Engaging Students in Textual Analysis
In this Webinar
Based on their ASCD book Total Literacy Techniques: Tools to Help Students Analyze Literature and Informational Texts, Pérsida and William Himmele share teacher-tested tips and techniques for helping students become analytical readers who critically engage with literature and informational texts, and who are able to write about texts in clear and cogent ways.
About the presenter
Pérsida Himmele, PhD, is a professor of teacher education at Millersville University, where she has taught for more than 20 years. She has 10 years of public school experience as an elementary and middle school bilingual and multilingual classroom teacher in New York and California and as a district administrator in Pennsylvania.
Pérsida's latest coauthored book is Now That I Think About It: Teaching Your Students to Be Reflective and Effective Learners; she and her husband, William Himmele, have collaborated to write several ASCD books and resources, including the bestseller Total Participation Techniques: Making Every Student an Active Learner. She can be reached via her website.
