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.
Limbania – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
not very interesting or informative and very monotonous
Shannon – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Not only is it a great idea for creating activities but it also gives resources that can be used in addition to activities. Books, movies, poems, etc.
Jesus – PRESIDIO ISD (verified owner) –
It is good.
Becca – SHALLOWATER ISD (verified owner) –
Fun ideas!
Veronica – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Informative!!
Ashley – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great course with useful ideas to get students engaged while learning.
Liza – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Different strategies learned.
Ricci – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –
great
Carla – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Demee – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course.
Jesus – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful.
Kamryn – GEORGETOWN ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas for the classroom.
Steven – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter was engaging. The project ideas were interesting.
Letty – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
EXCELLENT! I ACTUALLY EARNED SOMETHING NEW!!
Jose Luis – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course very informative.
Margaret – DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas in this course!
Matthew – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
it was alright
Nickole – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas for student projects.
Melanie – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!! Several ideas for the classroom to differentiate.
Robert – WODEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the course and believe it offered some fresh ideas to get students more involved in their own learning.
Pamela – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed all the links of useful technology sites to help students become engaged in their literature experience.
Juana – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I liked the course.
Delma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
This course allowed me to think from a different perspective.
Carmen – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I do not think it would be too practical in my content area, or examples on how to apply it are needed
Jennifer – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
great ideas for the classroom
Mary – BASTROP ISD (verified owner) –
I did not think this applied to lower elementary. It is geared more toward upper grades. middle school and high school
Cecily – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informational
Monica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Chris – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very helpful.
Candace – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas
Meghan – LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. It was very informative and had some great ideas.
Amelia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is very informational
Darren – Private Pay (verified owner) –
Very concise and well organized.
Anavel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives great ideas on how students can think outside the book and gives examples using books available
Stephanie – ARLINGTON CLASSICS ACADEMY (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. It offers a lot of great ideas and resources.
kate – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
good
Norma – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
5. gives you a perspective of what a gifted child or general student be doing in class/ being more creative
Michael – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It allows you to understand the needs of the students in the classroom
Casey – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Great for language arts teachers!
Brenda – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
karen – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I think this course has some good ideas that I can use with my GT students to challenge their Thinking Outside the Book.
Alejandra – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course with great ideas that we can easily implement in our classrooms to differentiate our students learning.
Sandra – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas. Geared more for elementary students.
Whitney – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
it was not very engaging…
Jennifer – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
It had some good ideas I would like to try.
Claudia Melissa – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
5-quick but great activities
Aimee – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
Many great examples of student work!
Stephanie – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
This course leans more towards English, earth science or history. Was interesting to see different things to do on the computer.
JoDee – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD – SAN ANTONIO DISTRICT (verified owner) –
I really like the different ideas for thinking outside the book. This class is not just for ELA teachers. I teach history and I can use some of these ideas for my class.
Jacqueline – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I liked that it provided me with useful information/ideas to take back into my classroom for my students.