Diving Deeper Targeted online workshops

The topics of this series of 120-minute (two 60 minute sessions) targeted workshops have been specifically developed as a response to questions frequently asked of me in the schools I work with directly, questions that arise once you dive in and get beyond the ‘shallows’. Each workshop stands alone. Scroll down for full descriptions.

  • Tooling Up     
  • The Remarkable <e>    
  • Double Trouble    
  • Why is <y> so special?     
  • It's All Relative      
  • Play Makes It Stay    

These workshops can be organised on demand for groups of 10 or more participants. Please contact fiona@wordtorque.com for more details.

Targeted Workshops Registration

Individual workshops are priced at approximately $USD 50 (charged as $HKD 390) - click on the button below and proceed as requested. You will then be emailed specific details of your workshop.

The Play Makes It Stay Targeted workshop is scheduled for: 

Session A:  Part 1 and 2 - Monday evenings in the USA

This is Tuesday morning in Australia/Asia.

  • Indochina time (Bangkok time): 7:30-8:30am Tuesday Nov 9th and Tuesday Nov 16th, 2021 
  • Australian EDT: 11:30am Tuesday Nov 9th and Tuesday Nov 16th, 2021 
  • USA EST: 7:30pm Monday Nov 8th and Monday Nov 15th 2021
  • USA PST: 4:30pm Monday Nov 8th and Monday Nov 15th 2021

Registration

The Play Makes It Stay Targeted workshop is priced at approximately $USD 50 (charged as $HKD 390) - click on the button below and proceed as requested. You will then be emailed specific details of your workshop.

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Session B:  Part 1 and 2 - Wednesday evenings in Australia

This is Wednesdays in Europe/Asia/Australia. It is a repeat of Session A.

  • Indochina time (Bangkok time): 3:30-4:30pm Wednesday Nov 24th and Wednesday Dec 1st, 2021 
  • Paris CET: 9:30am Wed Nov 24th and Wed Dec 1st, 2021
  • Hong Kong: 4:30pm Wed Nov 24th and Wed Dec 1st, 2021
  • Australian EDT: 7:30pm Wed Nov 24th and Wed Dec 1st, 2021
  • USA - middle of the night

Registration

The Play Makes It Stay Targeted workshop is priced at approximately $USD 50 (charged as $HKD 390) - click on the button below and proceed as requested. You will then be emailed specific details of your workshop.

Diving Deeper workshop details

Tooling Up

The matrix, the word sum and spelling-out loud: Why are these Word Inquiry tools important?
The aim of this workshop is to increase your confidence in using Word Inquiry tools that consolidate morphological understanding. Starting with boxing the base and word webs, we’ll move to writing word sums and learning the hows and whys of morphological matrices. Participants will hone your skills in creating a matrix. Ideally come with an A3 piece of paper (or large whiteboard) and some post-it notes.

The Remarkable <e>

<bake>, <love>, <one>, <recipe>, <hoarse>, <baking>: what’s the point of the <e> (or lack of) in these words?
The aim of this workshop is to increase your confidence in understanding the myriad of ways the letter <e> functions in English words. It’s our most frequently-used letter and is frequently not even pronounced. We’ll examine the range of ‘jobs’ it has at the end of a base and investigate what causes <e> to be replaced when suffixing.

Double Trouble

<swimming>, <spelling>, <bubble>, <odd>, <meet>, <allocate>: why are some letters doubled in words?
The aim of this workshop is to increase your confidence in analyzing the structure of words, examining both the morphemes and the graphemes. Focusing on letters that are double in various words is an interesting way to hone this skill. We’ll investigate the doubling of vowel letters, why some bases have double consonants and how to determine what causes a consonant to be doubled when suffixing.

Why is <y> so special?

<my>, <bicycle>, <candies>, <happy>, <yesterday>: why do we even have the letter <y>?
The aim of this workshop is to increase your confidence in understanding the letter <y> and in particular its relationship with the letter <i>.  We will investigate when we would use <y> instead of an <i>,  when <y> is considered a consonant and when a vowel, and the suffixing convention of toggling a <y> with an <i>.

It's All Relative

<father-patriarchy>, <describe-description>, <question-equestrian>: are these words related and if so how?
The aim of this workshop is to increase your confidence in distinguishing morphological relatives from etymological relatives and distinguishing words that look related but really aren’t. We’ll start with some easy connections you could explore with younger or less experienced students, then move to more obscure ones, practising using Etymonline to determine relationships.

Play Makes It Stay

Circle games, lesson breaks, exit tickets, energizers: Having fun while ‘practicing to make permanent’.
The aim of this workshop is to increase your confidence in using games and activities to consolidate orthographic concepts. Getting students moving is helpful to cement learning pathways - and these ideas can all be adapted for those working with individual students, small groups or classes. We’ll explore ways we can facilitate retrieval rather than just reviewing concepts. Participants will be encouraged to contribute on a shared document a 5-minute game or activity they have used successfully with their students.

Participants

Everyone is welcome! While the Targeted workshops are designed for those who already have some level of training and experience, anyone can attend.

Online Platform

All workshops will be run online via Zoom. Once you register you will receive the details to join the meeting. If you have never used Zoom before you will be guided to download it prior to the meeting. Respectfully, I ask that you have one person only per registration - and therefore one person to a device. Email me if you wish to register 2 people and sit together with one computer. 

There will be a 10-minute window prior to each workshop when participants are encouraged to join the meeting and a 10-minute window at the end of each workshop when interested participants can remain and ask further questions.

terms and conditions

  • Refunds will only be provided for cancellations 24 hours or more prior to the workshop. 
  • Participants are responsible for ensuring they can use the online platform satisfactorily. 
  • Workshops are not to be recorded by participants. 
  • Materials are intended for use by workshop participants only.
  • wordtorque has the right to use photographs of participants in the online workshops unless specifically requested not to at time of registration.