GGA11-05 Read n' Reason (5 DAY WORKSHOP)

Grade Level: 7-12

Presenter:  CONTACT _Con-4146124FDB \c \s \l Sara Heisler

saraheisler@gmail.com

Are your language arts students . . .

. . . averaging A’s and B’s on the usual “5W and How” questions about text?

. . . eager to discuss those “higher level thinking” questions rather than skip them?

. . . answering oral or written questions with logical reasoning proven by text?

. . . spotting fallacies of thinking and testing text ideas against realities of life?

. . . passing WKCE Reading and Language Arts Tests, ACT’s, and AP English tests?

No?

Bring those troublesome texts and instructional units to this workshop! Learn an array of brain-based strategies that foster independent and accurate thinking while reading and responding to text. Observe the facilitator demonstrating specific techniques applied to your lesson plans and texts. Apply learning to any type and level of literature or text, including short stories, essays, poetry, textbook readings, articles, novel units, test questions, and comic strips. Return to school with improved instructional units and tools for teaching students to make thoughtful connections between literature and life!

Objectives:

· Increase student participation during text-based units through brain-based strategies

· Improve lesson plans and methods for teaching language arts units that include literature

· Improve student performance in language arts skills through teaching:

· Techniques to comprehend, summarize, analyze, and evaluate a variety of text

· Common elements and patterns that guide reading, listening, thinking, writing, speaking

· Words that signal intended test responses (will use WKCE Reading, Language Arts and Writing Tests, ACT tests, and AP Literature/Language and Composition Tests).

Wisconsin Teacher Standards Addressed: 1, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 and 9