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Whole Language Sessions during the 2014 NCTE Annual Convention FRIDAY A.02 WLU OPENING SESSION: TELLING A STORY, TAKING A STANCE, CREATING A WORLD!

Audience: Elementary |Strand: WLU (Potomac 5/6)

Educators from Arizona’s Zaharis Elementary will describe the essential role of story in developing a school culture where

learners create meaningful adventures, struggle for justice, and experience an illumination of life. Our own stories that move

learners beyond passive acceptance toward agency and action will be featured.

Presenters:

Mike Oliver, Jeanne Boiarsky, Jenny Crandell, Kim Prock, Julie Reichert, Scott Ritter, Ranelle Rothlisberger, Zaharis Elementary

School, Mesa, Arizona

A.08 THIS IS HOW WE GET ALONG: USING ART TO EXTEND OUR UNDERSTANDING OF STORY

Audience: Elementary,College,Teacher Education |Strand: WLU (Baltimore 2)

Transmediation involves taking the meaning that is symbolically expressed in one sign system and moving it to some other

sign system. This session describes a two-year project in which first and third grade children used art to extend their

understanding of stories about social issues like poverty, racism, and homophobia.

Presenters:

Chris Leland, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

Anne Ociepka, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

A.20 PERSONAL NARRATIVE AS PUBLIC DISCOURSE

Audience: College |Strand: Rainbow,WLU (Woodrow Wilson D)

This panel presentation addresses the importance of examining and (re)covering the personal narrative in writing

composition classes at the college level. A critical examination of personal literacy narratives and classroom pedagogy is

presented to encourage writing instruction that connects personal experience with public discourses and social policies.

Presenters:

Farzana Akhter, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Elias Dominquez Barajas, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Paige Hermansen, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

Jennifer Mallette, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville

A.24 IGNITING CHANGE THROUGH LITERATURE: AN INQUIRY BASED APPROACH TO SOCIAL CHANGE

Audience: Secondary |Strand: WLU (Maryland 3/4)

This session will examine how to use the power of story to define self, effect change, and break down socially constructed

barriers through collaborative inquiry. Inquiry based learning empowers students at all grade and ability levels to examine

complex literature while impacting political, social, and cultural change.

Presenters:

Lucia Dvorak, Barrington High School, Illinois

Stephanie Weiss, Barrington High School, Illinois

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A.35 ELEMENTARY ROUNDTABLE-YOUNG VOICES: USING DIVERSITY, TECHNOLOGY, AND PLAY TO TELL STORIES

Audience: Elementary |Strand: Early Childhood,LGBT,Rainbow,WLU (National Harbor 10)

In this roundtable, presenters will explore the literacy voices of children from pre-K to elementary around issues of diversity,

literature, technology, and play.

Presenters:

Sandra Wilde, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York

Susan Browne, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey

Xiufang Chen, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey

Kay Chick, Pennsylvania State University, Altoona

Dahlia Constantine, Arlington Public Schools

Jonathan Gillentine, Reverend Benjamin Parker School, Kaneohe, Hawaii

Kela Goodman, The University of South Carolina Upstate, Spartansburg

Alida Hudson, Tomball Independent School District, Texas

Becky McCraw, Cherokee County Schools, South Carolina

Melissa Parenti, St. John’s University, Queens, New York

Ambika Raj, California State University, Los Angeles

Kimberly Sandoval, Stanley G. Oswalt Academy, Walnut, California

Kristen Sheehan, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Joan Williams, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas

B.08 RECLAIMING WHAT IT MEANS TO KNOW: STORIES THAT FOCUS ON LITERACY INITIATIVES AND POLICY ACTIONS

Audience: General |Strand: WLU (Maryland C)

Our Reading Collaborative Session focuses on multiple stories that lead to reclaiming our ability to teach thoughtful literacy

which values the whole child/adolescent along with steps we can take to effect change in educational policy. Discussions with

knowledgeable, passionate educators lead to Very Important Points that enrich teaching and learning.

