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CLAS 2014 - 45th Annual Regional Conference 1

September 8, 2014 Kate Farrell, President Colorado Language Arts Society David Wendelin, Executive Secretary Colorado Language Arts Society Dear Colorado Language Arts Society:

I send you greetings from the National Council of Teachers of English to you and to all those joining you at your conference October 10-11, 2014! NCTE applauds the efforts of the Colorado Language Arts Society in making this regional conference possible as well as each participant’s contribution to the event and the development of this profession.

Ongoing learning opportunities for teachers are vital for improving the teaching and learning of the English language arts at all grade levels. Research shows that all students can achieve at high levels when they are taught by teachers who are continuing learners, especially when teachers learn and share in teams with their colleagues across the disciplines. This conference provides a way for teachers to continue their own learning so they can share new ideas with their colleagues and work together with them to better support the learning of their students.

As the only nationwide professional organization of English and language arts teachers, NCTE works to make the teaching of English and language arts more rewarding and more effective for all by providing professional learning and sharing opportunities through the National Center for Literacy Education and its Literacy in Learning Exchange; through its professional learning programs; through its books, journals, and position statements; and through its conventions and teaching and learning practices and consider these in the policies they make. I invite your membership in this important organization. Sincerely, Millie Davis Senior Developer, Affiliate Groups and Public Outreach


Dear CLAS Member:

It is my absolute pleasure to welcome you all to the 2014 CLAS conference! We are proud of the work that has gone into this year’s program, and I want to thank our conference chairs for their continued dedication and stellar job. Please make a point to shake their hands and congratulate their achievements this weekend. It’s important to note that they are volunteers, and their time is very much appreciated.

When I was just starting out in the profession, I took a job in rural Colorado. My position included teaching Language Arts for grades 7-12 with no curriculum to speak of. This was a blessing—it gave me the chance to show what I had learned at Metro State University from dedicated professors. Nonetheless, being the entire Language Arts department was a bit daunting. Without the CLAS conference renewing me each October; Statement coming each month to remind me I wasn’t alone in the field; or Currents to keep me updated on new techniques, professional texts, and resources I didn’t have time to find on my own, I would have been in well over my head. CLAS still gives me the courage to keep growing in the profession to avoid falling into a rut. I’m the educator I want to be with CLAS by my side.

Each time I come home from the annual conference, I leave with lesson plans I can implement on Monday. Knowing I will leave with tangible plans and a plethora of new colleagues makes the conference one of the best parts of my year. I believe networking and collaborating in the teaching profession builds a community of educators—a community that can overcome any and all challenges and develop a society of lifelong learners.

The CLAS conference is a time to celebrate our profession and tell our stories as educators. I know we all have stories that describe our experience with CLAS—stories that show how CLAS has taken us to new and innovative places in our instruction. We want to hear your stories. We want CLAS to meet your needs. Please write to us and share your story. The stories will be collected to share on social media, and one will be selected for each issue of Currents this year. We are CLAS, and our stories are meaningful.

CLAS is nothing without our members, and we recognize teacher needs are changing. Please do not hesitate to send us your ideas. CLAS is yours, and you never know how a first year teacher in a rural, urban, or suburban school might benefit from your insight.

Fondest regards,

Kate Farrell Executive Board President [email protected]


Conference Committee Members 2014Conference Chair Jessica Leifheit, Castle View High School

Associate Chair Tim Hillmer, Boulder Valley Schools

Director of Conferences Karen Hartman, Colorado Writing Project

Registration Chair Tim Hartman, Retired

Publicity Pam Coke, Colorado State University Julia Torres, DCIS @ Montbello Mike Wenk, University of Colorado Boulder Emily Cave, Castle View High School

Signs Amy Gutierrez-Baker, West Jefferson Middle School Jill Adams, Metropolitan State University

Webmaster Mike Wenk, University of Colorado Boulder

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ProfessionalismPlease understand that presenters have volunteered time and material for the benefit of all conference attendees. If a presenter makes handouts available, please take only one to ensure there are enough for all participants. Out of courtesy for the participants, please turn off all cell phones.

