Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARs
2019-12-11 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver)
Grammar PD with an eye on STAAR™.
Did you know? 50% of the 4th grade STAAR Writing score is based on editing.
Registration OPEN
El Paso, Texas
Workshop Summary
A one-day workshop day applying grammar knowledge and practicing editing skills with an eye on demands of STAAR™. Digital (online) resources are included.
Why is it called Snippety Grammar? Because it is grammar in snippets —
Mini-lessons and anchor charts…
Bite-sized daily practices that develop editing skills…
Simple, no nonsense, can-use-tomorrow routines…
Editing strategies (tips and tricks) for proof-reading and test-taking…
Alignment with new ELAR TEKS

Strand 6 — The student uses acquired knowledge to support appropriate use of conventions to analyze and edit text. The student learns tips and tricks of editors to proofread and determine correct use of conventions. The student uses proofreader symbols.
Strand 1 — The student demonstrates and applies spelling knowledge.
Strand 5 – The student uses critical inquiry to notice and analyze the authors’ choices and how they influence and communicate meaning and flow of text.
Workshop Agenda
View/Print the Agenda for the day.

It’s easy to enroll
Only a few places are still available.
1) Follow directions on Registration Form. Please note: Payment can be made with credit card at our Online Store.
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your enrollment and send you a confirmation email.
View / Print: Brochure / Registration Form

Writing STAAR™ Essays
2019-12-12 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
With an eye on STAAR™ — writing mentor essays and developing teaching points with Alice Nine.
Registration is OPEN
El Paso, TX.
Workshop Summary
A one-day workshop
Learn how to show your students to —
* Write a clear central idea statement using the prompt
* To plan and write the body with Alice Nine’s X-Builder
* Write a conclusion that completes the essay
Plan STAAR™ essay practice in bite-sized pieces
Plus you will have access to Writing STAAR™ Essays digital (online) modules
Workshop Agenda
Writing STAAR™ Essays is a one-day workshop. View / Print the Agenda.
PLUS extensive online digital modules, available 24/7 through April 15, 2020.
It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on Registration Form. Please note: Payment can be made with credit card at our Online Store..
2) Our PD facilitator will process your enrollment and send you a confirmation email.
View / Print: Brochure / Registration Form.
What is a blended workshop?

LIVE workshop on December 12, 2019, with Alice Nine focuses on writing mentor essays and developing teaching points in response to STAAR-like prompts.
Digital (online) Modules available 24/7 through March 15, 2020 include–

Deconstructing the Prompt–Understanding use of each part
Deciphering the Rubrics– Understanding the language
Developing the Essay– Close examination of components
From Prompt to Essay–How-to outlined with teaching points
From Prompt to Essay–A modeled lesson
Resources
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Enroll in the Online Modules only
Our online modules are available for individual teacher enrollment as Digital PD.. Check our Calendar.

O'Shea Keleher Inservice Day
2020-01-06
Word Study with Alice Nine

Johnny Can Spell PD
Participation limited to campus staff.
El Paso, Texas

Cursive Handwriting
2020-03-23 - 2020-04-24 | Online at Alice Nine’s Johnny Can Spell & Write Facebook Page
Join
ALICE NINE
M – F
March 23 – April 24, 2020
For 15-20 minute lessons in cursive writing
Remote Lessons
FREE
(Location Website Link Below)

Digital PD: Writing STAAR™ Essays - Gr.4
2021-01-06 - 2021-04-15 | Online at PD.alicenine.net
Registration is OPEN
Begin at your convenience.
DIGITAL (online) PD.
Course is available to fit your schedule.
Access 24/7 at Alice Nine Professional Development Center.

View / print: Brochure / Registration Form
Purchase: Alice Nine Online Store

Course Outline

Module 1. Decipher the Rubrics
We will analyze the three writing traits and the student performance descriptors in the STAAR™ writing rubrics.
We will demystify the language of the rubrics in order to simplify and clarify how student writing will be assessed.
Module 2. Deconstruct the Prompt
We will closely examine each component of the expository prompt scaffold for the STAAR™ writing test in grade 4.
We will identify how students should use each component to support writing the essay for STAAR™.
Module 3. Develop the Essay
We will examine the structure and form of the expository essay and construct a graphic that represents each component.
We will develop an essay with a working thesis and the X-Builder
Module 4. From Prompt to Essay
We will explore a step-by-step how-to with strategies that help struggling writers
1) Getting inside the prompt and avoiding distractions
2) Responding to the prompt with a clear central idea (thesis)
3) Planning the essay body with supporting ideas and developing details
4) Planning the conclusion based on the central idea and essay body
Module 5. Modeling From Prompt to Essay
We will experience a step-by-step model with released STAAR™ 2015 prompt.
1) Getting inside the prompt
2) Responding to the prompt
3) Planning the essay
4) Drafting the essay
5) Revising the essay
6) Crafting the thesis
7) Writing a draft to submit

