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Bob Wortman - English Second Language
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Bob Wortman has been an elementary teacher, K-12 Reading
Specialist for thirteen years. He was principal of a court-ordered
desegregated magnet school with a dual language strand for thirteen years.
He also served as director of Title I and Literacy programs for a school
district in Arizona for four years. After thirty years as a teacher,
principal and central office administrator in public schools, he currently
teaches graduate courses in Literacy and Children's Literature as an Adjunct
Associate Professor in the Department of Language, Reading and Culture at a
University in Arizona. He is a seasoned presenter at national and state
conferences and in school districts throughout the country. He especially
enjoys bringing the writing of our best authors into the writing lives of
children K-12 and energizing teachers and administrators to the joys and
challenges of authentic reading and writing in classrooms by modeling
reading and writing workshop lessons in classrooms across the country. He is
the author of two books published by Stenhouse Publishers.
Description:
Frontloading Comprehension In Content Reading For Second Language Learners
Strategic instruction with a variety of Comprehension Strategies that are
used before reading supports second language learners in being able to make
sense of the expository texts required in content classrooms. Examples of
scanning, using text features, making connections, asking questions and
predicting will be shared through student work.
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