CLAS MembershipMembership dues for CLAS are $30 per year. Membership in CLAS includes a subscription to Statement, the journal of the Colorado Language Arts Society, which is published two times each year, and Currents, the CLAS newsletter. Additionally, members qualify for discounted rates at all annual CLAS conferences. For more information, please log on to http://clastalk.ning.com.

BadgesPlease wear your conference badge at all times to ensure admittance to conference functions and to benefit those who might remember your face but not your name!

Certificates of AttendanceCertificates of attendance will be available on Friday and Saturday. Pick up your certificate at the registration table after Rebecca Rule’s seminar. Saturday’s certificate can be picked up only at 5 p.m. at the registration table. Please turn in your conference evaluation form at this time.

Conference LuncheonThe Saturday luncheon is included with all registrations. Please arrive at the Grand Ballroom promptly so that all participants have the opportunity to get their food and be seated prior to the presentation by Chris Crutcher.

Book SellersHearthfire will sell books in the Grand Ballroom from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Friday, October 10, and from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on Saturday, October 11.

Book SigningsAll presenters will be available to sign books after their sessions. Books are available for sale in the Grand Ballroom.

CLAS Conference NingWouldn’t it be wonderful if you could continue the networking that started at the Regional Fall Conference? Join CLAS Talk, our new ning (discussion forum and networking site): http://clastalk.ning.com.

Map/Room LocationsAll sessions will take place in the Grand Ballroom, Brown (Building 8 on the map) and Berthoud Hall (Building 5 on the map). In the Student Center, and sessions all take place on the second floor. In Berthoud Hall, the main doors enter onto the second floor and rooms in the 200’s; take the stairs or elevator to get to the first floor and rooms in the 100’s.

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10 3:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ....... Registration .............................. Lobby ...................

4:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ..... Book Sellers Open.................... Ballroom ..............4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ..... Pre-Conference Workshop 1A . Brown W250 ........

Chris Crutcher4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. ..... Pre-Conference Workshop 1B . Brown W280 ........

Jack Kennedy6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. ..... Pre-Conference Seminar .......... Grand Ballroom ...

Rebecca Rule5:30 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. ... Cash Bar .................................. Student Center .....

7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. ....... Registration .............................. Lobby ...................8:15 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. ...... General Membership Mtg. ...... Grand Ballroom ...8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. ...... Opening General Session ........ Grand Ballroom ...

Ted Conover8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. ..... Book Sellers Open.................... Ballroom ..............9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m. .... Session A (pages 12-13) .......... See Program .........11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. .. Workshop 2A ........................... Brown W250 ........

Mark Newton11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. .. Workshop 2B ........................... Brown W280 ........

Jonathan Wright11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. .. Workshop 2C ........................... Berthoud 108 ........

Laura Jordan & Chris Warner12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. ... Conference Luncheon .............. Grand Ballroom ...

Chris Crutcher2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m. ..... Session B (pages 20-21) .......... See Program .........3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ..... Workshop 3A ........................... Brown W280 ........

Julia Torres & Kate Farrell3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ..... Workshop 3B ........................... Berthoud 108 ........

Justin Daigle & Annie Gorstein3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. ..... Workshop 3C ........................... Brown W250 ........

Rebecca Rule


Censorship: the REAL CostChris Crutcher

Telling rough stories in the gritty language of authentic characters has landed author Chris Crutcher on banned book lists across the United States for decades. But what is the real cost of censorship? Who suffers when powerful stories are denied? The answers might surprise you in this unyielding workshop.

Chris Crutcher was raised in Cascade, Idaho. His early interest in stories came principally from reading Jean Shepherd and other fine authors in the Playboy Magazine delivered monthly to his house because, as he overheard

his father saying to his mother, “Some of the very finest contemporary American literature graces the pages of that magazine.” Crutcher’s years as teacher, then director, of a K-12 alternative school in Oakland, California through the nineteen-seventies, and his subsequent twenty-odd years as a therapist specializing in child abuse and neglect, inform his thirteen novels and two collections of short stories.