Presenters:

Michael Shaw, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkhill, New York

Bess Altwerger, Towson University, Maryland

Yetta Goodman, University of Arizona, Tucson

Richard Meyer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Regine Rossi, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, New York

Penny Silvers, Dominican University, Illinois

Yvonne Siu-Runyan, University of Northern Colorado, Greeley

Jesse Turner, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain

Elisa Waingort, Academia Cotopaxi, Quito, Ecuador

Guofan Wan, Ohio University, Athens


Richard Williams, Youngstown State University, Ohio

Joanne Yatvin, Portland, Oregon, retired

B.14 READING TO LEARN: TRANSACTIONS WITH LITERARY AND NON-LITERARY TEXTS

Audience: General |Strand: WLU (National Harbor 11)

Current reading theories treat literary and informational reading as two ends of a spectrum of stances that Rosenblatt calls

“aesthetic” and “efferent”. This session will present hands-on experiments and research results demonstrating that a

“literary” or “aesthetic” approach to texts is required for all reading experiences that lead to learning.

Presenters:

Sheridan Blau, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY

Carmela Gustafson, Oakdale Bohemia Middle School, New York

Cheryl Hogue Smith, Kingsborough CC, City Uniaversity of New York

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B.23 TEACH THE RESEARCHER, NOT THE RESEARCH: DEEP READING, BIG THINKING, AND BUILDING IDEAS

Audience: Elementary,Middle |Strand: NCLE,WLU (Woodrow Wilson C)

Panelists will demonstrate classroom strategies for teaching students to uncover stories in social studies by reading deeply

and drawing conclusions. Particular emphasis will be placed on naming research strategies in order to teach transferrable

research skills such as primary document reading and collaboration.

Presenters:

Kathy Bartelmay, Duke School, Durham, North Carolina

Jeff Burch, Durham Academy, North Carolina

Jenny Murray, Duke School, Durham, North Carolina

C.01 STORY WORKSHOP: PLAYFUL LITERACY AND THE POWER OF THEIR IDEAS

Audience: Elementary |Strand: Early Childhood,WLU (Woodrow Wilson D)

This panel will discuss the innovative approaches to literacy which are evolving at Opal School (a charter of the Portland

Children’s Museum) in Portland, Oregon. The development of “Story Workshop” at Opal School has been guided by a driving

question: What is the connection between literacy, play and the arts?

Presenters:

Joey Crume, Opal School of the Portland Children’s Museum, Oregon

Marcy Berkowitz, Opal School of the Portland Children’s Museum, Oregon

Susan MacKay, Portland Children’s Museum Center for Learning, Oregon

C.10 JAZZIN’ IT UP-USING AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO TEACH THE ROARING 20’S

Audience: Elementary,Middle,Secondary |Strand: WLU (Chesapeake C)

Experience elements of an integrated unit including research, critical thinking, role playing, and reflection. Activities include

comparing and responding to the artistic works and social influences of Langston Hughes, Romere Bearden, and Bessie Smith;

re-enacting the Sacco and Venzetti trial; researching, and presenting topics relating to people, places, and events that shaped

America. Participants receive a menu designed provide activities that best fit their students’ needs.

Presenters:

Pamela Dechau, Sterling School, Greenville, South Carolina

Sara Newell, teacher, Greenville, South Carolina

Linda Reynolds, Sterling School, Greenville, South Carolina

C.14 STORY AS A SPRINGBOARD FOR UNDERSTANDING OUR COMPLEX WORLD

Audience: Middle,Secondary |Strand: WLU (Chesapeake B)

What do you get when you combine two English teachers, one Social Studies teacher, and a shared passion for using story as

a springboard to learning about the larger world? Join us as we read, write, and share ideas for three units which blend fiction

with nonfiction to inspire students and encourage inquiry.

