Open Response Writing Workshop

Sponsored by

The Salem State Collaborative and Saugus Public Schools

Presenter: Joan Pokrant

Audience: Grade 1-6 Classroom Teachers

Dates: Wednesdays Jan. 14, 21, Feb. 11, Mar. 4, 11, Apr. 1

Location: Veterans Memorial School, 39 Hurd Avenue, Saugus, MA 01906

Time: 3:30 – 6 PM

PDP’s: 15 Hours or 1 Non-Degree Graduate Credit (Major Project Required)

Fee: $75 for Member Districts $295 for Non-Member Districts

Non-Degree Graduate Credit – Additional $100 (Check made out to Salem State College)

Description:

Data from MCAS scores suggest that some students know more than they show in their response answers. For other students, open response questions can reveal a lack of deep understanding — an inability to go further up Bloom’s taxonomy of thinking. This workshop will help you to improve the quality of open response answers in all content areas including response to literature.

At this workshop you will learn to:

• Identify vocabulary that strengthens open response answers
• Understand, design and use questions that align with the Massachusetts Frameworks
• Communicate the item specific rubrics used to score answers
• Revise open response questions to go further up Bloom’s taxonomy of thinking
• Create open response questions which require understanding of content and may be used daily in the classroom
• Design prewriting activities to yield quality open response answers
• Facilitate activities which will help students to “dissect” open response questions
• Facilitate activities which will help students evaluate and revise their own open response answers

Registration:

Please register at our website www.salemcollaborative.org, or email the following information to Jim Kearns at registration@salemcollaborative.org. If you have registration questions, please either email (preferred)

or call Jim at 781-771-4860.

Make checks or Purchase Orders payable to CPMSIE and Bring to the First Session

DEADLINE to sign up for Open Response Writing Workshop is January 7^th.