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Course Number: EPA 536
Course Title:
Literacy Strategies Across the Curriculum,
Grades 6-12
Class #: 2403
Dates: June 24 - 26, 29 - 30, 2009
Times: 8:00am - 4:00pm
Location: University of Southern Maine, Lewiston/Auburn College
Faculty: Tracy Warren, Portland Public Schools and Paula Eppich, Maine School Administrative District #61
Credit: Three (3) Inservice Graduate Credits
Tuition/Fees: $1,117.00 (Maine Resident)
Registration Form: Click Here (pdf) or call 780-5055
The information, discussion, and activities of this course have been designed to encourage and assist content area teachers to incorporate literacy strategies into daily teaching, NOT as an additional task, but as an integral component for concept development, comprehension, and learning. Topics include: awareness of strategies used in reading; scaffolding instruction for students who struggle with text; teaching and using levels of questioning to build student comprehension and critical thinking; fostering reader responsibility through talking and writing to learn.
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