Presenters:

Debra Baker, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Missouri

Aimee Beeson, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Missouri

Melissa Lynn Pomerantz, Parkway North High School, St. Louis, Missouri

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C.20 FROM POETRY TO PICTURE BOOKS TO POLEMICS-WE WRITE AND WE TEACH WRITING: A STORY OF

CROSS-CURRICULAR, CROSS-GRADE-LEVEL COLLABORATION AMONG NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT TEACHERS

Audience: General |Strand: WLU (Baltimore 4)

Once Upon a Time We Pledged to Keep Writing. This session details experiences of National Writing Project Teacher-

Consultants who met at an NWP professional-writing retreat in 2004 and who continue to write. We’ll encourage participants

to be teachers who write, and tell how to sustain a writing community over time.

Presenters:

Christine Aikens Wolfe, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Denise Amos, University of Louisville, Kentucky

Cheryl North, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore

Margaret Simon, Acadia Writing Project, Iberia Parish, Louisiana

Shelly Unsicker-Durham, Central Junior High School, Moore, Oklahoma

C.25 QUESTIONS AS THE LANDSCAPE OF KNOWING: DOING AWAY WITH ENGLISH AS A DISCIPLINE AND

EMBRACING HUMANITIES INQUIRY

Audience: Middle,Secondary,Teacher Education |Strand: WLU (Annapolis 4)

What is English as a discipline, or is it a discipline at all? Join us for a discussion of a humanities-based inquiry curriculum that

pushes back against English as a discipline. We’ll share our experiences rethinking the English discipline through student

inquiry, exploring unit materials, classroom videos, and student work.

Presenters:

Ashley Tyson, George Washington University, Washington, DC

Allison Gulamhussein, George Washington University, Washington, DC

D.16 AN ODYSSEY THROUGH HELL: LITERARY CLASSICS DIFFERENTIATED FOR THE MASSES

Audience: Secondary |Strand: WLU (Magnolia 3)

Through a collaborative teaching model, we empower students of various levels to read and engage with classic works of

Global Literature. In our freshman and sophomore classes, students participate in active reading processes making

challenging texts increasingly accessible. In this session, we will present some of our teaching strategies and their rationales,

sharing resources and curricula.

Presenters:

David Records, Baruch College Campus High School, New York, New York

Danielle Carniaux, Baruch College Campus High School, New York, New York

Diana Di Rico, Baruch College Campus High School

Alison Shilling, Baruch College Campus High School, New York, New York

D.36 HOW RUBE GOLDBERG SAVED THE CITY OF EMBER

Audience: Elementary,Middle |Strand: WLU (National Harbor 12)

In the City of Ember/Rube Golberg project, students are immersed in the story of a dying city, Ember. They use the story to

solidify their understanding of how simple machines work. In this high-interest collaboration between English and Science,

students must build a machine to save the citizens of Ember.

Presenters:

Samantha Koehler, Adelson Educational Campus, Las Vegas, Nevada

Robin Oshins, Adelson Educational Campus, Las Vegas, Nevada

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E.01 REWRITING THE GRAND NARRATIVE OF REMEDIATION: STUDENT AUTHORSHIP IN DE AND BASIC WRITING

SKILLS

Audience: College |Strand: WLU (National Harbor 6)

Panelists will explain four clear practices they use to encourage student authorship in the pre-college classroom: redefining

expectations, visualization practices, self-designed learning projects, and contract grading. Attendees will walk away with a

goodie bag of handouts: exercises, activities, course readings, innovative grading ideas, and a resource list for further reading.

Presenters:

Christa Westaway, Cerritos College, California

Virginia Schwarz, Portland Community College, Oregon

E.04 LOOKING BEYOND: STORIES OF THE HOLOCAUST

Audience: Middle,Secondary |Strand: WLU (Woodrow Wilson C)

Understanding the human experience is essential to understanding the Holocaust. Participants will get hands-on experience

utilizing artifact and photograph analysis, poetry, and art as they learn new and innovative ways to read beyond the story and

develop a greater understanding of the factors motivating the people within those stories.

