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Writing STAAR™ Essays
2019-10-17 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
With an eye on STAAR™ — writing mentor essays and developing teaching points with Alice Nine.
Registration for OCT 17 is CLOSED
We have scheduled another session for OCT 15.
El Paso, TX.
Workshop Summary
A one-day workshop day
Learn how to show your students to —
*Use the prompt to write a clear central idea statement
*Use Alice Nine’s X-Builder for body
* 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 March 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 October 17, 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
Deciphering the Rubrics
Developing the Essay
From Prompt to Essay, modeled step-by-step with teaching points
Resources

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Enroll in the Online Modules only
Our online modules are available for individual teachers as Digital PD and will open for enrollment in August 2019. Check our Calendar or check here for a link to enroll online.

Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARS
2019-10-16 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Grammar PD with an eye on STAAR™.
Did you know? 50% of the 4th grade STAAR Writing score is based on editing.
Registration has been Re-Opened
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
2019-10-15 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | TX
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 day
Learn how to show your students to —
*Use the prompt to write a clear central idea statement
*Use Alice Nine’s X-Builder for body
* 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 March 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 October 15, 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
Deciphering the Rubrics
Developing the Essay
From Prompt to Essay, modeled step-by-step with teaching points
Resources

________
Enroll in the Online Modules only
Our online modules are available for individual teacher enrollment as Digital PD.. Check our Calendar.

James Butler Workshop
2019-10-02 - 2019-10-03 | TX
Grammar Boot Camp

Participation limited to campus staff.
El Paso, Texas

John Drugan Workshop
2019-10-01 | TX
JCSpell Word Study Plus
Participation limited to campus staff.
El Paso, Texas

JCSpell Word Study
2019-09-26 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Integrating phonemic awareness, handwriting, phonics, spelling, and vocabulary
Registration is OPEN.
El Paso, Texas
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
Alignment with new ELAR 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 attend?
All teachers, especially elementary since phonics is now part of the new ELAR TEKS, for grades 4-5 as well as K-3. This is especially great for ELLs. Alice Nine recommends it for core instruction; however, it can be used Tier 2 intervention, especially at secondary level.
Workshop Agenda
View/Print JCSpell Word Study Agenda.
Two dates are offered for the LIVE Workshop: Aug. 29 or Sept. 26, 2019
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 complete your enrollment and send you a confirmation email.
View / Print: Brochure / Registration Form

BLENDED Professional Development involves

✓ Face-to-Face Session: August 26th or September 26th, with Alice Nine, 6 hour workshop
✓ Digital (online) Sessions: Begins upon Registration, 24 hours of personalized step-by-step training with simulated lessons, access 24/7 through January 30, 2020
________
Enroll in the Online Sessions only:
Listed on our calendar: Digital PD: JCSpell Word Study
Can be purchased with credit card in our Online Store.
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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.
NOTE: If you are currently enrolled in the digital course (JCSpell Word Study) and want to attend this one-day workshop at the Radisson on August 26, contact Alice Nine.
Alice Nine, creator of Johnny Can Spell, Is the sole provider of Johnny Can Spell workshops.

Teach Cursive
2019-08-30 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
“Scrawls that cannot be read may be compared to talking that cannot be understood; and writing too difficult to decipher, to stammering speech.” –Spencerian Penmanship, 1874
Registration is OPEN.
El Paso, Texas
Don’t miss it!
The new ELAR TEKS require it!

Workshop Summary
Experience a day of learning and practice
Basic formation of cursive letters
–The “cursive connection” and how to use it to teach cursive
–Writing and ready cursive
–A sequence for successful instruction
–How to integrate instruction and practice with phonics and word work
–How to teach and practice without workbooks or worksheets
–Easy-to-use practice activities that support mastery
–Tips and tricks to support good handwriting habits

Alignment with new ELAR TEKS
Strand 1 — The student is expected “to develop handwriting by forming all cursive letters using appropriate strokes when connecting letters” [110.4(2)(E)]; “to write complete words, thoughts, and answers legible in cursive leaving appropriate spaces between words” [110.5(2)(D)]; “to write legibly in cursive to complete assignments” [110.6(2)(C); 110.7(2)(C)].
Strand 6 — “The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.”
Workshop Agenda
Teach Cursive is a one-day workshop day: August 30, 2019.
(Additional sessions of this workshop scheduled on August 16 and September 27)
View/Print the workshop Agenda
It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on the Registration Form. Please note: Payment can be made with credit card at our Online Store.
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your registration and send a confirmation email to you.
View/Print: Brochure / Registration Form
Student samples – Grade 2

