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| Overview |
How do we accelerate student learning so they become skilled writers who can meet rigorous writing standards?
The answer is to include high-engagement units in your writing curriculum. Research shows that when students are highly engaged, they learn much more about what they’re studying, retain what they learn, and can better apply it in the future.
In this four-part webinar series, Carl Anderson will show you how to teach several high-engagement units that are guaranteed to excite your students and at the same time teach them about the most important aspects of the craft and process of writing.
During the webinar, Carl will discuss these topics:
- The link between student engagement and achievement.
- What are the pillars of engagement that make writing units engaging?
- How to make units already in your repertoire more engaging.
- Which specific units are the most engaging for students?
- How to teach several high engagement writing units (Participant interest in specific units will be taken into consideration, and may include: genre studies such as fantasy writing, feature articles, and poetry; craft studies such as what makes writing interesting, punctuation study, and a study of writing complex sentences (yes, that can be highly engaging!); process studies such as revision and reading like a writer.); and others.
- How to gather a stack of engaging mentor texts for a writing unit.
- How to write your own “process text” for a unit that not only shows students how to navigate the writing process, but also helps them see you as a writer they want to learn from.
- How to project high-engagement units on your own.
By the end of this hands-on, practical workshop, you’ll know how to teach several high-engagement units that will bring new energy and lots of learning into your writing classroom. |
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| Potential Audience: |
| This webinar is designed for the Grades 3-8 teacher who wants to improve or strengthen their skills as a writing teacher, as well as for the literacy coaches, administrators, and curriculum specialists who support them. |
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| About Carl Anderson |
| Carl Anderson is an internationally recognized expert in writing instruction for grades K-8. He works as a consultant in schools and districts around the world. Carl is the author of numerous books on teaching writing, including How to Become a Better Writing Teacher (with Matt Glover), Teaching Fantasy Writing: Lessons that Inspire Student Engagement and Creativity K-6, A Teacher's Guide Mentor Texts K-5, A Teacher’s Guide to Writing Conferences K-8, and Assessing Writers. Carl is known for his keynote addresses, PD workshops, school-based residencies, and webinars. Follow him on social media: Instagram at @carlandersonconferring, Bluesky at @carlandersonwriting.bsky.social, and Twitter/X at @conferringcarl. |
| Dates & Timings |
January 31st, February 7th, 14th & 21st, 2026
Each session is for 2 hours.
New York 5:00 am | London 10:00 am | Zurich 11:00 am
Dubai 2:00 pm | India 3:30 pm | Hong Kong 6:00 pm
Melbourne 9:00 pm
Please click here to check your time for the workshop |
| Investment |
USD 450 Closing Date 20th January 2026
Includes: Certificate of Participation for 10 Professional Development Hours. |
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| Upcoming Workshops |
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| Translanguaging: The What, Why, and How To |
| Two past paradigms in EAL account for the historical practice of English-only policies and practices in schools: it was believed that ‘more and only’ English was the quickest path to English-language acquisition and deficit-thinking positioned students learning English as needing to be‘fixed’ as quickly as possible with the solution being the enforcement of English-only policies and practices. |
 February 3rd, 5th, 10th & 12th, 2026 |
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| Curriculum Mapping for Modern Learning: Bundling Standards, Aligning Assessments, and Engaging Students and Faculty |
| How can we create a living breathing curriculum responsive to the learners in our care? How can support a culture of collaboration between teachers to develop a pathway of engaging learning experiences both vertically and across the school year? |
| February 11th, 18th & 25th, 2026 |
| USD 400 Closing Date 5th February 2026 |
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| Artificial Intelligence: How it will-and won’t-change Education |
| What every teacher needs to know about artificial intelligence. |
| March 3rd, 5th, 17th, 19th & 31st, 2026 |
| USD 600 Closing Date 1st March 2026 |
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