6Traits Digest #116 - Wednesday, December 15, 1999

  Balanced Literacy seminar
          by "Susan Nixon" <susan@desertskyone.com>


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Subject: Balanced Literacy seminar
From: "Susan Nixon" <susan@desertskyone.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 1999 17:10:39 -0700

JoEtta Barnett and Linda Kirszenbaum will present a Balanced Literacy
Strategies Seminar on February 8, 2000 in Summerville, SC for grades
6-12. The content focus of this seminar will be Critical Reading and
Writing of Informational Text. Components will include strategies to
help students critically read expository text and incorporate
information from text with clarity when writing to answer specific
questions (passage dependent writing). Participants will evaluate
passage dependent writing using a 15 point scoring rubric. Passage
dependent writing is part of the SC PACT Assessment for grades 6-12.

You may access our web site at www.ergsc.com for a registration form and
fax the completed form to 843-549-5887.



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