Resources.
Links to resources from TEA
STAAR™-like prompts by Alice Nine
Various versions of STAAR™ rubric compiled by Alice Nine
… and more
Alignment with RLA TEKS

Strand 6 — The student uses the writing process recursively to compose an expository essay in accordance with the demands and constraints of the STAAR™ Writing test. The student uses appropriate conventions. The student’s work is legible. The student uses genre characteristics and craft to compose an expository essays that is meaningful and in accordance with the demands and constraints of the STAAR™ Writing test.
It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on Registration Form. Please note: Course may be purchased with credit card at our Online Store
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your enrollment and email a confirmation to you.
View / print: Brochure / Registration Form
Click HERE to purchase at Alice NIne’s Store
General course information.
Materials. Notes and Handouts linked in this course
Access. Self-paced with 24/7 access. You can return to any part of the training as often as you choose. Course closes on April 15, 2021
Assignments/Progress Reports conclude each Module. These become available once you have viewed videos and opened documents in the module. They must be completed to have access to the Certificate of Completion.
Certificate. Check marks in tick boxes (right side of course screens) are a record of your work completion. Upon completion of all course work, a Certificate of Completion (6 clock hours) will be accessible. You must print and then add your name and date to the document. Keep in your professional files. N.I.N.E. Enterprises does not keep a file of these certificates.

Digital PD: Bridging Grammar to Writing
2023-08-15 - 2023-12-01 | Online at PD.alicenine.net
“Learn how to use grammar to better craft sentences!
Registration is OPEN
Register to fit your schedule
Work at your convenience
Self-paced
DIGITAL (online) PD
DATES: Enrollment fits your schedule
Although begin/end dates are listed for this workshop, it will actually begin for you on the day you complete registration, and your enrollment will be for ninety (90) days.
Access 24/7 at Alice Nine Professional Development Center

View / Print: Workshop Brochure with Enrollment Form
Purchase online at Alice Nine’s Store
TELL ME ABOUT THE WORKSHOP.

Alice Nine will show you how to use an instructional routine she developed and used daily with her students–a four-part routine she calls Tactical Sentence Instruction (TSI). TSI is a multi-faceted instructional routine that is easily incorporated at any grade level daily to . . .
practice the use of written conventions —
apply knowledge of grammar for the sake of writing and reading —
learn to analyze the structure of text —
develop editing and revision skills —
master the art of crafting sentences —

… all with a single sentence each day.
Each of the four workshop sessions is divided into two parts — Part A and Part B. The two parts provide unique support for immediate implementation — an important aspect of this professional development event.
Part A contains the webinar style videos in which Alice Nine introduces basic how-to. Immediately following viewing of the video, you are to begin implementing with your students.
Part B contains a series of in-the-classroom student-facing videos to help you experience the routine — what it looks like and how it sounds. These videos can be view immediately after viewing Part A videos, or they can be view after you have tried it on your own with your students, giving you some great follow-through. Also, you can “invite” Alice Nine to co-teach in your classroom–just stream a video to your students and Alice does the virtual teaching while you do the in-person monitoring and follow-through instruction.
WHO SHOULD ENROLL?

Teachers and parents who work with student writing at any level. Recommended for anyone working with struggling writers. Especially great for ELLs as they learn the patterns of English sentences. Alice Nine recommends TSI for a 10-minute activity in core instruction; however, it can be used in Tier 2 intervention, especially at intermediate and secondary level.
I WANT THIS WORKSHOP! WHAT DO I DO?
1) Follow directions on Enrollment Form. View / Print Registration Form
2) As soon as we receive your enrollment request with payment, our PD facilitator will complete your enrollment and send you a Welcome Email.
Note: We encourage group participation; however, we require that each person be registered and be included in the enrollment payment. For group pricing information please email johnny@nine-enterprises.com.
HOW DO I MAKE PAYMENT?

