Engaging Deeply with Complex Text

Instructor: Gayle Meinkes-Lumia – gaylelumia@yahoo.com

In-Service Course – 3 Credits – 45 Hours

Course Description: Literacy is incorporated into every discipline. Students must be able to read, comprehend, and analyze both simple and complex texts in order to achieve success. This course will present a plethora of fiction and non-fiction readings that will guide participants and allow them to inculcate a wealth of strategies into their repertoires – including vocabulary strategies, decoding information, metacognition, pedagogical scaffolds, small academic groups, and a wealth of textual graphic organizers in every discipline. An influx of strategies will be brought to the forefront and ready utilize.

*A must for K-12 educators*