<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Are your teachers are frustrated by their students' writing?<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Are students disengaged from writing?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.45in; TEXT-INDENT: -0.2in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .1in"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-style: italic; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"><SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"><SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN><SPAN dir=ltr><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is pressure mounting to improve writers' performance?<o:p></o:p></SPAN></I></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><BR>Starting with What Students Do Best</SPAN></I><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> can help. On this professional development DVD, <B>Katherine Bomer</B> models a way to respond to students' writing that motivates student writers, helps them improve, and turns frustrated teachers around.<BR><BR><I>"I think the reason we feel frustrated when we read student writing is precisely because we're looking for what is wrong, what is missing. We read with negative eyes, and when we look through that "correctness" lens we'll always, always find errors, no matter what."<o:p></o:p></I></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align=right><B><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">-Katherine Bomer<o:p></o:p></SPAN></B></P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><BR>Your teachers will see Katherine at work with students she has never met, many of whom struggle with writing. They'll see the power of her focused, specific compliments reflected in these students' facial expressions, posture, and language of writers. They'll learn how to lead kids to become better, more sophisticated writers, and along the way discover a more satisfying professional life.<BR><BR><STRONG><I><SPAN style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; COLOR: #222222; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in"></SPAN></I></STRONG></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><STRONG><I><SPAN style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; BORDER-LEFT: windowtext 1pt; COLOR: #222222; PADDING-TOP: 0in; BORDER-BOTTOM: windowtext 1pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; mso-border-alt: none windowtext 0in">Literacy coaches and staff developers, save when you order the</SPAN></I></STRONG><SPAN class=apple-converted-space><I><SPAN style="BORDER-RIGHT: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: windowtext 1pt; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; PADDI