2021 Literacy Association of Tennessee Conference

Your students may not realize it, but they’re already writers. All those informal text messages, Instagram captions, and Facebook posts have given them skills they can use as a springboard to the formal, content- specific writing they’ll need for success in school, college, and careers. In this workshop you will find: •    Engaging exercises based in the kinds of writing students already do •    Versatile “parachute writings”—quick bursts of practice to drop into a day’s lesson •    Strategies for introducing academic vocabulary and making it stick With this workshop, you’ll be ready to make literacy relevant, valuable, and authentic.