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 Innovative Ideas to Teach Critical Thinking Skills in Language Arts (6-hour GT Update)  Target Audience: 4th - 8th grade teachers of TAG students Use current events, literature circles, and Shakespeare to teach higher-level thinking skills in Language Arts. Tap into children’s curiosity and concern for justice and fairness as they excitedly discover the world around them. Shakespeare as early as fourth grade? Why not? Cover many of the reading, writing, listening, speaking, and research TEKS as you teach students to explore irony, symbolism, character, plot, and universal truths. . It is all here in one session. Presenter will help you get started, identify resources, and suggest differentiation ideas to establish an exciting environment where students manage their own learning.

 Revathi Balakrishnan, TAG Specialist, Patsy Sommer Elementary
 * < 8:30 - 8:45 ||< Introduction ||
 * < 8:45 - 9:30 ||< Book Study ||
 * < 9:30 - 10:15 ||< Independent Study ||
 * < 10:15 - 11:00 ||< Non-Fiction ||
 * < 11:00 - 11:30 ||< Catch up or planning ||
 * < 11:30 - 12:30 ||< LUNCH ||
 * < 12:30 - 1:00 ||< Poetry ||
 * < 1:00 - 1:45 ||< Shakespeare ||
 * < 1:45 - 3:15 ||< Work on your own ||
 * < 3:15 - 3:30 ||< Evaluation ||