JCSpell Word Study
2019-08-29 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Integrating phonemic awareness, handwriting, phonics, spelling, and vocabulary
Registration is OPEN.
El Paso, Texas
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
Aligns with new ELAR 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 attend?
All teachers, especially elementary since phonics is now part of the new ELAR TEKS, for grades 4-5 as well as K-3. This is especially great for ELLs. Alice Nine recommends it for core instruction; however, it can be used Tier 2 intervention, especially at secondary level.
Workshop Agenda
View/Print JCSpell Word Study Agenda.
Two dates are offered for the LIVE Workshop: Aug. 29 or Sept. 26, 2019
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 complete your enrollment and send you a confirmation email.
View / Print: Brochure / Registration Form
** IF currently enrolled in the online JCSpell Word Study **
Contact Alice Nine for a reduce price to attend the workshop on Aug. 29 or Sept 26, 2019
BLENDED Professional Development involves–

✓ Face-to-Face Session: August 29th or September 26th with Alice Nine, 6 hour workshop
✓ Digital (online) Sessions: Begins upon Registration, 24 hours of personalized step-by-step training with simulated lessons, access 24/7 through January 30, 2020
____________
Enroll in the Online Sessions only:
Listed on our calendar: Digital PD: JCSpell Word Study
____________
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.
Alice Nine, creator of Johnny Can Spell, Is the sole provider of JCSpell workshops.

Teach Cursive
2019-08-16 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
“Scrawls that cannot be read may be compared to talking that cannot be understood; and writing too difficult to decipher, to stammering speech.” –Spencerian Penmanship, 1874
Registration is OPEN.
El Paso, Texas
Don’t miss it!
The new ELAR TEKS require it!

Workshop Summary
Experience a day of learning and practice
–Basic formation of cursive letters
–The “cursive connection” and how to use it to teach cursive
–Writing and ready cursive
–A sequence for successful instruction
–How to integrate instruction and practice with phonics and word work
–How to teach and practice without workbooks or worksheets
–Easy-to-use practice activities that support mastery
–Tips and tricks to support good handwriting habits

Alignment with new ELAR TEKS
Strand 1 — The student is expected “to develop handwriting by forming all cursive letters using appropriate strokes when connecting letters” [110.4(2)(E)]; “to write complete words, thoughts, and answers legible in cursive leaving appropriate spaces between words” [110.5(2)(D)]; “to write legibly in cursive to complete assignments” [110.6(2)(C); 110.7(2)(C)].
Strand 6 — “The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.”
Workshop Agenda
Teach Cursive is a one-day workshop day: August 16, 2019.
(Additional sessions of this workshop scheduled on August 30 and September 27)
View/Print the workshop Agenda
It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on the Registration Form. Please note: Payment can be made with credit card at our Online Store.
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your registration and send a confirmation email to you.
View/Print: Brochure / Registration Form
Student samples – Grade 2

Grammar Boot Camp
2019-08-14 08:00 - 2019-08-15 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Teach grammar for the sake of reading and writing.
Registration is CLOSED.
Enrollment is FULL
El Paso, Texas

Workshop Summary
Experience two days of easy-to-manage, student-engaging Anchor Lessons, Anchor Charting, Learning Rituals & Routines and an introduction to Alice Nine’s Interactive Grammar Notebook, followed by online lessons for blended classroom instruction.
Anchor Lessons and Anchor Charts build concepts with clear, concise, easy explanations and definitions. Mentor texts model with accurate examples. The Grammar Notebook becomes a student’s resource book. Full-color graphics and explicit notebook building is part of the lessons in Alice Nine’s online Grammar Boot Camps. Based on scientific research & best practices these grammar lessons align with the new ELAR TEKS and the ELPS and support gains in STAAR Writing.
Alignment with NEW ELAR TEKS
Strand 6 — The student learns grammar basics during the creation of an interactive grammar notebook. The student uses acquired knowledge to support appropriate use of conventions to edit, analyze, and revise a mentor sentence. The student writes legibly.
Strand 5 – The student uses critical inquiry to notice and analyze the authors’ choices and how they influence and communicate meaning in a mentor sentences. The student analyzes the authors’ craft and applies it purposefully in order to develop his or her own sentences.
Workshop Agenda
Grammar Boot Camp, a two-day workshop. View/Print the Agenda.
August 14-15, 2019
Day 1: Rituals and charting all about parts of speech
Day 2: Anchor lessons and routines working with sentences
Following the workshop you will have access to over 50 front-loading grammar lessons.
It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on the Registration Form
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your registration and send a confirmation email to you.
View/Print: Brochure / Registration Form.
Choose one of two options —
Option 1. Attend the two-day workshop and join Alice Nine Academy for Grammar Boot Camp blended lessons with a one-year membership to Alice Nine Academy, home of Grammar Boot Camp.
Option 2. Attend the two-day workshop and join Alice Nine Academy for Grammar Boot Camp blended lessons with a three-month membership to Alice Nine Academy, home of Grammar Boot Camp.
Purchase using the Registration Form or through our online Store: Option 1 HERE or Option 2 HERE
Can’t attend the workshop?
Become a member of Alice Nine Academy by purchasing “Site Membership” HERE.
______
Visit Grammar Boot Camp sample lessons at ALICE NINE ACADEMY — your place for blended classroom instruction.
–As one teacher put it, “It’s like having Alice Nine in your pocket!”

