Mark your calendars for this upcoming session in 2012 at Quest Academy, Palatine:

June 13 & 14 - Deep Comprehension with Pam DePinto

Deep Comprehension: Teaching 
Students to Use Strategic 
Literary Processing 
(Grades 3-8)
 
 
WHAT WILL BE COVERED?
 
This class will invite participants on a journey through the thinking involved in deeper comprehension. Strategies will be demonstrated to assist teachers in helping students become thoughtful, independent readers who can not only negotiate their way through text, but can also probe the depths of its content and themes. We will also explore the importance of modeling, “think-alouds,” and classroom environment. A special emphasis will include an analysis of the intellectual virtues supported by the Center for Critical Thinking.
 
 
WHAT SKILLS WILL THIS HELP DEVELOP?
 
Upon completion of the class, the learner will be able to:
• demonstrate strategies that lead students to become thoughtful, independent readers.
• deepen comprehension through second-draft reading.
• apply strategies for navigating through fiction and nonfiction text.
• use metaphor to deepen comprehension.
• lead students to meaningful reflection.
• incorporate strategies to bridge the experiential gap of learning.
• interact with biographies to learn the steps of the creative process.
• raise vital questions and problems within a text, formulating them clearly and precisely.
• come to well-reasoned conclusions, testing them against relevant criteria and standards.
• analyze intellectual virtues and their role in thinking.
• provide meaningful feedback to students that supports deeper thinking.
• analyze the attributes of a classroom environment that promotes deeper comprehension.
 
This class addresses IAGC Knowledge Standards 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, & 8.
 
 
WHAT ARE THE DATES, TIME FRAMES AND LOCATION?




Class will meet:



Wednesday & Thursday
June 13 & 14, 2012




From:



8:30 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.




Taught by:



Pamela DePinto




Location:



Quest Academy
509 Benton
Palatine, IL   60067




 
 
 
 
 
About the Presenter
Pamela DePinto has taught students in grades 2-12 and served as a Gifted Coordinator in a K-12 district. Pam also served as the Lake County Curriculum Coordinator where she provided numerous workshops and institute training for teachers throughout Illinois. Pam is the Past President of the Illinois Association for Gifted Children and received the IAGC Distinguished Service Award in 2005. In Lake Forest District 67, Pam has served as Director of Instruction. She has also worked as a national education consultant for twenty years and currently serves as an Adjunct Professor for Northwestern University in Evanston, IL.
 
 
This class is co-sponsored by IAGC and Quest Academy
 
Lunch is on your own.
 
 
Questions? Call the IAGC office at 1-847/963-1892 or email:




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