1) With a credit card. Payment can be made online with a Visa or MasterCard. Click HERE to purchase online
2) With a school purchase order. Email a completed copy of Enrollment Form and copy of School Purchase Order to johnny@nine-enterprises.com.
Need a quote for your school? Contact: Christy, johnny@nine-enterprises.com
WORKSHOP FEATURES–

Workshop Summary — Print / View
Workshop Agenda — Print / View
Enrollment Period — 90 days
Workshop Materials — Notes and Handouts are linked in this course to download and print.
General Access — 24/7 access.
Checkpoints conclude each Session and provide record of your work.
Workshop Chat gives you a chance to share personally with Alice Nine.
Office Hours (optional) are a face-to-face Q&A time, by request
Work Logs are available to campus professional development facilitator, by requests.
Certificate with your name is available upon completion of course requirements (6 clock hours).
Texas Teachers!
Alignment with RLA TEKS

Tactical Sentence Instruction provides ongoing opportunities to craft sentences and address
Strand 1 — Developing and sustaining foundational language skills: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking–beginning reading and writing. The student … [uses] word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to . . . spell.
Strand 6 — Composition: listening, speaking, reading, writing, and thinking using multiple texts–writing process. The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts [sentences] that are legible and uses appropriate conventions. The student uses [sentence] characteristics and craft to compose multiple texts [sentences] that are meaningful.
MEET ALICE NINE.
For over three decades Alice Nine, a teacher of teachers, has provided professional development to thousands of teachers across the United States. Her passion is literacy and classroom instruction. Alice, creator of Johnny Can Spell-Write and Grammar Boot Camps, has written fourteen teacher manuals and produced hundreds of student-facing lesson videos available at Academy.AliceNine.net. Beyond her experience as an educator, she worked as a copy editor for several years and has done ghost writing.
This is an on-demand virtual workshop presented by NINE Enterprises.

Digital PD: Johnny Can Spell Word Study
2025-04-01 - 2025-09-30 | Online at PD.alicenine.net
Systematic, Explicit Phonics Integrated with Handwriting and Spelling

DATES: Any. Fit your schedule. Registration is always OPEN . Although begin/end dates are listed on our calendar, the course will actually begin for you on the day you complete registration, and your enrollment will be for 180 days.
FORMAT: DIGITAL (online) PD, self-paced independent study, work at your convenience, self-paced, independent study

ACCESS: 24/7 from anywhere there’s an internet connection and a device to receive it

ONLINE ADDRESS: Alice Nine Professional Development Center

COST: $145
View / Print: Brochure and Registration Form and Materials Listing.
Purchase online at Alice Nine’s Store
Workshop Summary
Alice Nine will show you how to integrate the following during Word Study lessons, without worksheets:

phonemic awareness with sounds and syllables —
systematic, explicit phonics —
handwriting instruction —
spelling practice —
word grammar —
and how-to sound out words for both reading and writing
TEXAS TEACHERS!!
Aligns with ELA TEKS

Daily Word Study with content (phonograms and words) and routines of JCSpell provide ongoing opportunities to address
Strand 1– The student develops word structure knowledge through phonological awareness, print concepts, phonics, and morphology to communicate, decode, and spell (encode) during the daily JCSpell lesson routines, i,e., Think to Spell, Word Talk. The student uses newly acquired vocabulary expressively through oral and written sentences during Word Talk.
Strand 6 — The student composes legible texts during I-Work. The student composes sentences and uses appropriate conventions during I-Work.
Who should enroll?
Teachers and parents working with students in grades K-3. Recommended for anyone working with struggling readers. Especially great for ELLs. Alice Nine recommends this training for core instruction; however, it can be used in Tier 2 intervention, especially at intermediate and secondary level.
Course Features:
Course Outline Print / View.
Enrollment period — 180 days.
Course Materials Notes and Handouts are linked in this course to download and print.
General Access –24/7 access.
Progress Reports conclude each Session and provide record of your work.
Reflect & Write activities give you a chance to share personally with Alice Nine.
Course Office Hours (optional) are a face-to-face Q&A time.
Work Logs are available to campus professional development facilitator.
Certificate of Completion with your name is available upon completion of course requirements (24 clock hours).
It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on Registration Form. Please note: Course enrollment may be purchased with credit card at our Online Store
2) Our PD facilitator will create an account for you, complete your enrollment, and send you a Welcome Email within one business day.
View / Print: Brochure and Registration Form and Materials Listing.
Purchase online at Alice Nine’s Store (NINE Enterprises).
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What is Johnny Can Spell (JCSpell) #JCSpell ?
JCSpell is not a curriculum. JCSpell is not a program.
JCSpell is an instructional design that offers you a systematic, explicit approach for integrated ELA instruction.
Who is the course instructor?
For over three decades Alice Nine, a teacher of teachers, has provided professional development to thousands of teachers across the United States. Her passion is literacy and classroom instruction. Alice, creator of Johnny Can Spell-Write and Grammar Boot Camps, has written fifteen teacher manuals, including her most recent Alice Nine Sentence Writing Book 1 Lessons Guide. These manuals are available in our online store. Alice has also produced hundreds of student-facing lesson videos available in courses at Academy.AliceNine.net. Beyond her experience as an educator, she worked as a copy editor for several years and has done ghost writing.