–As Alice Nine puts it, “Through my Academy, I can team teach with you in your classroom any or every day of the year.”
Be sure to check out the Scope & Sequence for each boot camp.

A9 Literacy Conference
2019-07-09 - 2019-07-11 | TX
ENROLLMENT CLOSED
Participation by invitation only.
Morgan Mill, Texas.
Day 1: JCSpell Word Study.
Day 2: Grammar Boot Camp.
Day 3: Writing.

Mentor Sentences
2019-06-13 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Use model sentences to teach grammar, craft moves (revision), and lift the level of student writing.
Registration is OPEN.
El Paso, Texas
Workshop Summary
Alice Nine will show you how to use grammar while practicing revision and editing skills with mentor sentences using her simple instructional routine ( #A9_TSI ). She will show you how to lift student writing by —
*Using grammar for mastery through meaningful application
*Developing the habit of noticing language patterns
*Analyzing and imitating authors’ craft purposefully
Alice Nine’s strategy ( #A9_TSI ) makes daily application and practice of foundational knowledge and skills easy to blend  into any writing program at any grade level.
Alignment with new ELAR TEKS
Strand 6: The student uses appropriate conventions to edit sentences. The student develops his or her revision skills by learning how authors craft sentences and by imitating authors to craft his or her own sentence. The student improves his or her editing and revision skills by developing the habit of noticing. The student uses legible handwriting.
Strand 1 – The student learns and uses the academic vocabulary of grammar.
Workshop Agenda
Mentor Sentences is a one-day workshop day. View / Print the Agenda .
This workshop is offered on two dates: April 25 and June 13, 2019.
Activities in April are designed with a focus kindergarten through second grade.
Activities in June are designed with a focus on grades 3 and above.

It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on the Registration Form. Please note: Payment can be made with credit card at our Online Store.
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your registration and send a confirmation email to you.
View/Print: Brochure / Registration Form.
___________
Why work with one sentence at a time?
The answer is in this quote.
“In her book The Writing Life (1989), Annie Dillard tells the story of a fellow writer who was asked by a student, “Do you think I could be a writer?” “‘Well,’ the writer said, ‘do you like sentences?'” The student is surprised by the question, but Dillard knows exactly what was meant. He was being told, she explains, that “if he likes sentences he could begin,” and she remembers a similar conversation with a painter friend. “I asked him how he came to be a painter. He said, ‘I like the smell of paint.'” The point, made implicitly (Dillard does not belabour it), is that you don’t begin with a grand conception, either of the great American novel or masterpiece that will hang in the Louvre. You begin with a feel for the nitty-gritty material of the medium, paint in one case, sentences in the other.” ― Stanley Fish
___________
Mentor Sentences is a Growing Strong Writers workshop.
Growing Strong Writers Workshop Series with Alice Nine is attentive to the importance of daily writing practice, the complex demands of learning English, and a desire to cultivate a love for writing
These workshops offer super simple, no nonsense, can-use-it-tomorrow routines and strategies. Workshops are interactive with teachers doing the work of a student to step-by-step experience the routines themselves. to examine routine procedures and management, and to clarify, connect, and expand personal knowledge. Alice also shares practical ideas for adapting routines to meet diverse student needs and the demands of writing across core curriculum.
Other Growing Strong Writer workshops: How We Write, Writing with Authors, Sentence Combining, Poetry Fridays, Morning Pages, Small Writing, Poetry Notebook.

How We Write
2019-06-12 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Teaching the writing process with a one-sentence composition.
Registration is OPEN.
El Paso, Texas
Workshop Summary
During this workshop, you will learn how to teach the writing process and the academic vocabulary of writing in six anchor lessons that include modeling, guided practice, and anchor charts. Alice will show you how students can work with a one-sentence composition to   1) Plan a first draft  2) Develop the draft  3) Revise the draft   4) Edit the draft   5) Publish.
How We Write anchor lessons develop the foundation for writing instruction and set up classroom procedures as they easily blend  into any writing program at any grade level.
Alignment with new ELAR TEKS
Strand 6 – The student learns about the writing process and learns how to use it. The student applies knowledge of conventions to edit. The student uses legible handwriting.
Strand 1 – The student learns and uses the academic vocabulary of writing.
Strand 7 – The student uses inquiry and research during prewriting.
Workshop Agenda
How We Write is a one-day workshop day. View / Print Agenda
This workshop is offered on two dates: April 24 and June 12, 2019
Activities in April are designed with a focus kindergarten through second grade.
Activities in June are designed with a focus on grades 3 and above.

