Description**:  Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy is designed to systematically teach the fundamental skills students need to be able to identify and paraphrase main ideas and details.  Fundamentals contains lessons on paraphrasing words, phrases, and sentences, as well as lessons on identifying main ideas and details in paragraphs and short essays. Specific instruction includes paraphrasing passages where main ideas are not clear, as well as generalizing to Standardized tests.

**This workshop can be taken separately, or in conjunction with the Word Identification Strategy Workshop scheduled for October 18, 2012.

Cost: $125 (includes parking pass, refreshment breaks, instructor’s manuals, packets of training materials, as well as supplemental handouts and PowerPoint presentations sent electronically following the workshop to augment instruction. Successful completion of both workshops will provide 1 PLU for eligible participants.)

Instructor: Kathy Boyle-Gast, Communication Sciences & Special Education, SIM® Professional Developer

Location: River’s Crossing, 850 College Station Road, Athens, Georgia 30605

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