EARCOS: Creating A High-Engagement, High-Achievement Writing Curriculum

Carl Anderson will be conducting this EARCOS Weekend Workshop providing a repertoire of strategies to use to teaching writing. Workshop Details: Date: October 3rd to 4th, 2025 Venue: The International School of Kuala Lumpur (ISKL) - Ampang Hilir, No. 2, Lorong Kelab, Polo Di Raja, 55000 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur Room No: MPR 1 Fees: EARCOS Members: USD100 Non EARCOS Members: USD200 Registration Deadline: 27th September 2025 REFUNDS: • Full Refund: A full refund of all registration fees paid will be granted, if requested in writing before 20 September 2025. • Partial Refund: A 75% refund of all registration fees paid will be granted, less a RM50 refund processing fee, if requested in writing after 20 September 2025 but before 4 October 2025. • No Refund: No refund will be granted for any cancellation request made after 4 October 2025. To begin the cancellation process, please email us at [email protected] Workshop Overview Every teacher wants their students to learn to write well: • They want them to learn how to craft their writing so that it is clear, effective and powerful. • They want them to develop a repertoire of strategies for navigating the stages of the writing process. • The want them to use writing conventions with precision and understanding. What’s the secret for accomplishing these goals? One important answer is to teach with mentors. By showing and studying well-written mentor texts in writing lessons, your students will learn about the qualities of writing– focus, structure, detail, voice and conventions – and see how they can integrate these qualities into their own writing. And by teaching with “process texts” -- writing from each stage of the writing process, most often written by you, the classroom teacher – your students will see how experienced writers handle the challenges at each stage of the process, and learn strategies they can use themselves. By teaching with mentor and process texts, you’ll align your practice to the principle of learning that an important way people learn to do something is by studying what more skilled people do. Teaching with mentors is an important focus of Carl’s books A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts and How to Become a Better Writing Teacher (with Matt Glover). Student Learning Outcomes In this two-day, in-person institute, Carl will help you improve these aspects of how you teach writing: • You’ll learn how to assemble “stacks” of mentor texts for each writing unit that are highly engaging and will help you teach the craft techniques and conventions you want your students to learn. • You’ll practice several methods for finding a wealth of teaching points in mentor texts, both crafting techniques and conventions. • You’ll learn about how to introduce mentor texts in each unit during “immersion” at the start of a unit. • You’ll practice composing craft and convention teaching points using mentor texts that will help you teach with clarity and precision in whole and small-group lessons as well as in 1:1 writing conferences. • You’ll write your own “process text” for a writing unit that you’ll be able to use in your own teaching. • You’ll compose teaching points using your process texts that show students strategies that will help them move through each stage of the writing process.