The Fundamentals of Paraphrasing and Summarizing Strategy Workshop 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.

The Inference Strategy Workshop is a set of procedures readers can use to comprehend written passages and to answer inferential questions (questions that are not answered directly in the text). Many students, especially low achievers, need such instruction because they do not know how to locate clues in their reading material that will help them make inferences. Research results showed that students who learned The Inference Strategy  improved their ability to make inferences and to identify different types of questions being asked. Students performed significantly better on tests—including standardized reading assessments—after learning the strategy.

Cost: $275 (includes parking passes, 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.)

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

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

For more information and to register online, visit the website.