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Wednesday, March 5, 2025 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST
Presented by Kourtney Hake, Educator, Author, and Associate, Solution Tree; and Paige Timmerman, Educator, Author, and Associate, Solution Tree
Sponsored by Solution Tree
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How can we harness the power of reading in our classrooms to inspire students to write and share meaningful stories from their own lives? Join Kourtney Hake and Paige Timmerman in this insightful edWebinar, where they will explore the essential role mentor texts play in shaping and motivating student writers. Discover how carefully selected reading materials can serve as powerful tools for sparking creativity, building confidence, and teaching narrative techniques.
Through this session, you’ll gain strategies for using mentor texts to help students reflect on their personal experiences, express themselves more authentically, and develop the skills to craft compelling stories that resonate with others. Attendees will:
- Learn about recently published narratives that are of high interest to middle and high school students
- Discover ways to help students develop reading skills by reading texts in preparation for writing
- Explore potential units that can be personalized and used immediately
This edWebinar will be of interest to middle and high school teachers. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
View part one: Raise Reading Skills Series: Streamlining Your Small Group Reading Instruction
View part two: Raise Reading Skills Series: Standards-Driven Reading Instruction in the Secondary Classroom
About the Presenters
Kourtney Hake is an English teacher at Sparta Lincoln School in Sparta, Illinois. She is also a member of the National Council for Teachers of English (NCTE), the Illinois Reading Council (IRC), and the Illinois Association of Teachers of English (IATE) since 2014.
Paige Timmerman is a high school English teacher at Salem Community High School in Salem, Illinois, and a National Board Certified Teacher member since 2019. She strives to provide authentic, real-world writing opportunities that meet her students’ skills and interests.
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