at [email protected] or (603) 659-6018
Cancellation after deadline will be charged a $50 processing fee; Cancellation after workshop materials have been shipped will be charged $50 plus $125, the cost of materials and shipping.
During our study of the pumpkin life cycle, we practiced close reading of image and text. My students observed, sketched, colored and painted all the stages of the pumpkin. They brainstormed key vocabulary as a whole group and then wrote individually to each painting. They were all so proud of the books they created. They were eager to practice reading their own and each other’s books. It was a very rich experience!
Rita Jacobs, first-grade teacher
Every child, no matter his or her strengths, abilities, or challenges can be successful using Picturing Writing and Image-Making.
Dr. Sue O’Connor, Director of Elementary Instruction
I had great success using these methods with English Learners and other at-risk students. This visual approach promotes oral language skills and writing that flows directly from the pictures students have painted with care.
Donna Garcia, Instructor of Language & Literacy, UNM