It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on the Registration Form. Please note: Payment can be made with credit card at our Online Store.
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your registration and send a confirmation email to you.
View/Print: Brochure / Registration Form.
___________
How We Write is a Growing Strong Writers workshop.
Growing Strong Writers Workshop Series with Alice Nine is attentive to the importance of daily writing practice, the complex demands of learning English, and a desire to cultivate a love for writing
These workshops offer super simple, no nonsense, can-use-it-tomorrow routines and strategies. Workshops are interactive with teachers doing the work of a student to step-by-step experience the routines themselves. to examine routine procedures and management, and to clarify, connect, and expand personal knowledge. Alice also shares practical ideas for adapting routines to meet diverse student needs and the demands of writing across core curriculum.
Other Growing Strong Writer workshops: Mentor Sentences, Writing with Authors, Sentence Combining, Poetry Fridays, Morning Pages, Small Writing.

P.S. 147 PD Day
2019-06-06 | TX
ENROLLMENT CLOSED.
Participation by invitation only.
Digital training is in progress.
Brooklyn, NY.

Teach Cursive
2019-05-31 08:00 - 17:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | TX
“Scrawls that cannot be read may be compared to talking that cannot be understood; and writing too difficult to decipher, to stammering speech.” –Spencerian Penmanship, 1874
Registration is OPEN.
El Paso, Texas
Don’t miss it!
The new ELAR TEKS require it!

Workshop Summary
Experience a day of learning and practice
–Basic formation of cursive letters
–The “cursive connection” and how to use it to teach cursive
–Writing and ready cursive
–A sequence for successful instruction
–How to integrate instruction and practice with phonics and word work
–How to teach and practice without workbooks or worksheets
–Easy-to-use practice activities that support mastery
–Tips and tricks to support good handwriting habits

Alignment with new ELAR TEKS
Strand 1 — The student is expected “to develop handwriting by forming all cursive letters using appropriate strokes when connecting letters” [110.4(2)(E)]; “to write complete words, thoughts, and answers legible in cursive leaving appropriate spaces between words” [110.5(2)(D)]; “to write legibly in cursive to complete assignments” [110.6(2)(C); 110.7(2)(C)].
Strand 6 — “The student uses the writing process recursively to compose multiple texts that are legible and uses appropriate conventions.”
Workshop Agenda
Teach Cursive is a one-day workshop day: September 27, 2019.
(Additional sessions of this workshop scheduled on August 16 and August 30)
View/Print the workshop Agenda
It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on the Registration Form. Please note: Payment can be made with credit card at our Online Store.
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your registration and send a confirmation email to you.
View/Print: Brochure / Registration Form
Student samples — Grade 2

Grammar Boot Camp
2019-05-21 08:00 - 2019-05-22 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Teach grammar for the sake of reading and writing.
Registration is OPEN.
El Paso, Texas

Workshop summary
Experience two days of easy-to-manage, student-engaging Anchor Lessons, Anchor Charting, Learning Rituals & Routines and an introduction to Alice Nine’s Interactive Grammar Notebook.
Anchor Lessons and Anchor Charts build concepts with clear, concise, easy explanations and definitions. Mentor texts model with accurate examples. The Grammar Notebook becomes a student’s resource book. Full-color graphics and explicit notebook building is part of the lessons in Alice Nine’s online Grammar Boot Camps. Based on scientific research & best practices these grammar lessons align with the new ELAR TEKS and the ELPS and support gains in STAAR Writing.
Alignment with NEW ELAR TEKS
Strand 6 — The student learns grammar basics during the creation of an interactive grammar notebook. The student uses acquired knowledge to support appropriate use of conventions to edit, analyze, and revise a mentor sentence. The student writes legibly.
Strand 5 – The student uses critical inquiry to notice and analyze the authors’ choices and how they influence and communicate meaning in a mentor sentences. The student analyzes the authors’ craft and applies it purposefully in order to develop his or her own sentences.

Workshop Agenda
Grammar Boot Camp is a two-day workshop. View / Print the Agenda.
Two dates are offered: May 21-22 or August 14-15, 2019

It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on the Registration Form
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your registration and send a confirmation email to you.
View/Print: Brochure / Registration Form.
Choose one of three enrollment options —
Option 1. Attend the two-day workshop and join Alice Nine Academy for Grammar Boot Camp blended lessons
Day 1: Rituals, Anchor Lessons, and Anchor Charts for front-loading
Day 2: Tactical Sentence Instruction for application
Following the workshop you will have a one-year membership with full access to 40 front-loading grammar lessons
You save $120 with this option over purchasing the onsite (Option 2) and online (Option 1) separately.
[This option can be purchased using the Registration Form or through our Online Store HERE.]
Option 2. Attend the two-day workshop only (without joining Alice Nine Academy)
[This option can be purchased using the Registration Form or through our Online Store HERE.]
Option 3. Join Alice Nine Academy for Grammar Boot Camp blended lessons (without the workshop)
[This option can be purchased using the Registration Form or by purchasing “Site Membership” to Alice Nine Academy HERE.]
______
Visit Grammar Boot Camp sample lessons at ALICE NINE ACADEMY — your place for blended classroom instruction.
–As one teacher put it, “It’s like having Alice Nine in your pocket!”

