October 25, 2025 (11 a.m. to 12 noon Eastern time)
The Book is Not the Destination: Escalating Literacy for High Ability Learners with Literature
Susannah Richards
This webinar will feature strategies and approaches to support high ability learners to develop their expressive (speaking and writing) and receptive (listening and speaking) skills using recently published and classic texts. The goal is to move beyond the book report to ignite and cultivate lifelong literacy environments where students focus on thinking and building knowledge and ideas to understand the past, present, and future. Many diverse books including picture books, nonfiction, graphic novels, and novels for youth will be featured. Teaching approaches will include focusing on organizing literary discussions on big ideas, book graffiti, and how to expand student schema in all content areas.
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For more information, contact: Del Siegle at del.siegle@uconn.edu