Chris has received a number of coveted awards, from his high school designation as “Most Likely to Plagiarize” to the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award. His favorites are his two Intellectual Freedom awards, one from the National Council for Teachers of English and the other from the National Coalition Against Censorship.

Five of Crutcher’s books appeared on an American Library Association list of the 100 Best Books for Teens of the Twentieth Century (1999 to 2000). A recent NPR list of the Best 100 YA and Children’s books included none of those titles. Time flies.

Crutcher no longer listens to, nor contributes to, NPR.

Friday, October 10 | 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Brown W280Pre-Conference Workshop 1AA Cure for the

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Everybody Loves a StoryJack Kennedy

There’s a lot of news in our schools, but most of our school news doesn’t look like a story – as in a story with characters and setting and conflict and resolution. This session challenges us to think of our classes, including all ELA courses as well as student media classes, as opportunities to share real stories, real narratives. We will look at a broad range of nonfiction narratives, in all sorts of formats and lengths, and you will even get a chance to experiment a bit with drafting and sharing your own narrative (or at least a small chapter). This workshop begins with the idea that helping our students tell stories should not be limited to “official” school publications and that students flourish when their audience expands beyond the classroom walls.

Jack Kennedy taught various journalism classes, along with British literature, AP Language & Composition, English 9 and 10, and creative writing for 30 years in Iowa and Colorado, most recently at Rock Canyon HS in Highlands Ranch. He “retired” from the public school classroom in 2010, and now teaches professional/technical writing at CSU and the freshman Composing Arguments class at Metro State. He served on the national board of the Journalism Education Association for over 20 years, and is currently the executive director of the Colorado High School Press Association. He blogs occasionally at http://publicationadvising.blogspot.com/

Friday, October 10 | 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. | Brown W250Pre-Conference Workshop 1B A Cure for the


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Stories of Change, Stories that Changed Us

Rebecca Rule

Whatever you do with your life, a father told his adult children, make it a good story. When something affects us deeply it becomes a story - told and retold. Sometimes these stories are sad and serious, sometimes light and funny, but they all resonate, reveal, and - often - surprise. Rebecca Rule will tell a few stories that shifted her perspective. She calls them gems. Participants will have the opportunity to write and tell gems of their own - stories of teaching, learning, growing, understanding, and living.

Rebecca Rule gathers and tells stories. Her latest book (and first picture book for children) is The Iciest, Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever, illustrated by Jennifer Thermes and named Best Picture Book, 2014, by the NH Writers Project. Other books include: Moved and Seconded: NH Town Meeting, the Present, the Past, and the Future; The Best Revenge (named one of five essential New Hampshire books by New Hampshire Magazine); Could Have Been Worse: True Stories, Embellishments, and Outright Lies; Live Free and Eat Pie: A Storyteller’s Guide to NH; and Headin’ for the Rhubarb: A New Hampshire Dictionary (well, kinda). She hosts an interview show, the NH Authors Series, on NH Public Television. She recently received an honorary doctorate from New England College for storytelling and contributions to New Hampshire literature and culture.

Friday, October 10 | 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. | Grand BallroomPre-Conference SeminarA Cure for the


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Seminar Notes Friday, October 10 | 6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.


The Colorado Language Arts Society welcomes HearthFire Books to the 2014 CLAS Regional Fall Conference.

Book Sellers

Saturday, October 118:15 a.m.Grand Ballroom

Kate Farrell, CLAS President

Colorado Language Arts Society General Membership Meeting

Call for Presenters | 2015 Fall Regional Conference The Literacy of Social Justice

Featuring Patricia McCormick, author of Never Fall Down, Purple Heart, Sold, My Brother’s Keeper, and Cut


Saturday, October 118:15 a.m.Grand Ballroom

Kate Farrell, CLAS President

Call for Presenters | 2015 Fall Regional Conference

Teaching Story, Teaching EmpathyTed Conover

The first stories we tell are about ourselves. How can we guide students to tell stories about others?

