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.
Christina – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
Although the course felt more geared toward elementary grades, it provides great foundation ideas for secondary teacher to build lessons on.
Cari – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas to incorporate into the classroom.
Maria – GREGORY-PORTLAND ISD (verified owner) –
3 stars
Tara – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative and provided some awesome ideas to take students to that next level.
ester – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
i truly enjoyed this training by far the most interesting!
Jennifer – SOUTHWEST ISD (verified owner) –
reat project ideas
Julie – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
It helped a little with what I can do in the classroom with third graders. This is beneficial for fourth grade for sure.
Denise – FLOUR BLUFF ISD (verified owner) –
I feel this is best suited for lower grade levels.
CHRISTINA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I rate this course three stars.
Meagan – BEAUMONT ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed learning about different ways they can do research projects.
Cynthia – Private Pay (verified owner) –
I really liked the new ideas to help me with tough topics that the students might not want to do.
maysaa – PLANO ISD (verified owner) –
great differentiation methods to use in your classroom.
ROSA – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Interesting training with strategies that can be used not only with GT student, but with all students. Great resource.
Michelle – HARMONY SCHOOL OF EXCELLENCE – HOUSTON NORTH DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Many of the ideas are for higher grades than second.
MARIA J – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Provides creative ideas to enhance the learning of GT students when responding to literature.
Terri – Private Pay (verified owner) –
It has some good ideas to challenge students.
Karen – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas and book choices!!! Loved it.
Ana – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
This is straight to the point and it gives ideas on what you can actually use in the classroom now.
Maricela – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great resource!
Amanda – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.
Janahy – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course. I would like to see more current literature selections as examples. Our students need to see themselves in the books that they read.
Chester – PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD (verified owner) –
Very good
Memry – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Great
Joel – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY & SCHOOL OF SCIENCE – HOUSTON SOUTH 101846 OR 101862 (verified owner) –
good
Amy – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –
I enjoyed it
Cristina – RIVIERA ISD (verified owner) –
This is great, and great way to think and help students achieve more knowledge.
Donald – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Great
Javier – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course
MARTHA – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome
Kristina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent pacing and information
Syed – HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN (verified owner) –
very helpful
Cheryl – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Great
susan – REYNOLDSBURG CITY (verified owner) –
Perfect for ELA teachers
Martha – PHARR-SAN JUAN-ALAMO ISD (verified owner) –
5 stars
Ernestina – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Very Interesting. I liked all the ideas on how to work outside of the book.
Mary – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas
Sonia – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and helpful.
Pamela – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
amazing
Susan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
awesome
Graciela – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful.
Brenda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The course is good.
Dalia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the ideas presented
Erica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is good.
Conchetta – SPRING ISD (verified owner) –
I like the various ideas offered in differentiation within the classroom.
Donna – CONROE ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent suggestions and good ideas for options other than the standard book report.
Allisa – ALICE ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Alma – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is highly informative and provides specific examples to support explanations.
Lucinda – SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DISCOVERY (verified owner) –
Good course.
Norma – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I don’t like to do 6 hours training using my own time.
Zoraida – SAN BENITO CISD (verified owner) –
Very informative.