–As Alice Nine puts it, “Through my Academy, I can team teach with you in your classroom any or every day of the year.”
Be sure to check out the Scope & Sequence for each boot camp.

Mentor Sentences
2019-04-25 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Use model sentences to teach grammar, craft moves (revision), and lift the level of student writing.
Registration is OPEN.
El Paso, Texas
Workshop Summary
Alice Nine will show you how to use grammar while practicing revision and editing skills with mentor sentences using her simple instructional routine ( #A9_TSI ). She will show you how to lift student writing by —
*Using grammar for mastery through meaningful application
*Developing the habit of noticing language patterns
*Analyzing and imitating authors’ craft purposefully
Alice Nine’s strategy ( #A9_TSI ) makes daily application and practice of foundational knowledge and skills easy to blend  into any writing program at any grade level.
Alignment with new ELAR TEKS
Strand 6: The student uses appropriate conventions to edit sentences. The student develops his or her revision skills by learning how authors craft sentences and by imitating authors to craft his or her own sentence. The student improves his or her editing and revision skills by developing the habit of noticing. The student uses legible handwriting.
Strand 1 – The student learns and uses the academic vocabulary of grammar.
Workshop Agenda
Mentor Sentences is a one-day workshop day. View / Print the Agenda.
This workshop is offered on two dates: April 25 and June 13, 2019.
Activities in April are designed with a focus kindergarten through second grade.
Activities in June are designed with a focus on grades 3 and above.

It’s easy to enroll
1) Follow directions on the Registration Form. Please note: Payment can be made with credit card at our Online Store.
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your registration and send a confirmation email to you.
View/Print: Brochure / Registration Form.
___________
Why work with one sentence at a time?
The answer is in this quote.
“In her book The Writing Life (1989), Annie Dillard tells the story of a fellow writer who was asked by a student, “Do you think I could be a writer?” “‘Well,’ the writer said, ‘do you like sentences?'” The student is surprised by the question, but Dillard knows exactly what was meant. He was being told, she explains, that “if he likes sentences he could begin,” and she remembers a similar conversation with a painter friend. “I asked him how he came to be a painter. He said, ‘I like the smell of paint.'” The point, made implicitly (Dillard does not belabour it), is that you don’t begin with a grand conception, either of the great American novel or masterpiece that will hang in the Louvre. You begin with a feel for the nitty-gritty material of the medium, paint in one case, sentences in the other.” ― Stanley Fish
___________
Mentor Sentences is a Growing Strong Writers workshop.
Growing Strong Writers Workshop Series with Alice Nine is attentive to the importance of daily writing practice, the complex demands of learning English, and a desire to cultivate a love for writing
These workshops offer super simple, no nonsense, can-use-it-tomorrow routines and strategies. Workshops are interactive with teachers doing the work of a student to step-by-step experience the routines themselves. to examine routine procedures and management, and to clarify, connect, and expand personal knowledge. Alice also shares practical ideas for adapting routines to meet diverse student needs and the demands of writing across core curriculum.
Other Growing Strong Writer workshops: How We Write, Writing with Authors, Sentence Combining, Poetry Fridays, Morning Pages, Small Writing, Poetry Notebook.

How We Write
2019-04-24 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Teaching the writing process with a one-sentence composition.
Registration is OPEN.
El Paso, Texas

Workshop Summary
During this workshop, you will learn how to teach the writing process and the academic vocabulary of writing in six anchor lessons that include modeling, guided practice, and anchor charts. Alice will show you how students can work with a one-sentence composition to   1) Plan a first draft  2) Develop the draft  3) Revise the draft   4) Edit the draft   5) Publish.
How We Write anchor lessons develop the foundation for writing instruction and set up classroom procedures as they easily blend  into any writing program at any grade level.
Alignment with new ELAR TEKS
Strand 6 – The student learns about the writing process and learns how to use it. The student applies knowledge of conventions to edit. The student uses legible handwriting.
Strand 1 – The student learns and uses the academic vocabulary of writing.
Strand 7 – The student uses inquiry and research during prewriting.
Workshop Agenda
How We Write is one-day workshop day. View / Print the Agenda.
This workshop is offered on two dates: April 24 and June 12, 2019
Activities in April are designed with a focus kindergarten through second grade.
Activities in June are designed with a focus on grades 3 and above.