Presenters:

Juanita Ray, Randolph Early College High School, North Carolina

Michelle Best, Austintown Local School District, Ohio

Kerri Flynn, Washington High School, Washington, Missouri

Klaudia Neufeld, Adams 12 Five Star School District, Colorado

E.08 WORDING, MEANING, AND STORIES

Audience: General |Strand: WLU (Baltimore 1)

Stories instantiate patterns—patterns of wordings, of meanings and of conceptual worlds. The presenters describe aspects of

these patterns, and, using examples of children reading stories, suggest approaches to reading that value students’

developing sensitivity to these patterns and their insight into the conceptual worlds created through these stories.

Presenters:

Kenneth Goodman, University of Arizona, Tucson

Peter H Fries, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant


E.09 IT’S NOT JUST FOR THE KIDS: STORIES OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN TEACHERS EMBRACE CURIOSITY,

OPENNESS, CREATIVITY, AND WONDER IN THE TEACHING OF READING

Audience: General |Strand: WLU (Chesapeake C)

This session explores how adopting an inquiry approach in reading can deepen both teachers’ and students’ understanding of

the meaning-making process in ways that enable them to meet the Common Core Standards AND build the crucial habits of

mind that NCTE and NWP have identified as needed for academic success.

Presenters:

Julieanne Harmatz, Los Angeles Unified School District, California

Mary Lee Hahn, Dublin City Schools, Ohio

Fran McVeigh, Great Prairie Area Education Agency

Steve Peterson, Decorah Community School District, Iowa

Vicki Vinton, literacy consultant and author, Brooklyn, New York

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E.12 THE POWER OF THE SELFIE CENTER: USING TECHNOLOGY TO BUILD MEANINGFUL REFLECTION IN THE

READERS’ WORKSHOP

Audience: Elementary,Middle,Teacher Education |Strand: CEE,NCLE,WLU (National Harbor 4)

In this presentation, you will meet teachers: Kayleigh, Mandie, and Susie, who will describe how a simple iPad Selfie Center

has enriched and changed their vision of a reading conference. They will share the results, the ever-changing dimensions, and

the power of this center in their classrooms.

Presenters:

Susannah Crane, Epping Elementary School, Portsouth, New Hampshire

Mandie King, Dondero Elementary School, Durham, New Hampshire

Cynthia Merrill, University of New Hampshire, Durham

Melissa Mitchell, Maple Wood School, Somersworth, New Hampshire

SATURDAY F.02 RECLAIMING WRITING: COMPOSING SPACES FOR RELATIONSHIPS, IDENTITES, AND ACTION

Audience: Elementary,Middle |Strand: WLU (Potomac A)

In this interactive session, writing is viewed as a vehicle for exploring, interrogating, challenging, finding self, talking back to

power, creating a space in the world, reflecting upon the past, and thinking forward to a more joyful and democratic future.

Presenters will describe classrooms and out-of-school settings that provide insights into supporting writers’ searches for

voice, identity, and agency. The session reclaims writing to make sense of, think about, and speak back to the current era of

high stakes testing and mandated curricula.

Presenters:


Peggy Albers, Georgia State University, Atlanta

Jane Baskwill, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada

Shannon Blady, The University of Texas, San Antonio

Michelle Doyle, Pot Spring Elementary School, Timonium, Maryland

Kenneth Goodman, University of Arizona, Tucson


Jerry Harste, Bloomington, Indiana

Roxanne Henkin, The University of Texas, San Antonio

Chuck Jurich, University of Alaska, Fairbanks

Dick Koblitz, University of Missouri, Columbia

Rebecca Leigh, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan

Jenna Loomis, Seventh District Elementary School, Maryland

Prisca Martens, Towson University, Maryland

Ray Martens, Towson University, Maryland

Lori Norton-Meier, University of Louisville, Kentucky

Kathryn Mitchell Pierce, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Missouri

Lenny Sanchez, University of Missouri, Columbia

Renita Schmidt, University of Iowa, Iowa City

Michael Shaw, St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkhill, New York

Vivian Vasquez, American University, Washington, DC


Kathryn Whitmore, University of Louisville, Kentucky


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F.15 RISKING IT ALL: PUTTING YOURSELF ON(THE)LINE TO INSPIRE STUDENTS THROUGH MODELING

Audience: Secondary |Strand: CEE,NCLE,WLU (National Harbor 7)

Put yourself on(the)line. This session will reveal that teacher modeling need not manufacture the “perfect example”. Instead,

demonstrating an authentic attempt at the assignment will inspire innovative creativity in students and fellow teachers by

igniting passion. If we are asking students to risk it all, we have to as well.

