Description
Thinking Outside the Book is an ideal course for educators looking for resources to guide students toward creating unique and complex assignments. You’ll learn to lead them to have a deeper response to quality literature, which will ultimately help their love and respect for reading.
In this one-hour course you will learn to incorporate a variety of media to differentiate responses and push your students toward thinking and creating outside the book.
Trainers Sheila Mulbry and Nicole Shannon share their personal best-practices on:
- Using mysteries in literature
- Developing puzzle fiction projects
- Creating personal response papers
- Identifying themes and vocabulary in literature
- Writing mini-research reports
And more!
Visit the TAGT website to learn more about the Texas Association for the Gifted and Talented.
This course is aligned with 2016 ODE Teacher Competencies a, b, c, e, f, g and NAGC Teacher Preparation Standards 2.2, 3.3, 3.4, 5.1.
Cheryl – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the course. Bmtisd
Stacey – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful
April – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Quick and easy to follow
Christi – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the course. I thought it was very helpful to me as a teacher. It has stretched my thinking.
Sheri – PAWNEE ISD (verified owner) –
I think it is a great course. There are some great ideas in here for use in the classroom.
Nora – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a good training.
Pamella – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Information was very interesting and different ideas.
Esmirna – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
very helpful
Lynda – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
I love the ideas presented and look forward to implementing them in my classroom
Brenda – CHARDON LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great ideas for thinking outside the book
Shannon – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
This presentation gave lots of book ideas with specific areas tied into developing creatiivity.
Pamela – TROTWOOD-MADISON CITY (verified owner) –
I think this presentation would better suited for English teachers or Elementary school.
Pamela – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it
Livier – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
very Good
Susan – BELLBROOK-SUGARCREEK LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great ideas – for all students, not just gifted.
Amy – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
This course contained a lot of very good ideas I can implement in my classroom.
Heather – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the ideas presented. I would like more early childhood ideas to be offered.
shelley – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Great resources and ideas
Tanya – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the resources offered
Andree – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I loved the ideas and can’t wait to share with the ELA teachers on my team.
Winetta – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
Very educational I give it 5 stars.
Dennis – Bulloch County Schools (verified owner) –
I thought the course was very informative and had good ideas on thinking outside of the book.
Lesley – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Great course for librarians!
Steven – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this lesson. I liked some of the websites they used and the fact that students can take ownership of their assignments.
Jacquelyn – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
It was an interesting course that offered a variety of intriguing ideas that can be used in the classroom immediately.
Martha – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Very much helpful
Marla – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I thought it was great! Lots of real life examples
Anna – MIAMI EAST LOCAL (verified owner) –
I like the different ideas that were given, but I would like to hear some other ways of doing book reports.
heidi – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I love that you names specific websites or apps, real books that can be used. Sometimes the narrator was talking so fast I really didn’t know what she was saying. Perhaps add subtitles or more captions. I really like to real time activity ideas that can be applied quite simply depending on what grade you teach.
Juanita Diana – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This was one of the best course I took. I love that they offer resources and ideas!
Lori – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome
Jennifer – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Great information and I loved the bee video. 🙂
Wendell – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the review.
Shannon – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas you can use with all of your students.
Lauren – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas that can even be adapted to first graders.
Kirsten – Morgan Local Schools (verified owner) –
I thought that this course had some good information, however, it would be more difficult to implement in the lower grades.
vona – MANSFIELD ISD (verified owner) –
add some information about G/T students that have disabilities
Julia – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Love the new ideas and websites
Chris – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Kimberly – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course
GIOVANNI – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I like it but is too long, it could be more to the point.
Morgan – WORTHINGTON CITY (verified owner) –
Good ideas for projects that are applicable to classroom.
Alexander – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Very helpful, especially for teachers who struggle with letting go of control.
Christine – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome, practical ideas shared!
Jennifer – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course has lots of good ideas.
Brooke – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
There are a lot of great idea presented. Some of them are “outside the box” and would be a great option to change it up for students.
Lori – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the examples that were given
Erin – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course. It gave me some ideas that I can actually use.
Hailee – MCKINNEY ISD (verified owner) –
It was self paced and interesting!
Irma – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
Great info