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

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How We Write is a Growing Strong Writers workshop.
Growing Strong Writers Workshop Series with Alice Nine is attentive to the importance of daily writing practice, the complex demands of learning English, and a desire to cultivate a love for writing
These workshops offer super simple, no nonsense, can-use-it-tomorrow routines and strategies. Workshops are interactive with teachers doing the work of a student to step-by-step experience the routines themselves. to examine routine procedures and management, and to clarify, connect, and expand personal knowledge. Alice also shares practical ideas for adapting routines to meet diverse student needs and the demands of writing across core curriculum.
Other Growing Strong Writer workshops: Mentor Sentences, Writing with Authors, Sentence Combining, Poetry Fridays, Morning Pages, Small Writing.

Grammar Boot Camp
2018-12-05 08:00 - 2018-12-06 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Teach grammar for the sake of reading and writing.
Registration is OPEN.
It is easy to enroll :
1) Follow directions on the Registration Form
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your registration and send a confirmation email to you.
View / Print: Brochure & Registration Form.
Three options are available —
1. Attend the two-day workshop and join Alice Nine Academy for Grammar Boot Camp blended lessons
Day 1: Rituals, Anchor Lessons, and Anchor Charts for front-loading
Day 2: Tactical Sentence Instruction for application
Following the workshop you will have a one-year membership with full access to 40 front-loading grammar lessons
[This option can be purchased using the Registration Form.]
2. Attend the two-day workshop only (without joining Alice Nine Academy)
[This option can be purchased using the Registration Form or by visiting our online Store HERE.]
3. Join Alice Nine Academy for Grammar Boot Camp blended lessons (without the workshop)
[This option can be purchased using the Registration Form or by purchasing “Site Membership” to Alice Nine Academy HERE.]
Be sure to visit Grammar Boot Camp and view sample lessons at ALICE NINE ACADEMY — your place for blended classroom instruction
As one teacher put it, “It’s like having Alice Nine in your pocket!”
As Alice Nine puts it, “Through my Academy, I can team teach with you in your classroom any or every day of the year.”

Johnny Can Spell Word Study- All Grades
2018-11-30 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Alice Nine will show you how to integrate
phonemic awareness with sounds and syllables —
systematic, explicit phonics —
handwriting instruction —
spelling practice —
word grammar —
and how-to sound out words for reading and writing
in your Word Study lessons without worksheets.
Aligns with new ELAR TEKS for Texas elementary teachers!
OPEN enrollment
El Paso, Texas
It’s easy to enroll:
1) Follow directions on Reg. Form if using a school purchase order OR
Purchase enrollment at our ONLINE STORE
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your enrollment and send you a confirmation email.
View / Print: Flyer / Registration Form

BLENDED Professional Development
✓ Face-to-Face Session: August 30th or September 20th, with Alice Nine, 6 hour workshop
✓ Digital (online) Sessions: Begins upon Registration, 24 hours of personalized step-by-step training with simulated lessons, access 24/7 through January 30, 2019
Who should attend?
Our focused is on primary grades (level of words we examine), but all teachers are welcome.
This is especially great for ELLs and Tier 2 intervention at higher grades.
Enroll in the Online Sessions only:
Listed on our calendar: Digital PD: JCSpell Word Study
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.

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Onsite = Face-to-Face Professional Development
Online = 24/7 any where Professional Development

Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARs
2018-11-29 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | TX
Writing PD with an eye on STAAR™.
Did you know? 50% of the 4th grade STAAR Writing score is based on editing.
OPEN enrollment.
El Paso, TX.
It is easy to enroll:
View / print flyer and registration form.
1) Follow directions on Reg. Form if using a school purchase order OR
Purchase enrollment at our ONLINE STORE
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your enrollment and send you a confirmation email.
Why is it called Snippety Grammar?
It’s called SNIPPETY because it is grammar in snippets for
Mini-lessons and anchor charts…
Bite-sized daily practices that develop editing skills…
Simple, no nonsense, can-use-tomorrow routines…
Test-taking strategies
View the Agenda for the day.
A one-day workshop day applying grammar knowledge
and practicing editing skills for the STAAR writing assessment.
With digital (online) modules and resources.

Workshop: November 29, 2018, with Alice Nine at Radisson.

Digital (online) Resources: Available 24/7 through March 15, 2019.

Visit / Become a MEMBER of Alice Nine Professional Development Center

Writing STAAR Essays
2018-11-08 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | TX
Writing PD with an eye on STAAR™.
Enrollment is FULL
See session scheduled for Nov, 7, 2018 .
El Paso, TX.