Presenters:

James McCaffrey, Trumbull High School, Connecticut

Karlen Shupp, Trumbull High School, Connecicut

G.04 THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE TECHIE TEACHERS

Audience: Elementary,Teacher Education |Strand: Early Childhood,WLU (Chesapeake 10/11/12)

Bring your own Device to this interactive session! Using the story of The Three Little Pigs, Early Childhood educators will be

guided through authentic technology integration in writing. Demonstrations will meet everyone’s tech comfort-level—

beginner, intermediate, or advanced—to help teachers build the confidence to choose the right tools to “build the best

home.

Presenters:

Shaunna Smith, Texas State University, San Marcos

Lauren Burrow, University of Memphis, Tennessee

G.05 SHARING OUR FAMILY STORIES IN PICTURES AND WORDS: ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS AND NATIVE

SPEAKERS FIND COMMON GROUND WHILE ADDRESSING ELA COMMON CORE STANDARDS

Audience: Elementary,Middle,Secondary |Strand: Rainbow,WLU (Chesapeake G/H/I)

Combining narrative and informational text, creativity and rigor, pictures and words, English language learners and native

speakers find common ground as they reconstruct family immigration stories. Witness students’ compelling multimodal texts;

listen to their poignant reflections. Experience the magic of transmediationview findings from federally-funded evaluation of

at-risk students’ performance.

Presenters:

Beth Olshansky, University of New Hampshire, Durham

Soyoung Lee, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, New York

Susan O”Byrne, Moharimet Elementary School, Madbury, New Hampshire

G.22 GROWING AN AUTHOR: FROM STORY NARRATIVES TO WRITING WORKSHOP: CULTIVATING A CHILD’S

PERSONAL STORY

Audience: Elementary,College,Teacher Education |Strand: Early Childhood,WLU (National Harbor 4)

Young children are natural story tellers; this presentation will focus on how to grow children from oral story tellers to

independent writers who are becoming proficient with critical literacy skills while still maintaining a sense of their own story.

Attendees should expect work samples, handouts, and materials for on their own.

Presenters:

Jennefer Gehringer, kutztown University, Pennsylvania

Amy Kennedy, Kutztown University, Pennsylvania

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G.31 PERFORMING BEYOND THE ASSESSMENT: CROSS-CURRICULAR APPROACH TO TRUE COLLABORATIVE

LEARNING

Audience: Middle,Secondary |Strand: WLU (Annapolis 1)

This presentation will address advancements in literacy and the ways we assess student learning, including expanded

implementation of the CCCS, cross-curricular teaching, differentiated instruction, and new forms of participatory learning.

Participants will discover how to develop student-centered performance assessments as well as a student’s sense of inquiry

across the curriculum.

Presenters:

Sherrie Erickson, Black Horse Pike Regional School District, NJ

Jessica Evans, Black Horse Pike Regional School District

G.40 VALUING STORY: CREATIVE NONFICTION AND COLLEGE COMPOSITION

Audience: College,Teacher Education |Strand: WLU (Magnolia 2)

This panel will explore ways in which the pervasive power of story can be utilized within writing classrooms by instructors and

students. We believe that the stories we teach, tell, and compose can serve as the foundation for our college composition

courses, providing voice and value to students we serve.

