Literature Project

 

Are you looking for a way to help your students understand text? Then the “Literature Project,” a workshop focusing on the study of reading strategies, is for you. We will be looking at strategies like making connections, questioning, visualizing, inferring/predicting, and synthesizing to enhance understanding for readers of all ages and interests.  Demonstration lessons will be included to allow participants to experience the strategies first hand.  The format of the class will include discussions of making meaning in all types of literature, experiencing current strategies used, and creating demonstrations of strategies learned in the text.  Idaho State Standards and how they apply to reading strategies will also be addressed.

 

TEXT:  Strategies That Work by Stephanie Harvey (Required) and other relevant titles that will be available for check out.

 

This workshop will be offered during the weeks of June 22-July 1, 2009. The format of the class will include meeting up to 30 hours (for 2 credits).  The proposed format for two weeks is:

Monday & Tuesday:   9:00-4:00  (12 hours)

Wednesday-Friday:  9:00-12:00  (9 hours)

Monday-Wednesday:  9:00-12:00 (9 hours)

 

COST:  $240.00 workshop fee, $89/credit ($178.00 for 2 credits)

LOCATION: Mountain View School District, Grangeville, ID.

REGISTER ONLINE: www.regonline.com/LiteratureProject

 

Facilitator will be Jacky Mosman, a Nezperce teacher and NIWP teacher consultant.  Jacky has extensive experience facilitating workshops for teachers through summer courses such as this and sessions at regional conferences.

 

For more information contact Carol Nelson, Northwest Inland Writing Project Co-director, at carol@nelsonwheat.com or 509-635-1576.  A minimum of 8 participants is required.