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SUMMARY:Writers at Work: Roadblocks and Workarounds
DESCRIPTION:Date:     October 29\, 2026 (Note - Date moved from Oct 22nd to Oct 29th)      \nTime:     9:00am – 3:00pm \nType:     In-Person\n\nLocation: WRESA   \n          200 Ridgefield Ct\, Suite 206\n          Asheville\, NC 28806\n\nFee:      $45  WRESA Members  \n          $70  Non-members\n\n**NOTE: We have a No Refund policy for our WRESA courses. However\, you\nare welcome to send a colleague in your place. If you need to change the\nname of the person attending\, send an email to registrations@wresa.org\nwith the information of the person who will attend in your place.\n\nCEUs:     5  Contact Hours \nLimit:    45 Participants\nAudience: K-5 Classroom Teachers and Instructional Coaches\nWhat to bring?: your own device\nDescription: \nMany young people love to write. Give them supplies and time and they create\ninteresting and engaging texts. But there are many more who find writing a dreaded\nchore that they can’t seem to finish. For some it has to do with ownership and choice\nover topic\, genre\, and format. For others it may be a feeling that they have nothing of\ninterest or worth to write about. Many writers get bogged down with the process of\nfinding focus and narrowing a topic\, creating a vision for the scope of their project\,\nstaying on topic\, sticking with the project across time\, controlling details\, working within\nthe confines of the conventions of language\, or bringing the project to a satisfying\nclosure. Yet\, resisting revision is arguably the most common concern I hear from\nteachers regarding the roadblocks their students encounter. In my work with teachers\, I\nfrequently hear concerns about student writers reaching a point where they just don’t\nknow what to do to keep moving forward. Across the day we will write a bit ourselves\,\nwe will examine the work of student writers and explore the roadblocks they have\nencountered\, and we will work together to create workarounds for those roadblocks and try\na few ourselves. \nPresenter:  \nLester Laminack\, Professor Emeritus\, Western Carolina University is a full-time writer\nand consultant working with schools\, districts\, and organizations throughout the country\nand abroad. He is an award winning author or co-author of twenty professional books\nand eight children’s books. Dr. Laminack has served on several regional and national\nboards\, has served as the co-editor of the NCTE journal Primary Voices\, and as the\neditor of the Children’s Book Review column of the NCTE journal Language Arts. He\nserved several years as the Basic Reading Consultant to Literacy Volunteers of America\nand as secretary for the NC Association for the Education of Young Children. He is the\nrecipient of two teaching awards from Western Carolina University: The Botner Superior\nTeaching Award from the College of Education and Allied Profession\, and the\nChancellor’s Distinguished Teaching Award from the university. He is an active member\nof ILA and NCTE and is a sought after keynote and featured speaker at state and\nnational conferences. \nIf you have additional questions \, contact Candie Sellers at csellers@wresa.org \nIf you are unsure whether your school system is a WRESA member\, click  WRESA MEMBER List. \nREGISTER
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LOCATION:WRESA\, 200 Ridgefield Ct\, Suite 206\, Asheville\, NC\, 28806\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Candie Sellers":MAILTO:csellers@wresa.org
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