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.
Chloe – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
This is a good course for grades higher than 5th. My 5th graders need more time to do this. We could do this before the summer break or when all testing is complete.
Patricia – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Informative
Gilbert C – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This was pretty interesting and had some great ideas and activities.
Jill – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
This was almost subject area specific. I would broaden the ideas you have into larger, interdisciplinary concepts so many more facilitators could use these practical and wonderful ideas.
De’Andria – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It was ok. I felt like it was alot of information at once and fast paced.
SUSAN – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the variety of strategies using books and research. As a librarian, it offered me a number of avenues of which to direct student research.
Armando – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Course was great and informative. I learned new straegies to use in my classroom.
Annabel – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
This was a great training!
Jose – TULOSO-MIDWAY ISD (verified owner) –
Important information presented about Bloom’s and student engagement/ownership of their independent study choices
Armandina – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Chelsea – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –
Very helpful with good ideas and resources provided.
Lorraine – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of detail information great
Jesus – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
Very Informative
Maria – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
Awesome activities to use in the classrroom!
Ray – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
It is language arts oriented but there ideas that can be adapted towards other subjects.
donna – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Good easy to implement ideas. Very practical
Desiree – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
great
Dianna – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you for the ideas that were presented
Krista – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Good Information.
Delilah – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informational
Ricky – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Thanks for the ideas
Rebecca – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Interesting, but the online tools that were shared were out of date (wordle, tagxedo)
Aurelio – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Great learning experience! Great topics to learn and teach!
Lidia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative presentation.
Francisca – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent training!
Nayeli – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It’s great!
Laura – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
good
Raquel – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It has really good strategies.
Veronica – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I feel that the course had useful ideas.
Yoanna – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Thank you
Denizly – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It was great!
Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Maria – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I like how it shows that from one simple book and/or movie students can expand to many different types of activities that will enrich their knowledge.
Gabriela – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
great
Krystle – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
It is in the benefit in the child to allow them options as not all children learn the same way.
Leticia – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
I like the activity ideas and the books referenced
Dorothy – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and will use in my classroom.
Mario – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
Useful information/ideas to possibly implement.
Oscar – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
great session
Maria – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great training!
Amy – DEL VALLE ISD (verified owner) –
TEch recomendations are out of date
Alejandra – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It is good for lower levels. For high school, it didn’t really teach me anything I don’t already do in the classroom.
Norma – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
A lot of guide ideas that I can have students choose from.
Laura – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting
Jane – ROCK HILL LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great ideas. I would like to see suggestions/examples of texts appropriate for high school students.
RUBEN – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative
Elaine – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful
Felix – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent help how to enchance student learning styles.
Lucio – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with different views points on how to see your lesson in different ways.
Federico – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
You will get new creative ideas from the course.