Presenters:

Catherine Gaiser, Northern Virginia Community College, Manassass

Kelly Cutchin, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale

Patricia L Hans, Ridgewood High School, New Jersey

Kelly Wolfe, Framingham State University

G.42 THE LANDSCAPE OF TEACHER COLLABORATIONS IN NEW KEY: TWO TEACHERS’ JOURNEY

Audience: Elementary |Strand: WLU (Potomac 1/2)

In this session, a teacher educator and an ESL teacher will share their experiences with collaboration, both theoretically and

practically speaking. We will share how collaboration created opportunities for a diverse group of teachers collectively and

individually to become active members in professional learning communities through onsite and online opportunities.

Presenters:

Debbie East, Indiana University-Purdue University Columbus


H.07 CULTURALLY RELEVANT LITERACY TEACHING IN THE EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOM

Audience: Elementary |Strand: Early Childhood,Rainbow,WLU (Woodrow Wilson B)

In this presentation, four public school teachers invite us to enter their NYC primary grades classrooms and learn about their

approaches to culturally relevant language and literacy teaching.

Presenters:

Jessica Martell, PS 75 The Emily Dickinson School, New York, New York

Jennifer Lopez, PS 75 The Emily Dickinson School, New York, New York

Emma Pelosi, New York Preschool of the Arts, New York

Patricia Pion, PS 75 The Emily Dickinson School, New York, New York

Mariana Souto-Manning, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York

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H.14 MAKING UNHEARD VOICES HEARD IN AN AFTER-SCHOOL BOOK CLUB

Audience: Elementary,Middle |Strand: Rainbow,WLU (Azalea 3)

Three leaders of an all-girls’ fourth-through-sixth grade afterschool book club will demonstrate activities that effectively

brought forth diverse student voices. Using graphic texts, music, and art, these unconventional approaches to literature

response proved very powerful in meaningfully involving underprivileged readers in the reading process.

Presenters:

Yu-Chi Wang, Jennifer Dooper, Melanie Hester, University of Iowa, Iowa City

H.24 DRAWING STORIES, WRITING PICTURES: READING AND COMPOSING IN WRITING AND ART IN STORY

WEAVING STUDIO

Audience: Elementary |Strand: Early Childhood,WLU (Woodrow Wilson C)

The presenters share how their pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first grade students compose stories by weaving

together meanings in writing and art in Story Weaving Studio. Examples of student work, read-alouds, mini-lessons,

conferences with students, and how the teachers’ focus on quality literacy experiences addressed the CCSS will be shared.

Presenters:

Ray and Prisca Martens, Towson University, Maryland

Michelle Doyle, Pot Spring Elementary School, Timonium, Maryland

Laura Fuhrman, Pot Spring Elementary School, Timonium, Maryland

Christie Furnari, Pot Spring Elementary School, Timonium, Maryland

Caitlin Greer, Seventh District Elementary School, Maryland

Lauren Layden, Seventh District Elementary School, Maryland

Jenna Loomis, Seventh District Elementary School, Maryland

Elizabeth Soper, Pot Spring Elementary School, Timonium, Maryland

Robbie Stout, Pot Spring Elementary School, Timonium, Maryland

H.27 PHOTOGRAPHIC FAMILY LITERACY STORIES: VISUAL BRIDGES FOR EXPLORING CHILDREN’S WAYS WITH

WORDS IN HOMES AND COMMUNITIES

Audience: Elementary,Teacher Education |Strand: WLU (Chesapeake 10/11/12)

Teachers need opportunities to understand children’s literacy learning sustained in home lives. Photos taken by family

members of literacy moments beyond school offer teachers a bridge, a medium for exploring connections into families’ rich,

diverse literacy experiences. This session shares classroom-based practices from a diverse school community.

Presenters:

Jenny Tuten, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York

Deborah Ann Jensen, Hunter College, The City University of New York, New York

Charlene Klassen-Endrizzi, Westminster College, Chester, Pennsylvania

Ryan Stowell, Campbell Elementary School, Ohio

Vicki Tekac, Campbell Elementary School, Ohio

H.32 CLOSE READING AND LITERATURE STUDY

Audience: Elementary,Middle,Teacher Education |Strand: WLU (Baltimore 5)

Although close reading has been characterized as text-centered and valuing one right answer, it need not be. We explore

how using songs, art, photography, and literature can help teachers and students re-conceptualize close reading, use it to

support literature discussions, and focus on constructing deeper meanings.