Ted Conover will begin with his own history as a storyteller, including his 3rd grade fiction masterpiece, “Pork McBean,” and then talk about the process of moving a storyteller out of her own head and into somebody else’s. This is an entry point into journalism and also into personal essay. Mr. Conover will intersperse anecdotes from his own writing and travel experiences as he talks about teaching, participatory nonfiction, and the process of telling a true story.

Ted Conover, a graduate of Denver’s Manual High School, is the author of five books of participatory nonfiction, most recently The Routes of Man, about roads, and Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, an account of the ten months he spent working as a corrections officer at Sing Sing Prison. Newjack won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His other books are Whiteout: Lost in Aspen, Coyotes: A Journey Across Borders with America’s Mexican Migrants, and Rolling Nowhere: Riding the Rails with America’s Hoboes. Conover, who contributes to The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, and Harper’s, worked earlier for Denver’s Sentinel Newspapers, Denver Magazine, and Rocky Mountain Magazine. He teaches at NYU’s Carter Journalism Institute and the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and tells stories for The Moth.

Saturday, October 11 | 8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Grand BallroomGeneral Session A Cure for the


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Registration:Today from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Student Center Lobby.

Book Signing:Laura Resau will be available to sign books immediately fol-lowing the luncheon and after her breakout session.


Book Signing:Laura Resau will be available to sign books immediately fol-lowing the luncheon and after her breakout session.Sp

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Book Signing:Authors will be available to sign books after their sessions. Books are for sale in the Grand Ballroom.

Book SellersDon’t miss visiting Hearthfire to see what books they have to offer!

CLAS NING:Find us online at http://clastalk.ning.com for CLAS and NCTE updates as well as access to the latest resources.


A.1 Berthoud 204 Strand: Writing Creating Space for LGBTQ Stories: Teachers and Students Collaborate on ELA Curriculum

This session will feature a panel presentation in which one English teacher, a University researcher, and two students will share their findings about the nature of reading and writing assignments, and how teachers might make them more inclusive for LGBTQ students. They will share their experiences in designing curriculum collaboratively and answer audience questions about their process.

Mike Wenk, CU Boulder

A.2 Berthoud 126 Strand: Writing/JournalismWriting for the CLAS StatementHave you ever wanted to write an article for Statement (the CLAS literary journal) but just couldn’t find the time? Join us in this writing workshop session to focus your expertise and thoughts on subjects ranging from classroom instruction, grading practices, the Common Core, student learning experiences, evaluation tools, and education in general. In this session, we’ll use the writing process to move you from idea generation to your polished product.Erica Rewey, Palmer High School

A.3 Berthoud 206 Strand: WritingResistance, Transformation, and the Common CoreThis ethnography identifies Resistance as a causal factor for student literacy failure and offers Activity and Tranformative Learning Theories via the Creative Writing Workshop in secondary classrooms, with particular focus on meeting and exceeding Common Core Standards with meaningful curricula and student engagement.Lori Howe, University of Wyoming

A.4 Berthoud 106 Strand: Writing/Journalism Developing and Promoting Teacher Voice: Sharing Our Stories to Lead the Profession

What does it mean to teach ELA in the 21st Century? What role does advocacy play? In this interactive writing workshop led by two secondary ELA teachers and education advocates from two metro area districts, participants will explore communication strategies and create a plan to share their own teaching and learning stories with a broader audience. K-12 pre-service and practicing teachers who want to learn more about advocating for students and our profession are encouraged to attend.

