Unlock the treasures of informational texts.Working through ideas and practices described in Linda Hoyt's popular Make It Real, teachers learn how to use a range of reading experiences to equip students with a tool belt of content-area reading strategies designed to help them work through virtually any nonfiction text.
The Making Sense of Informational Texts School-Based Seminar provides teachers with practical, classroom-friendly tools to make informational texts more attainable, scaffold vocabulary, and deal with content-specific challenges. Extending these techniques, teachers will gather into groups and uncover the power of "investigations," Hoyt's compelling method for students to approach research projects.
Course Goals:
- Investigate the most effective techniques for introducing informational texts to students
- Explore "frontloading"-what it is and how you incorporate it into your lessons
- Share activities that enable students to develop a tool belt of reading strategies
- Discuss the importance of meaningful research and enticing ways to represent it.
Professional Development