Presenters:

Carol Gilles, University of Missouri,Columbisa

Elaine Bakke, Livingston Public Schools, New Jersey

Danielle Johnson, Columbia Public Schools, Missouri

Kathryn Mitchell Pierce, Wydown Middle School, Clayton, Missouri

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H.33 STORY MATTERS: TEACHING CONTENT AND LITERACY ACROSS THE CURRICULUM

Audience: Elementary |Strand: NCLE,WLU (Camelia)

The faculty and university partner from the Center for Inquiry in Columbia, South Carolina will share classroom vignettes,

videos, and student artifacts that reveal the ways they access story to teach readers, writers, mathematicians, scientists, and

social scientists. They will show how they teach kids to construct and share meaning through stories while engaging them in

intentional and systematic inquiry within and across disciplines.

Presenters:

Tim O’Keefe, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, South Carolina

Tameka Breland, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, South Carolina

Brandon Foote, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, South Carolina

Heidi Mills, University of South Carolina, Columbia

Lyn Mueller, Center for Inquiry, Columbia, South Carolina

I.19 MAKING STORY-SUSTAINING COMMUNITY: USING STORYTELLING PRACTICES TO CREATE AND SHARE

KNOWLEDGE

Audience: College,Teacher Education |Strand: Rainbow,WLU (Azalea 2)

Panelists will discuss how storytelling facilitates local change, promotes student and teacher knowledge, and contributes to

research aimed at discovering how we “do language.” This panel explores how to use story as a theoretical and

methodological option across cultural communities and seeks to expand the scope of what constitutes “intellectual

knowledge”.

Presenters:

Megan Adams, Bowling Green State University, OH

Pauline Baird, Bowling Green State University< Ohio

Andrea Riley-Mukavetz, Bowling Green State University, Ohio

I.43 UN-STANDARDIZED LIVES AND MARGINALIZED VOICES IN THE ERA OF “REFORM”

Audience: General |Strand: WLU (Chesapeake C)

A serious consequence of corporate driven reform has been to marginalize and silence the voices of teachers and students

with diverse cultural, racial, and economic backgrounds. Session presenters will share the experiences of urban teachers,

ELLs, and economically disenfranchised students as they negotiate the standardized environment of today’s public schools.

Presenters:

Bess Altwerger, Towson University, Maryland

Troy Grant, Prince George’s County Public Schools, Maryland


Nancy Rankie Shelton, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore

J.01 USING PRIMARY SOURCES TO BUILD BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE OF HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE

STUDENTS

Audience: Middle,Secondary,College |Strand: NCLE,WLU (National Harbor 4)

Participants will experience and understand how using primary sources to scaffold reading activities can support students’

comprehension of nonfiction and informational text. Examples of curriculum units taught in high school and college English

language arts and Reading classes will be shared.

Presenters:

Marie Donnantuono, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne

Tiffany Jefferson, East Fordham Academy for the Arts MS459, Bronx, New York

Salika Lawrence, William Paterson University of New Jersey, Wayne

Nancy Osborn, Passaic High School, New Jersey

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J.03 VISUAL LITERACY: TEACHING STUDENTS THE POWER OF A PHOTOGRAPH TO BEAR WITNESS

Audience: Middle,Secondary |Strand: WLU (National Harbor 3)

Photographers record history and powerfully communicate stories through their unique voice. We’ll engage participants in a

close read and contextual analysis of Dorothea Lange’s iconic image Migrant Mother, and discuss strategies for increasing

students’ capacity to read images and tell stories of their lives and communities through image and text.

