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Speaking Topics
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Teaching the Essentials
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Teaching with Questions: Improving Engagement, Comprehension, and Retention
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Teaching with Tools: Helping Students Read, Write, and Think
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Teaching Content Area Reading
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Teaching Content Area Writing: Tools, Tips, and Techniques
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Can We Talk?: Using Discussion to Help Students Read, Write, and Think
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Teaching by Design: Qualities of Effective Instruction
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Teaching: Personal and Professional Balance and Growth
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| Speaker Bio
Jim Burke teaches English at Burlingame High School. He is the author of numerous books, including The English Teacher's Companion, Writing Reminders, Tools for Thought, Illuminating Texts: How to Teach Students to Read the World, Reading Reminders, and I Hear America Reading: Why We Read - What We Read, all of which are published by Heinemann. He is also the author of The Reader’s Handbook (Great Source) and Academic Workouts (First Choice Publishing). His newest books are School Smarts: The Four Cs of Academic Success (2004), and ACCESSing School: Teaching Struggling Readers to Achieve Academic and Personal Success (2005), both of which are published by Heinemann. His next book, Letters to a New Teacher, will be published in January 2006 by Heinemann. He has received numerous awards, including the NCTE Intellectual Freedom Award, the NCTE Conference on English Leadership Award, and the California Reading Association Hall of Fame Award. He served on the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards Committee on Adolescence and Young Adulthood English Language Arts Standards and recently worked with ACT on their high school English Language Arts standards. Visit his website (www.englishcompanion.com) for more information. Grades: 6 - 12 |
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Jim Burke
Books
- The Teacher's Daybook, 2008-2009 Edition: Time to Teach, Time to Learn, Time to Live (Paperback)
- The English Teacher's Companion, Third Edition: A Complete Guide to Classroom, Curriculum, and the Profession (Paperback)
- 50 Essential Lessons: Tools and Techniques for Teaching English Language Arts (Lesson Book + Book of Tools + CD-ROM)
- Letters to a New Teacher: A Month-by-Month Guide to the Year Ahead (Paperback)
- ACCESSing School: Teaching Struggling Readers to Achieve Academic and Personal Success (Paperback)
- School Smarts: The Four Cs of Academic Success (paperback)
- Writing Reminders: Tools, Tips, and Techniques (Paperback)
- Tools for Thought: Graphic Organizers for Your Classroom (Paperback)
- Illuminating Texts: How to Teach Students to Read the World (Paperback)
- Reading Reminders: Tools, Tips, and Techniques (Paperback)
- I'll Grant You That: A Step-by-Step Guide to Finding Funds, Designing Winning Projects, and Writing Powerful Grant Propos (Paperback + CD-ROM)
- I Hear America Reading: Why We Read • What We Read (Paperback)
- The Teacher's Daybook, 2008-2009 Edition - 10 Pack (Paperback)
Seminars
Speakers
- Invite Jim Burke to speak at your school, district, or conference through Heinemann Speakers.
Workshops
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