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.
Ashley – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to follow along and I liked how they gave examples
Sharon (Shar) – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas for when we are back in the classroom.
Jenny – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
It had some good ideas.
Erica – COLDWATER EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
The course provided some neat extension ideas and good suggestions for novels to use in class.
Araceli – EDINBURG CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and provides engaging instructional strategies for students.
WILLIAM – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Subject of this presentation is not as applicable to teaching 8th grade Math as it would be to teaching Literature in HS or Reading in Elementary School.
Amanda – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed learning about this topic.
Kristi – GREENWOOD ISD (verified owner) –
Great examples, good strategies. Good for all students so hard to see the connection to G/T.
ROSALVA – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I would rather have face to face GT hours updates
Maria Luisa – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
great information
Jesica – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course!
Michael – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
very helpful with clever ideas
Anna – MIAMI EAST LOCAL (verified owner) –
I really liked how this course gave a lot of different book suggestions and ways to help every student think deeper about the book.
Joel – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
It was great
Adriana – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It was a great course.
Kelly – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This would be way better if I taught ELA.
ADRIANA – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
great info
Alyssa – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas!
Maria M. – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
It was good but has too much information for the 1 hour.
Edith – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course helped me find new activities to do, share or have students pick from.
JAmes – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
cool
Linda – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Likely.
Ana – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information that I can implement in my classroom.
Gabrielle – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it!
Araceli – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course that helps teacher with great ideas for GT students!
Dennise – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course!
Treva – Logan-Hocking Local Schools (verified owner) –
Very interesting. I learned new ideas and I evaluated why I do specific assignments and activities I already use.
Yvette – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
I learned new ideas.
Nora – SAN DIEGO ISD (verified owner) –
Great information to have when teaching upper grades.
Ricardo – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Good course
MUHAMMED A – HARMONY SCIENCE ACAD (EL PASO) (verified owner) –
There are lots of useful information
Mariceli – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great activities to use with students.
MARIA L – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the practical and easy strategies mentioned.
Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
I always like these kinds of training. I feel learning different ways to differentiate and help students hoe to think outside the box is very important.
Alberto – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Patricia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful.
Cristina – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great very interesting.
Jesenia – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Great course
Raul – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very helpful
Lucia – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
It’s great.
Michael – Aldine ISD (verified owner) –
It was great. Excellent ideas to follow.
Jennifer – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
NA none
Gilberto – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
good ideas, some not totally new. needs better sound/audio
Alexandra – RIO GRANDE CITY CISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting.
Dolores – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting and useful.
Bailey – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
I believe that this PD is focused more on ELA – this is something that should be stated in the description.
Amy – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course! It was packed full of ideas and resources that I could take and use in my classroom immediately.
Nicole – GAHANNA-JEFFERSON CITY (verified owner) –
Some of this was information that I already am aware of. I do like that some of my instructional techniques are being supported through professional developments like these.
Peter – Private Pay (verified owner) –
These are good ideas, but are difficult to apply to high school courses level testing.
Flor – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Ok.