Attendees can expect to understand how balanced literacy can be implemented in a secondary classroom. I took Jen Kearney’s balanced lit summer class and will be speaking to how teachers can implement this in their classroom, as well as share what has been successful and what has not. This will be beneficial for attendees because balanced literacy/ reader writer workshop is a model of teaching that addresses all areas of ELAR that are addressed in the new TEKS for the upcoming year.