It’s easy to enroll:
View / Print Brochure & Registration Form.
1) Follow directions on Reg. Form if using a school Purchase Order
OR Purchase your enrollment at our ONLINE STORE.
2) Our PD facilitator will process your enrollment and send you a confirmation email.
A one-day workshop day.
Plus The 4th Grade STAAR Essay digital (online) modules.

Workshop: November 8, 2018, with Alice Nine focuses on writing mentor essays and developing teaching points in response to STAAR-like prompts. View the Agenda for the day.

Digital (online) Modules: November 8, 2018 through March 15, 2019 include–
Deconstructing the Prompt
Deciphering the Rubrics
Developing the Essay
Resources

Visit / Become a MEMBER of Alice Nine Professional Development Center

Onsite = Face-to-Face Professional Development
Online = 24/7 any where Professional Development

Writing STAAR™ Essays
2018-11-07 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | TX
Writing PD with an eye on STAAR™.
OPEN enrollment.
(SCHEDULED for OVERFLOW enrollment from Nov. 8)
El Paso, TX.

It’s easy to enroll:
View / Print Brochure & Registration Form.
1) Follow directions on Reg. Form if using a school Purchase Order
OR Purchase your enrollment at our ONLINE STORE.
2) Our PD facilitator will process your enrollment and send you a confirmation email.
A one-day workshop day.
Plus The 4th Grade STAAR Essay digital (online) modules.

Workshop: November 7, 2018, with Alice Nine focuses on writing mentor essays and developing teaching points in response to STAAR-like prompts. View the Agenda for the day.

Digital (online) Modules: November 8, 2018 through March 15, 2019 include–
Deconstructing the Prompt
Deciphering the Rubrics
Developing the Essay
From Prompt to Essay
Resources

Visit / Become a MEMBER of Alice Nine Professional Development Center

Onsite = Face-to-Face Professional Development
Online = 24/7 any where Professional Development

How We Write
2018-10-17 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | TX
Teaching the writing process with a one-sentence composition is an incredible approach!

OPEN enrollment.
View / print flyer and registration form.
El Paso, Texas.
Workshop Summary.
During this workshop, you will learn how to teach the writing process and the vocabulary of writing in six anchor lessons that include modeling, guided practice, and anchor charts. Alice will show you how students can work with one-sentence compositions to   1) Plan a first draft  2) Develop the draft  3) Revise the draft   4) Edit the draft   5) Publish
These anchor lessons lay a foundation for writing instruction and easily blend  into any writing program.
How We Write is designed for primary grades and aligns with Strand 6 of the “new” ELAR TEKS>
How We Write, a one-day workshop day.
View the Agenda for the day.
How We Write is a Growing Strong Writers workshop.
Growing Strong Writers Workshop Series with Alice Nine is attentive to the importance of daily writing practice, the complex demands of learning English, and a desire to cultivate a love for writing
These workshops offer super simple, no nonsense, can-use-it-tomorrow routines and strategies. Workshops are interactive with teachers doing the work of a student to step-by-step experience the routines themselves. to examine routine procedures and management, and to clarify, connect, and expand personal knowledge. Alice also shares practical ideas for adapting routines to meet diverse student needs and the demands of writing across core curriculum.
Other Growing Strong Writers workshops: Writing with Authors, How We Write, Sentence Combining, Poetry Fridays, Morning Pages, Small Writing.

Visit / Become a MEMBER of Alice Nine Professional Development Center

Writing STAAR Essays
2018-10-04 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Writing PD with an eye on STAAR™.
We will write STAAR mentor essays and develop teaching points.
OPEN enrollment.
El Paso, TX.

It’s easy to enroll:
View / Print Brochure & Registration Form.
1) Follow directions on Reg. Form if using a school Purchase Order
OR Purchase your enrollment at our ONLINE STORE.
2) Our PD facilitator will process your enrollment and send you a confirmation email.
A one-day workshop day.
Plus The 4th Grade STAAR Essay digital (online) modules.

Workshop: October 4, 2018, with Alice Nine focuses on writing mentor essays and developing teaching points in response to STAAR-like prompts. View the Agenda for the day.

Digital (online) Modules: October 4, 2018 through March 15, 2019 include–
Deconstructing the Prompt
Deciphering the Rubrics
Building a Narrative vs. Expository Chart
Resources

Visit / Become a MEMBER of Alice Nine Professional Development Center

Onsite = Face-to-Face Professional Development
Online = 24/7 any where Professional Development

Snippety Grammar 4 Editing STAARs
2018-10-03 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Writing PD with an eye on STAAR™.
Did you know? 50% of the 4th grade STAAR Writing score is based on editing.
OPEN enrollment.
El Paso, TX.
IF YOU MISSED THIS SESSION, check out the next session on November 29, 2018.
It is easy to enroll:
View / print flyer and registration form.
1) Follow directions on Reg. Form if using a school purchase order OR
Purchase enrollment at our ONLINE STORE
2) Our PD facilitator will complete your enrollment and send you a confirmation email.
Why is it called Snippety Grammar?
It’s called SNIPPETY because it is grammar in snippets for
Mini-lessons and anchor charts…
Bite-sized daily practices that develop editing skills…
Simple, no nonsense, can-use-tomorrow routines…
Test-taking strategies
View the Agenda for the day.
A one-day workshop day applying grammar knowledge
and practicing editing skills for the STAAR writing assessment.
With digital (online) modules and resources.

