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Practical Strategies for Achieving Success with Struggling Readers and Writers (Grades 6-12)

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If you are a teacher working with students in grades 6-12 and are seeking practical, proven strategies to strengthen the reading and writing skills and boost the academic success of your at-risk and struggling learners, this audio seminar is just for you. In this outstanding seminar, experienced secondary teacher, author and presenter LARRY LEWIN presents dozens of practical teaching strategies and classroom activities for strengthening the reading and writing skills of your struggling students while accelerating their academic achievement.

Drawing from his own extensive classroom experience with the struggling and hard-to-reach learner, Larry presents innovative, highly effective techniques for strengthening and streamlining the writing process, boosting comprehension of text and nonfiction materials, and proven ways to more effectively incorporate the Internet and other technology to support reading and writing tasks. In addition, you’ll learn new ways to modify existing lessons and assignments to help your struggling students achieve greater academic success.

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Proven teaching strategies for strengthening the reading and writing skills of your struggling students in grades 6-12 not just in the English/Language Arts classroom, in content area classrooms as well
How to deal with the spelling, vocabulary and grammar issues that block resistant writers
Linking reading and writing by assigning students to “talk back” to the author
Specific teaching strategies for strengthening note-taking by offering a variety of formats
How to help your struggling readers and writers transfer improved skills to other content areas
Proven classroom management strategies that allow you to create individual and one-on-one teaching times within the regular class period

Outstanding Teacher and Presenter

LARRY LEWIN has 25 years of experience as a classroom teacher working with struggling and low-achieving students in grades 6-12. Recognized nationally for his expertise in writing and reading strategies, he is author of Great Performances: Classroom Performance Assessment; Using the Internet to Strengthen Curriculum (ASCD); Paving the Way in Reading and Writing: Strategies and Activities to Support Struggling Students (Jossey Boss); and his newest book, Reading Response That Really Matters (Scholastic). Larry has also authored articles appearing in The Reading Teacher, Multimedia Schools, Language Arts and Educational Leadership.

A frequent presenter at conferences and consultant to schools throughout North America, Larry is known for his inspiring yet practical presentations that are filled with proven techniques you can use immediately in your own classroom.

"A plethora of pragmatic, fun activities to impart to students that writing can be celebratory, not punitive (their point of view)." - Cheryl Oram, English Teacher

"Larry Lewin is a dynamic speaker who presents practical teaching ideas that can be implemented immediately, across all areas of the curriculum. What an inspiring presentation!" - Joanne Wright, Reading/Writing Teacher

"What a great seminar! As a Special Ed Teacher I am always looking for new, exciting ways to team teach where I can have my students be as active learners as the other students." - Alisha Parkhurst, Special Educator

"Excellent seminar. As I teach my teachers how to incorporate reading and writing in all content areas, I will definitely refer to a number of these ideas." - George Briller, Principal

"A dynamic, passionate speaker. I am walking away with applicable usable ideas!" - Kimberly Felske, 9th Grade Language Arts/Social Studies Coordinator

Order Information
Each audio program comes with its own comprehensive resource handbook specifically designed for that program, and includes countless "ready-to-use-tomorrow" ideas, lessons and resources you can immediately implement into your own classroom program.

Each individual audio program in U.S. funds costs $95.00 plus $9.00 shipping and handling.
Note: for orders shipped to a WA State address add 9.0% state sales tax.

Each individual audio program in Canadian funds costs $95.00 plus 12% shipping and handling.

For orders from outside the U.S. and Canada, please email us.