6Traits Digest #116 - Wednesday, December 15, 1999 Balanced Literacy seminar by "Susan Nixon" <susan@desertskyone.com> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- End of 6Traits Digest -- To unsubscribe, send any message at all to: 6Traits-off@. Archive of past digests is at: http://6Traits.Cyberspaces.net/archive/?_NO_DATETIME