In this course, you will review the skills you will need to pass the Instructional Paraprofessional's exam as you explore ways to present writing skills to students across content areas. You will also explore instructional strategies in writing skills for students at all grade levels. This course is applicable to teachers as well as instructional paraprofessionals.
Students will:
- Identify research-based best practices in writing instruction.
- Explain how to foster good spelling and phonics skills.
- Identify how to write to a specific audience and purpose.
- Explain the stages in the writing process.
- Describe techniques for enhancing syntax awareness and varying sentence structure.
- Identify ways to teach different genres of writing.