Alice Nine, creator of Johnny Can Spell, Is the sole provider of JCSpell workshops.

Digital PD: Writing for STAAR
2025-05-31 - 2026-05-31 | Online at PD.alicenine.net
“Response writing starts with the answer from reading.”
DATES: Any. Fit your schedule. Registration is always OPEN . Although begin/end dates are listed on our calendar, the course will actually begin for you on the day you complete registration, and your enrollment will be until May 31, 2026.
FORMAT: DIGITAL (online) PD, self-paced independent study, work at your convenience, self-paced, independent study

ACCESS: 24/7 from anywhere there’s an internet connection and a device to receive it

ONLINE ADDRESS: Alice Nine Professional Development Center

CERTIFICATE: Complete required course work and receive a 25-clock-hour certificate
COST: $159
TELL ME ABOUT THE WORKSHOP.
How can we teach evidence-based response writing so that our students achieve a high performance level on RLA STAAR? Alice Nine’s virtual, on-demand workshop “Writing for STAAR” shows you how. In the looming shadow of the redesigned STAAR, a number of Texas educators approached Alice for insights into evidence-based writing instruction and assessment. Alice, responded to their request and intently focused her lens on TEA’s released RLA STAAR documents. She dug deep. She deciphered, deconstructed, and demystified the test. In this workshop, Alice Nine shares her findings so you will know and understand the test — the changes and the demands and constraints of the SCR and ECR questions. And then, she provides instructional models and ideas that you can use immediately in your classroom.
Participants will
▸ Examine RLA STAAR blueprint for insights
▸ Identify changes on the RLA STAAR writing rubrics
▸ Analyze workload of the test
▸ Identify and examine test questions that require writing in sentences
▸ Examine the key indicators of high performance
▸ Compare the extended constructed response to a traditional essay
▸ Model a short constructed response
▸ Model an extended constructed response
Join Alice Nine, and you’ll return to your classroom better able to deliver systematic, focused instruction for evidence-based response writing.
Some videos can be used with students; stream Alice Nine into your classroom to co-teach with you.
WATCH: Module 8, Video 1: Writing a Central Idea Statement
WHO IS THE PRESENTER?
For over three decades Alice Nine, a teacher of teachers, has provided professional development to thousands of teachers across the United States. Her passion is literacy and classroom instruction. Alice, creator of Johnny Can Spell-Write and Grammar Boot Camps, has written fifteen teacher manuals, including her most recent Alice Nine Sentence Writing Book 1 Lessons Guide. These manuals are available in our online store. Alice has also produced hundreds of student-facing lesson videos available in courses at Academy.AliceNine.net. Beyond her experience as an educator, she worked as a copy editor for several years and has done ghost writing.
WHO SHOULD ENROLL?
Texas Elementary Teachers. Alice draws upon released STAAR RLA for grades 3-6 for modeling videos. Grades 7-8 can gain insights since the general workings of the text are vertically aligned.
I WANT THIS WORKSHOP! WHAT DO I DO?
1) Follow directions on Registration Form. View / Print Registration Form
2) As soon as we receive your registration with payment, our PD facilitator will create an account for you, complete your enrollment, and send you a Welcome Email within one business day.
HOW DO I MAKE PAYMENT?

1) With a credit card.
Make payment with a Visa or MasterCard. Click HERE to purchase online Once purchased, email a completed copy of Registration Form to johnny@nine-enterprises.com.
NOTE: Be sure to enter your Order # under “Make Payment.” Your Order # is on the receipt emailed from our online store.
2) With a school purchase order.
Email a completed copy of Registration Form and a copy of purchase order to johnny@nine-enterprises.com.
3) Need a quote for your school? Contact: Christy at johnny@nine-enterprises.com
WORKSHOP FEATURES
▸ Start date: Any time*
▸ Enrollment period: From date of purchase through May 31, 2026
▸ Work at your convenience
▸ Access is 24/7
▸ Self-paced
▸ Workshop notes and handouts are linked in the workshop modules to download and print. TEA documents are linked for your convenience.
▸ Digital (on-line) PD
▸ Dates: Any. Register at any time.*
* Although begin/end dates are listed for this workshop, it will actually begin for you the day you complete registration and continue until the course closes on May 31, 2026. Please note, access cannot be extended past May 31, 2026.
Note: We encourage group participation; however, we require that each person be registered and be included in the enrollment payment. For group pricing information please email johnny@nine-enterprises.com.
This is an on-demand virtual workshop presented by NINE Enterprises.
Request information about a “facilitated optional add-on” for this workshop.
