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Making Meaning in Literature Grades 6-8
Conversations in Literature — Workshop

About Making Meaning in Literature: A Workshop for Teachers, Grades 6-8

Individual Workshop Descriptions

1. Introducing our Literary Community
2. Encouraging Discussion
3. Going Further in Discussion
4. Diversity in Texts
5. Student Diversity
6. Literature, Art, and Other Disciplines
7. Assessment
8. Planning and Professional Development
9. Starting in September...




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Interrelationships Between Literature and Other Arts and Disciplines


Introduction

Key Points

Learning Objectives

Background Reading

Homework Assignment

Classroom Connection
Ongoing Activity

Additional Reading

Learning Objectives

After viewing this program, you will be able to:

  • Consider experiences that ask students to integrate literature with art, music, and/or drama.
  • Consider effective pairings between literary texts and content area topics in social studies, history, science, and/or mathematics.

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