Jessica Keigan, Horizon High School

Saturday, October 11 | 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.Session ACC A Cure for the Common Core:

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A.5 Brown 269 Strand: Reading/Writing Finding Story in Poetry

Come join me in discovering the stories in the poetry of Derek Walcott and William Butler Yeats. We will be digging into a few of their poems to see what the poets were revealing about themselves through their writing. We will also experiment with writing some story-poems of our own in the same vein as Walcott and Yeats. These skills are connected to the Common Core reading, writing, speaking, listening and language skills which you can bring directly to your classroom. I will be speaking as a teacher of advanced IB and AP high school students, but anyone interested in playing with poetry is welcome!Tracy Brennan, Fairview High School

A.6 Brown 125 Strand: Writing/Speaking Young Ambassadors for Change: Teens Telling Their Stories

Since the beginning of time...Language Arts teachers have attempted to re-invent story! This session will present a summer “camp” experience that yielded student-produced documentaries chronicling the stories of their communities. Presenters will reflect on the process and share student models and participants will explore the possibility of creating Young Ambassadors for Change.

Dr. Jill Adams, MSU Denver; Dr. Kathy Deakin, MSU Denver; Liz Wolford, Bobby Duhamel, Jenn Prosser, MSU Denver

A.7 Brown W210 Strand: Writing/Reading A Confluence of Contexts: The Interaction of Author and Reader Narratives This discussion/workshop will focus on the complicated relationship between the narratives of authors and the personal narratives of readers. We will explore that relationship by looking at ways for students to recognize the potential power of their own narratives while also empathizing with the narratives others bring to the reading experience. While applicable to all levels, it is especially relevant to high school and college teachers who often must approach potentially sensitive material. Randy Phillis, Colorado Mesa University; TJ Gerlach, CMU

A.8 Brown W250 Strand: New Voices Heroes Across the Curriculum: Engaging Minds, Inspiring Hearts

While some people are asking, “Why are teachers leaving the profession?” this session will explore the question, “Why are teachers staying?” Participants will engage in a conversation with three teachers at different points in their careers. Tom Fitzgerald is a 23-year veteran. Julia Torres is entering her 10th year as a classroom teacher. Tyler Arko is a student teacher who is questioning whether or not to enter the classroom. Pam Coke is a former middle school teacher who is currently a teacher educator; she will moderate a conversation between panel and audience members. Come and talk with teachers about their stories about why they entered the classroom, why they stay, and how professional organizations, like CLAS, have impacted their careers.Pam Coke, Colorado State University; Tom Fitzgerald, Smoky Hill High School; Julia Torres, Denver Center for International Studies at Montbello; Tyler Arko, Student Teacher, Colorado State University

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Session Notes Saturday, October 11 | 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.


CLAS Publications

Statement is the journal of the Colorado Language Arts Society, publishing writing by and for Colorado Language Arts teachers.

Join the conversation! Read Statement. Write for Statement. Contribute artwork. Visit classtatement.org.

Follow us @CLAS_statement.

CurrentsCurrents keeps Colorado Language Arts teachers up-to-date on what’s happening in our organization and in our discipline.

Join the conversation! Read Currents. Write for Currents.

Ideas, questions, and articles can be sent to [email protected].

August 21 2014 Sarah Zerwin, Editor Statement Colorado Language Arts Society 1565 Kendall Drive Boulder, CO 80305-69381 Dear Sarah: Congratulations! It is my pleasure to congratulate Statement, published by the Colorado Language Arts Society, as winner of the 2014 Affiliate Journal Award presented by the NCTE Standing Committee on Affiliates.

Your affiliate will be honored at the NCTE Annual Convention in Washington, DC. The materials your affiliate submitted will be on display at the Affiliate Booth in the Exhibit Hall and your award plaque will be presented at the Affiliate Breakfast on Sunday, November 23, and information on the winning journals will be printed in the breakfast program.

