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Seminar Topics
Elizabeth McCallum can speak to your group on the following topics:
Bookshelves in the Kids’ Room: How to Select Excellent Books for Your Children
Confused about books written for children? The speaker has done your homework for you. She will give you detailed information that takes the guesswork out of choosing good children's books. The seminar is based on The Book Tree: A Christian Reference for Children's Literature, which is a popular annotated book list co-authored by the speaker and her daughter.
Read an excerpt from this seminar
Training High School Students to Become Excellent Writers
Making the Classics Live for Today's Student
Learn from a veteran teacher many innovative and time-tested ways to teach literature to high school students in ways that stimulate and challenge them.
Listen to an excerpt from this seminar (MP3, 5.59 MB)
Focusing on the Christian Authors in High School English
Many little known as well as well-known Christian writers of every age will be discussed. You will also be given many audio and visual resources to enhance the literature you teach.
Time Management in the English Classroom
Are you adequately covering the content of the subjects you teach? Here are some time-tested ideas for teaching all aspects of the English curriculum that can be adapted to any other subject equally well. Make the seconds count in your classroom!
Making the Research Paper a Positive Experience!
Research work can be rewarding and fun rather than drudgery. Learn how to take the stress out of the term paper.
Postmodernism
Do you want to gain new insights into the worldviews that influence contemporary life? We all need to be aware of the negative impact on our children of the ungodly philosophies that dominate American culture.
Critical Thinking Skills
Learn how to improve students' cognitive abilities in many innovative ways. In other words, get children thinking!
Conducting Successful Tutorials for Poor Writers
A review of a three-week writing intensive tutorial class that will significantly improve students' writing skills. Learn meaningful new ways to teach grammar and composition.
"Reading Maketh a Full Man": Training High School Students to Become Excellent Literary Critics
Are your students superficial readers? They should know how to recognize and evaluate an author's agenda. You will learn how to overcome specific problems they encounter when reading each of the major genres. The seminar includes information on the best contemporary Christian criticism.
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