CANCELLED - Using Poetry to Help Readers Connect to the Text and Infer for Meaning

Monday, August 16, 2010

Description

Workshop description: Poetry is perfect to use when teaching students to visualize, infer, make connections and notice author\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s craft. Even if poetry is not your favorite literary genre, you will discover the power of poetry within your literacy lessons after attending this presentation.

Objectives

As a result of taking part in this workshop, participants will:

Learn ideas for using poetry to prepare students to answer open-ended items that require inference strategies.

Receive plenty of handouts including a list of resources and ready-to-use seasonal and thematic poetry lessons that motivate readers to deepen their thinking and move beyond the text.

Discover how to use multiple poems on the same topic to teach students text-to-text connections and author's craft.

Location

EASTCONN Hampton, 376 Hartford Tpk, Hampton

Presented by

Kimberly Eiler

Audience

Literacy Coaches
Literacy Coordinators
Regular Education and Elementary Teachers

Grade

All

Date yyyy-mm-dd

2010-08-16

Times

09:00 AM to 03:00 PM

CEUs

0.50 for full attendance

Fee

$75.00

Openings

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