Workshop: October 3, 2018, with Alice Nine at Radisson.

Digital (online) Resources: Available 24/7 through March 15, 2019.

Visit / Become a MEMBER of Alice Nine Professional Development Center

Word Studies with JCSpell
2018-07-19 | To Be Announced, To Be Announced, El Paso
Word Studies with Johnny Can Spell.
Workshop Day at Socorro ISD.
plus digital course.
SCE Instructional Coaches.
El Paso, Texas.
CLOSED enrollment.
Participation by invitation only.

Word Studies with JCSpell
2018-07-18 | To Be Announced, To Be Announced, El Paso
Word Studies with Johnny Can Spell.
Workshop Day at Socorro ISD.
plus digital course.
WIN Academy Teachers.
El Paso, Texas.
CLOSED enrollment.
Participation by invitation only.

Small Writing
2018-06-07 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Lift the level of student writing.
Focus: Teaching writing using bite-sized
composition chunks and mentor texts.
OPEN enrollment.
View / print flyer and registration form.
El Paso, Texas.
Enter Alice Nine’s JUNE 7 GIVEAWAY for your chance to win a registration.
VIEW END-OF-YEAR INTERNET SPECIAL
Workshop Summary.
During this workshop, Alice Nine will show you how to use four powerful sentence writing strategies to develop student composition skills. The thinking habits, craft moves, and editing learned when writing small will lift the level of all student writing. Alice will show you how to use BaDa…sentences, Zoom-In / Zoom-Out, Pitchforking, and Ape the Authors. These strategies can easily be repeated and incorporated into any writing program.
Small Writing is designed for primary grades and aligns with Strand 6 in the “new” ELAR TEKS.
View the Agenda for the day.
A one-day workshop day.
“Small Writing” is a Growing Strong Writers workshop.
Growing Strong Writers Workshop Series with Alice Nine is attentive to the importance of daily writing practice, the complex demands of learning English, and a desire to cultivate a love for writing.
These workshops offer super simple, no nonsense, can-use-it-tomorrow routines and strategies. Workshops are interactive with teachers doing the work of a student to step-by-step experience the routines themselves, to examine routine procedures and management, and to clarify, connect, and expand personal knowledge. Alice also shares practical ideas for adapting routines to meet diverse student needs and the demands of writing across core curriculum.
Other Growing Strong Writer workshop titles: Writing with Authors, How We Write, Sentence Combining, Poetry Fridays, Craft Moves, Morning Pages.

Visit / Become a MEMBER of Alice Nine Professional Development Center

How We Write
2018-06-06 08:00 - 15:00 (America/Denver) | Radison Hotel El Paso Airport, 1770 Airway Blvd, El Paso, TX, 79925, United States
Teaching the writing process with a one-sentence composition.
OPEN enrollment.
View / print flyer and registration form.
El Paso, Texas.
Enter Alice Nine’s JUNE 6 GIVEAWAY for your chance to win a registration.
VIEW END-OF-YEAR INTERNET SPECIAL
Workshop Summary.
During this workshop, you will learn how to teach the writing process and the vocabulary of writing in six anchor lessons that include modeling, guided practice, and anchor charts. Alice will show you how students can work with one-sentence compositions to   1) Plan a first draft  2) Develop the draft  3) Revise the draft   4) Edit the draft   5) Publish
These anchor lessons lay a foundation for writing instruction and easily blend  into any writing program.
How We Write is designed for primary grades and aligns with Strand 6 of the “new” ELAR TEKS>
How We Write, a one-day workshop day.
View the Agenda for the day.
How We Write is a Growing Strong Writers workshop.
Growing Strong Writers Workshop Series with Alice Nine is attentive to the importance of daily writing practice, the complex demands of learning English, and a desire to cultivate a love for writing
These workshops offer super simple, no nonsense, can-use-it-tomorrow routines and strategies. Workshops are interactive with teachers doing the work of a student to step-by-step experience the routines themselves. to examine routine procedures and management, and to clarify, connect, and expand personal knowledge. Alice also shares practical ideas for adapting routines to meet diverse student needs and the demands of writing across core curriculum.
Other Growing Strong Writer workshops: Writing with Authors, How We Write, Sentence Combining, Poetry Fridays, Morning Pages, Small Writing.

Visit / Become a MEMBER of Alice Nine Professional Development Center