As an additional national recognition of your work, information on the award will also appear in NCTE’s Annual Convention Awards press release and on the NCTE website. I am attaching a copy of a press release. Promote your success! Feel free to make as many copies as you need. Thank you for producing such a fine journal. NCTE applauds your work! Sincerely yours,

Millie Davis Senior Developer, Affiliated Groups and Public Outreach cc: Kate Farrell, President, CLAS

Dave Wendelin, Executive Secretary, CLAS Claire Lamonica, Chair, Standing Committee on Affiliates Curtis Bobbitt, Chair, 2014 Affiliate Journal Awards


Using Journalism and Media Storytelling in the 21st Century Classroom

Mark Newton

Explore strategies to authentically embed the 21st century skills of communication, collaboration, creativity and critical thinking naturally found in journalism and student media into your classroom.

Mark Newton, the Douglas County School District 2014 Secondary Educator of the Year, is the journalism teacher

at Mountain Vista High School and the adviser of VISTAj Student Media, the comprehensive journalism program, consisting of the Aerie yearbook, Eagle Eye news magazine, VistaNow.org, Eagle Eye Video, a sports broadcasting team and a literary magazine. He has been teaching journalism, English, and public speaking, plus advising student media for 30 years. He is a Master Journalism Educator, certified by the Journalism Education Association. He is the current president of the Journalism Education Association (jea.org), the largest scholastic journalism organization for teachers and advisers.

Saturday, October 11 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Brown W250Conference Workshop 2AA Cure for the


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Today from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Student Center Lobby.

Book Signing:Laura Resau will be available to sign books immediately fol-lowing the luncheon and after her breakout session.


Book Signing:Laura Resau will be available to sign books immediately fol-lowing the luncheon and after her breakout session.Sp

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es Registration:Today from 7:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Student Center Lobby.

Book Signing:Authors will be available to sign books after their sessions. Books are for sale in the Grand Ballroom.

Book SellersDon’t miss visiting Hearthfire to see what books they have to offer!

CLAS NING:Find us online at http://clastalk.ning.com for CLAS and NCTE updates as well as access to the latest resources.


Conference Workshop 2A

Prepared for PARCC Through Workshop

Jonathan Wright

This session is appropriate for teachers who teach students in grades 3-11 and focuses on the PARCC assessment and workshop teaching. Specifically, it will address the three performance tasks that will be present on the PARCC assessment: narrative, literary analysis, and research simulation. It will show how each task can be prepared for through the application of the workshop model of teaching: leveraging of student choice, craft lessons, and conferencing. It will offer a vision of how we can best prepare our students to take ownership of their writing and critical thinking, so they will be capable of adapting their writing to a variety of situations, including standardized testing.

Jonathan Wright currently teaches a World Literature class at Boulder High School and is the Secondary Language Arts Coordinator for the Boulder Valley School District. As a member of the Colorado Educator Leadership Cadre, he is working directly with the people who make up PARCC and has spent over 40 hours reviewing ELA PARCC items. Jonathan has presented nationally on the topic brain based learning strategies as they relate to gender and has taught at all three levels of public education: elementary, middle school, and high school. He has been a member of CLAS since 2003 and has served as a Member at Large and as chairperson for the Storytelling Contest.

Saturday, October 11 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Brown W280Conference Workshop 2B A Cure for the


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Cracking the Code of Story Through Flipping the Classroom

Laura Jordan & Chris Warner

This session will teach participants an ingenious lesson planning system that can be applied to any short-term or long-term lesson or unit. Participants will learn about the philosophy of flipping the classroom, how it can be integrated into any classroom (in combination with the lesson-planning model), how flipping can help achieve true differentiation for all learners, and which tech tools can most effectively achieve that goal. This session will most directly address secondary audiences with a focus on lesson and unit planning and technology integration.

Laura Jordan is a National Board Certified Teacher from Boulder High where she teaches primarily struggling and reluctant learners in the English Department. Laura is the recipient of CCIRA’s Kay Mervar Outstanding Reading Educator Award and the Jared Polis Teacher Recognition Award, and she was a BVSD Impact on Education Award finalist. Laura’s work creating writing contests, taking winners to NYC, and bringing Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning writers into her classroom has been featured by 9News and the Boulder Daily Camera.

