Teaching sentences and punctuation to support writing

Early bird available until 14 October

In this new workshop series, Louise will explore how sentences and punctuation can be taught using explicit and engaging mini-lessons. Simple, compound and complex sentences will be broken down into manageable steps. She will then review the writing lesson, and identify how these skills can be transferred into writing.

Mini-lesson ideas and writing lessons will be shared from The Poetry Book.

The course includes:

• two online 90-minute workshops (two time slots available).

Workshop content

• Reviewing effective practice in teaching writing
• Introducing mini-lessons
• Exploring mini-lessons that teach students to understand and apply punctuation skills in writing
• Exploring mini-lessons that teach students to understand and write simple, compound and complex sentences   
• Reviewing the writing lesson and identifying opportunities to apply sentence and punctuation skills

We will contact you prior to the sessions to find out your preferred session time.

"I loved how practical the workshops were. They were easy to follow, and gave clear examples of how to use the content in your own classroom. I was able to immediately take what I had learnt and apply it in my classroom."

"Great workshop! Louise was fantastic and really knew her stuff. She was very easy to talk to and explained things clearly. Love the format of the workshop: a good mix of listening and interaction. Was highly engaging."