KEYNOTE SPEAKER ~ Cris Tovani

When Reading is Hard: Why Students Need Strategy Instruction

Star Academy proudly announces the 2009 keynote speaker, Cris Tovani, a nationally recognized consultant and author.  Cris specializes in assisting adolescent readers to develop comprehension skills and most of all, rediscover the joy of reading.  Hear first hand about her research-based strategies for teaching students to read, write and think at higher levels.

As students progress through the grade levels and academic reading increases and becomes more rigorous, fewer and fewer adolescents know how to negotiate difficult text.  At a time when reading instruction should increase, it is often eliminated.  during this keynote, Cris will share how she implements strategy instruction to help her students obtain information.  through work samples, students reveal funny, sad and sometimes surprising perspectives about their lives as readers.  For readers who "don't get it" and don't have strategies to repair meaning, difficult text rarely leads to productive reading.   Cris will be presenting for two days following her keynote.

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