A video workshop for grades 3–5 teachers; 9 one-hour video
programs, workshop guide, and Web site; graduate credit
available Now on DVD This video workshop—part of the Envisioning
Literature series based on the research of Dr. Judith
Langer—shows grades 3–5 teachers how to guide students in
becoming effective and engaged readers of literature. Nine
60-minute programs showcase teachers from across the country
discussing and demonstrating the philosophy and techniques they
employ. The workshop centers on the belief that students have
the innate skill to make sense of information they discover in a
text—if they are presented with the opportunity and expectation
of doing so, and are generously scaffolded by their teachers as
their story worlds evolve through reading, writing, and talking
about literature. Individual programs deal with initiating and
maintaining such a classroom community while dealing with
numerous pragmatic issues, including high-stakes assessments and
meeting the needs of students of many abili