Chris Warner is a National Board Certified Teacher from Legacy High School where he teaches in both the English and Social Science Departments. Chris pioneered the use of the flipped classroom philosophy in the humanities classes and has contributed lessons to TED-Ed. Chris received the University of Colorado’s Best Should Teach Award, and he has been a finalist for the 9News Teacher Who Cares Award.

Saturday, October 11 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. | Berthoud 108Conference Workshop 2CA Cure for the


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Workshop Notes Saturday, October 11 | 11:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.Conference Workshop 2C


Turning Real Life Into FictionChris Crutcher

For more than 30 years, author Chris Crutcher has worked as a therapist and consultant in the world of child abuse and neglect. While he’s seldom written the true stories of real people, he has incorporated the truth he’s harvested during decades of working with troubled teens. As a result, his fiction is woven with powerful threads of realism -- tragedy and triumph, hope and humor -- carefully crafted to guarantee authenticity. Find out how he turns real life into fiction in this powerful keynote.

Chris Crutcher was raised in Cascade, Idaho. Crutcher’s years as teacher, then director, of a K-12 alternative school in Oakland, California through the nineteen-seventies, and his subsequent twenty-odd years as a therapist specializing in child abuse and neglect, inform his thirteen novels and two collections of short stories.

Chris has received a number of coveted awards, from his high school designation as “Most Likely to Plagiarize” to the American Library Association’s Margaret A. Edwards Lifetime Achievement Award. His favorites are his two Intellectual Freedom awards, one from the National Council for Teachers of English and the other from the National Coalition Against Censorship.

Five of Crutcher’s books appeared on an American Library Association list of the 100 Best Books for Teens of the Twentieth Century (1999 to 2000). A recent NPR list of the Best 100 YA and Children’s books included none of those titles. Time flies.

Crutcher no longer listens to, nor contributes to, NPR.

Conference LuncheonA Cure for the Common Core:

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Saturday, October 11 | 12:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Grand Ballroom


Conference Luncheon 27th Annual

Colorado Teen Literature

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Morning Keynote Speaker: Andrew Smith, author of Winger, The Marbury Lens, Grasshopper Jungle

Luncheon Keynote Speaker: Wendelin Van Draanen, author of Flipped, Sammy Keyes, The Running Dream

Date Time Location

Saturday 8:30am – 4:00pm Auraria Campus at the Tivoli, downtown Denver April 11, 2015

Registration: Adults $65, Students $35. Open January 1 – March 15, 2015 (or earlier if our

registration cap is met.) No onsite registrations will be available. Visit www.coteenlitconf.org to register online.

Teen Panelists To apply to participate as a Teen Connection Panelist, or to apply for the Magwitch Fund

grants, CLAS-Bellin student grants, or Colorado REFORMA student grants, visit & Grants: the website after January 1, 2015. Applications must be submitted online. Please apply for only one

grant; duplicate applications will not be considered. Previous grant recipients may not reapply.

Presenters & For exhibitor information, please visit the website. Exhibitors: Questions: For Program details and book bag pre-sales, please visit the website. Sponsored by: Metropolitan State University at Denver, University of Colorado Denver-SEHD, Colorado Language Arts Society, FleetThought.com, Colorado REFORMA, & the Pikes Peak Library District


Saturday, October 11 | 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.Session BCC A Cure for the Common Core:

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B.1 Berthoud 205 Strand: Journalism Everybody Has a Story: Tell it with Video

Everybody has a Story - tell it with video. Learn why video storytelling is such an important form of expression for digital natives. Our students spend most of their time consuming news and stories through video. It’s how many of them hear stories and tell stories. Now, they can create video stories of their own. We will explore writing for the ear, basic videography and composition, and aligning this project based learning with the Common Core. It’s fun. It’s authentic. It’s the power of video.

