New Writing Course: Informed Opinion Letters for Grades K-2

Pepper released 4 new Writing Courses on August 3, 2015:

• Introduction to Structured Narrative Writing (Grades K-2)
• Introduction to Narrative Writing (Grades 3-5)
• Informed Opinion Letters for Teachers (Grades K-2)
• Argument Writing for High School

These courses were authored by content experts from Accelerated Literacy Learning and are an addition to our current Pepper course, Argument Writing for Middle School.

The course, Informed Opinion Letters for Grades K-2, will provide you with all of the background knowledge, experiences, and resources necessary to conduct an informed opinion letter unit of study with young children. Teachers will work through the process of creating and editing their own piece of writing, which will allow them to teach by example. Participants will experience short videos, quizzes, reflection journals, and opinion polls to build their knowledge and prepare them to teach the writing of opinion letters.

Topics that will be covered include:

• Creating a Rationale for Informed Opinion Letter Writing
• Generating Opinions in a Variety of Ways
• Letters as a Writing Genre
• Linking Opinions to Strong Research
• Revision
• Celebrating and Reflecting

The course requires 6 hours of work online with an additional 4 hours offline. You can get more information and a full course outline by clicking here.

Check out this course and our other offerings in Math, English/Language Arts, and Special Ed, by visiting Pepper!

Sign up to receive "The Big Idea" directly to your email each time it's updated. To do this, simply add your email under "Follow PepperPCG Posts by E-mail!" to the right.

New Writing Course: Structured Narrative Writing for Grades 3-5

Pepper released 4 new Writing Courses on August 3, 2015:

• Introduction to Structured Narrative Writing (Grades K-2)
• Introduction to Narrative Writing (Grades 3-5)
• Informed Opinion Letters for Teachers (Grades K-2)
• Argument Writing for High School

These courses were authored by content experts from Accelerated Literacy Learning and are an addition to our current Pepper course, Argument Writing for Middle School.

Introduction to Narrative Writing for Grades 3-5 will allow teachers to move through the stages of the writing process while crafting their own personal narrative. Teachers will also have the opportunity to study text from different authors. One way to study a piece of writing is to notice author’s craft, or the techniques an author uses to make writing effective. To do this, participants will learn to use picture books to glean ideas for narratives as well as how to revise and edit their own writing.

In this course, teachers will learn to take students through the writing process, help them make good choices about topics, write for an audience, and reflect on their writing. The course requires approximately 6 hours of work. You can get more information and a full course outline by clicking here. 

Check out this course and our other offerings in Math, English/Language Arts, and Special Ed by visiting Pepper!

Sign up to receive "The Big Idea" directly to your email each time it's updated. To do this, simply add your email under "Follow PepperPCG Posts by E-mail!" to the right.

New Writing Course: Introduction to Structured Narrative Writing

Pepper is releasing 4 new Writing Courses on August 3, 2015:

• Introduction to Structured Narrative Writing (Grades K-2)
• Introduction to Narrative Writing (Grades 3-5)
• Informed Opinion Letters for Teachers (Grades K-2)
• Argument Writing for High School

We will look at these courses over the next few blog posts. These courses were authored by staff from Accelerated Literacy Learning and are an addition to our current Pepper course, Argument Writing for Middle School.

The first is “Introduction to Structured Narrative Writing” for grades K-2. Broadly speaking, narrative writing is story writing, where the story includes a main character and an activity or experience, commonly called “the plot”. Narratives are characterized by having a defined beginning, middle, and end. 

In this course, participants will actively engage in the writing process by creating their own personal narrative. Additionally, there are opportunity to study mentor texts, reflect on learning, and relate experiences to lessons. The course requires 6 hours of work online with additional 4 hours offline. You can get more information and a full course outline by clicking here.

Check out this course and our other offerings in Math, English/Language Arts, and Special Ed, by visiting Pepper!

Sign up to receive "The Big Idea" directly to your email each time it's updated. To do this, simply add your email under "Follow PepperPCG Posts by E-mail!" to the right.