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Brightpoint Literacy Professional Learning Series



Join us for a series of powerful Webinar sessions by well-known literacy experts on topics that will help you to make a difference in your classroom. Each hour session will provide strategies and activities for strengthening your instructional program followed by questions and answers.



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Engaging Boys with Graphic Text

Presented by David Booth

Join David Booth as he explores the ways to engage boys in the world of literacy. Based on years of working with boys at all grade levels, his practical approach and hands-on strategies are sure to provide ways to increase the engagement of your boys in literacy learning.

    Seminar Schedule:
    October 26, 2010 7:00 P.M. EST

About the Presenter

David Booth is a renowned educator and Professor Emeritus in Education and Coordinator of the Pre-Service Elementary program at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE), University of Toronto. He has been involved in education for more than 40 years, has taught children and teachers, and is one of the leading experts on literacy in North America. He is well known as an international speaker, having worked with teachers and administrators throughout the United States, Canada, Great Britain, Australia, and Asia.

David has authored many teacher reference books and textbooks in all areas of language development: reading, writing, speaking, and listening. His publications include Boosting Literacy with Graphic Novels (2006), I Want to Read! Reading, Writing, and Really Learning (2004), Even Hockey Players Read (2000), Literacy Techniques for Building Successful Readers and Writers (2004), Reading Doesn't Matter Anymore (2006), and The Literacy Principal, Second Edition (2007).

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