Presenters:

Corinne Rose, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, Illinois

Elizabeth Partridge, Viking Children’s Books, Chronicle Books

J.10 STORIES OF HOME: THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN STORY PROJECT

Audience: General |Strand: Rainbow,WLU (Azalea 1)

McLane High School’s ArtVenture art academy will share with participants the product and process of their collaborative

interdisciplinary art show, Stories of Home: The Southeast Asian Story Project which was exhibited at Hmong International

New Year in December 2013. The project, including 26 story panels, a reproduction of a Mekong River crossing, a film, graphic

novel, and anthology, empowered Southeast Asian students to give voice, linguistically and visually, to stories that had never

been documented before while allowing McLane’s Latino, African American, and Caucasian population to discover stories and

histories they knew nothing about.

Presenters:

Marc Patterson, Selma, California

Manuel Bonilla, Fresno Unified School District, California

Adam Garcia, Fresno Unified School District, California

Melissa Reimer, Fresno Unified School District, California

J.21 HARNESSING THE POWER OF STORY TO DRIVE ARGUMENT WRITING

Audience: Elementary |Strand: WLU (Chesapeake C)

Three panelists will model an inquiry-based process approach to writing that promotes student interaction and engagement.

The approach includes strategies for using the power of story to scaffold instruction to move learners from making a simple

claim, toward constructing increasingly complex pieces with attention to competing points of view. Participants will leave

with story examples that illustrate argument writing that aligns with the Common Core.

Presenters:

Rebecca D’Angelo, Edison School, Elmhurst, Illinois

Nancy Galas, Elmhurst School District 205, Illinois

Mary Greska, Edison School, Elmhurst, Illinois

Thomas M. McCann, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb

J.25 USING READ ALOUD, PARTNER TALK, AND WHOLE CLASS CONVERSATION TO TEACH CHILDREN TO READ

THE WORD AND THE WORLD CRITICALLY IN THE PRIMARY CLASSROOM

Audience: Elementary |Strand: Early Childhood,WLU (Woodrow Wilson D)

Read aloud provides an opportunity and responsibility to expose our students to the social issues of our ever-expanding

global society. The goal for this workshop is for teachers to transform read aloud into a time to read critically, question texts,

and take social action in their world.

Presenters:

Lauren Ruud, American School of Paris, France

Kristina Kyle, P.S. 59, New York, New York

Katherine Melton, PS449X Grant Avenue Elementary School, New York, New York

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K.38 DESIGNING INNOVATIVE LITERACY EXPERIENCES

Audience: General |Strand: NCLE,WLU (National Harbor 10)

Presenters:

Elaine Insinnia, Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, retired

Adam Falkner, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York,New York

Andrew Miller, Miller Educational Consulting, Tacoma, Washington

Barbara Ann Temple, Arts and Science Council, Charlotte, North Carolina

Tanya Zhelezcheva, Queensborough Community College, City University of New York, Bayside

SUNDAY L.19 FAMILY STORIES VIEWED THROUGH A PARENTAL ENGAGEMENT MODEL

Audience: Elementary,Middle,College,Teacher Education |Strand: WLU (Chesapeake (J/K/L)

The purpose of this session is to use family stories viewed through a parental engagement model to conceptualize how

educators can interact and talk with parents about language and literacy learning.

Presenters:

Bobbie Kabuto, Queens College, City University of New York, Flushing

Kathleen Olmstead, Monroe 1 Boces Rochester, New York

Patricia Velasco, Queens College, City University of New York, Queens

M.06 THEY GREW UP READING AND WRITING: USING PICTURE BOOK BIOGRAPHIES TO SUPPORT AUTHENTIC

EXPLORATIONS OF INFORMATIONAL TEXT

Audience: Elementary |Strand: WLU (Baltimore 2)

Using picture books, classroom stories, and student artifacts, this session introduces an informational text mini-lesson,

offering a lens for closely reading the stories of lifelong learners who passionately pursued their interests through reading

and writing. Participants receive a lesson description, a new graphic organizer, and a list of applicable biographies.

Presenters:

Jan Burkins, Burkins and Yaris, Athens, Georgia

Dawn Little, Montgomery County Public Schools, Maryland

Kim Yaris, Burkins and Yaris, New York

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