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Julie is a former member of the Canadian Association of Professional Speakers


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Julie H. Ferguson

Book Magic: Turning Writers into Published Authors

Books for writers and teachers, Crafting Irresistible Query Letters

Sing a New Song: Portraits of Canada's Crusading Bishops

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Students are in awe of what they can do after your workshops....  

Julie's energy and refreshing approach will inspire your teachers to try some new techniques to get kids writing. The price is...worth it. 
 

Professional speaker, Julie Ferguson

 

PRESENTATIONS FOR TEACHERS AND GRADE 5-12 STUDENTS


 

Beacon Literary Services offers four widely-acclaimed, hands-on presentations especially for school districts. All are ideal for teachers' professional development sessions in individual schools and for district-wide events. Two are also designed for students in the classroom.
 

For detailed information and testimonials about
the sessions, click on the titles below...
For a bio about Julie, click here.
For a summary sheet, click here.
 

Bright...but Can't Write is an essential presentation for elementary and middle years teachers, as well as parents. You intuitively know that some students just can’t write – they are bright, perhaps gifted, Discover how to improve writing output difficulties (Photo: Ferguson)and verbally articulate but cannot string more than two sentences together. You also know that many of them are boys…. Why do they struggle?  How you can improve their written work against the performance standards? Julie and a gifted education specialist have created a program to bring you a brain- and evidence-based approach to this widespread problem. With a lively PowerPoint presentation, interactive techniques, and fun exercises, this session provides you with essential tools, powerful insights, and practical strategies that are immediately applicable and sure to improve the attitude and skills of kids who are bright, but can’t write.

Reaching Reluctant Writers is an ideal session for grade 4-9 teachers who are faced with a bewildering variety of diversity in every classroom -- audio-sequential and visual-spatial learners, ESLs, boys and girls, gifted, and those with other learning differences. How can you teach writing to all of them at once? You can...if you know the brain- and evidence-based tools that will help you. This presentation not only provides current research findings, but also models these tools. Using animated PowerPoint and real writing examples, each session has teachers and parents participating in experiential exercises that shed light on the complexity of writing and demonstrate how to tap students’ latent creativity. Discover:

A boys-only English class learning tools to improve their writing output. (Photo: Ferguson)•   How to unravel the  8 sub-skills of writing

•  How to test for each sub-skill and diagnose the deficit(s)

•  The recent findings in brain research related to writing

•  A tool-kit of strategies to get every student writing

•  How to demystify the challenges for students and their parents

 Writing with Power!! is a creative writing presentation with a difference for students and teachers that forever changes the way participants write. Say goodbye to boring introductions and hello to "power words." No grammar in this session! (Gifted Grade 4's too.) Learn how to:

  • banish boring beginnings

  • understand gender differences in writing based on current brain research

  • capture your students' interest

  • involve their hearts and minds

  • inspire them to get their creative juices flowing

  • ramp-up their use of "exciting" words

  • improve your students' marks by 20%

Companion paperback or e-book also available -- specially written for teachers for immediate use in the classroom and revised in 2004. Filled with fun exercises, templates, examples, and more. Click on the image to  order...

Writing for Success: Essay Planning and Self-editing provides professional writing tips for students and their teachers that will instantly improve writing essays for assignments and exams. It can also be customized to address the timed writing component of the Ministry of Education's Foundation Skills Assessment (Grade 7-12 only). Learn how to:

  • motivate individual brainstorming

  • facilitate identification of a theme

  • simplify choosing and organizing items for essays

  • manage the allotted time for tests and exams

  • encourage self-editing

Create and Self-publish Stunning Family Memory Books, Travel Memoirs, Cookbooks, Histories and much more!
Gorgeous, glossy books are a click away!! They are easy and fun to do, and inexpensive to produce one at a time. Uses live demonstrations of the web-based and downloadable free software that build books and edit photos.
(Ideal for Teachers' Association conferences.)

 


To avoid disappointment, book Julie well in advance.      
(6-12  months ahead is a good idea)

  For more information, please contact
BEACON LITERARY SERVICES at:
(604)469-1319 or info@beaconlit.com

 ...from inspiration to publication!™