Jessica Thur
Critical Analysis : Not Just for the Gifted and Talented
Have your ever had trouble engaging your students in a meaningful discussion about literature? This session will provide strategies for making inferences and evaluating information. Learn how to scaffold guided and independent learning so that all of your students can analyze and evaluate texts.

Connecting Literature to Reality
Have your students every asked you why you are reading a text? Have your students every wondered why a story matters to them? This workshop will teach you how to use primary and secondary sources to enhance yours students reading experience.

Simple Strategies for Vocabulary Success that even Work with Standardized Tests*
Based on the premise that every test is a vocabulary test, this workshop first will address strategies for vocabulary instruction. Then, we will tackle standardized tests. What can you do in your classroom to help your students succeed on those ominous standardized tests?

One Writer’s End…Another’s Beginning*
Noun verb. Noun verb. Tired of reading the same old tired sentences structures? Wondering how to help your students add voice to your students’ writing? Learn how to help your students incorporate strategies professional writers use to add energy and individuality to their writing.

* Repeated workshop

Jessica's Bibliography Handout
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