Adam Dawkins, Regis Jesuit High School

B.2 Berthoud 206 Strand: Reading Story Poems: Engaging students with narrative while teaching to the Common Core

Everyone loves a story! We’ll share activities, many designed especially for younger teens and less able readers, that use narrative poems to engage students while also challenging them to meet the Reading Literature standards. We’ll have a poem and activity for each standard and then invite your ideas and contributions.Gloria Eastman, Metropolitan State University of Denver; Dominic Rossi, Lacey Patterson, Liz Wolford, Michael Hoffman, Michelle Larson, and Rachel Bogos, Metropolitan State University of Denver Students

B.3 Brown W210 Strand: New Voices Stories from the Student Teaching Semester

This session is about stories: the stories that we hear about the student teaching semester, the stories we bring with us from our days as students, the stories student teachers share as their student teaching semester unfolds, and the stories cooperating teachers offer as a means to prepare and put at ease the minds of prospective teachers. This session is also about mythology, both dispelling inaccurate images of the teaching life as well as concocting new ways of imagining a teaching career. The board of the NCTE student affiliate at CU-Boulder will host a panel of teachers, student teachers, and university supervisors to take questions from audience members. NCTE @ CU – CU Boulder

B.4 Brown 125 Strand: Reading Between the Pages: What’s New in YA

Join us as we share what’s new, what’s hot, and what’s being talked about in the world of YAL. The Common Core says increase text complexity. We need to remember that increasing the complexity of texts that kids aren’t reading won’t help them grow as readers. First, we need to get them reading!

Karen Hartman, Colorado Writing Project; Sheila Kaehny, Westlake Middle School


Saturday, October 11 | 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.Session B B.5 Berthoud 204 Strand: Writing

Finding the Story: Getting Started When Writing Memoir and PoetryIn our classes, we regularly find ourselves asking students to write stories about their lives. Students tend to like the idea of writing about themselves, but with so much subject matter to choose from, they can struggle to find focus, instead feeling overwhelmed and unable to choose a starting point or theme. In this session, intended for teachers of intermediate, high school, and college language arts, we will share a series of generative exercises that ask writers to think about their lives and experiences in specific, unusual and/or unexpected ways. We also invite the audience to share their own exercises and practices.Kristen Hauge, Colorado Mesa University; Jennifer Hancock, Colorado Mesa University

B.6 Berthoud 106 Strand: Writing Teacher as Writer, Writer as Teacher: Sharing your story to engage your students as writers

Stories are the center of understanding our world. We cannot model effective storytelling for our students without telling our own stories. In this classroom demonstration, we will model a process to develop stories of your own, and we will share our experience as high school teachers modeling the writing life.

Sarah Zerwin, Fairview High School; Jay Stott, Fairview High School; Paul Bursiek, Fairview High School

B.7 Brown 250 Strand: Writing/Technology Multi-Genre Memoir Mash-up In this session, “Multi-Genre Memoir Mash-up,” we will be exploring ways to write our memoir using multiple genres. Participants are encouraged to bring a photograph or other image that captures a memory or theme in their life (e.g. if you have a nature-oriented theme in your life, bring a photograph that captures that theme; family-oriented theme in your life? bring a photo that captures that theme.) Hands-on (you’ll do some writing), interactive (you’ll do some sharing), and stimulating (you’ll do some (re)thinking)! Vince Puzick, Colorado Department of Education

B.8 Brown 269 Strand: Writing The Neglected, Although Most Important, Standard: Reasoning and Researching Unfamiliar Worlds

The problem with teaching research-based papers in secondary classrooms is that students often form an opinion about a topic and then they seek research that supports their opinion. End of story. Join us at a round table discussion as we look at ethnographic stories and how they can bring students to a broader understanding of research and reasoning through the use of ethnographic research projects.Stacy Bailey, University of Northern Colorado; Courtney Luce, University of Northern Colorado; Dr. Jeri Kraver, University of Northern Colorado


Session Notes Saturday, October 11 | 2:15 p.m. - 3:15 p.m.


Raising the Bar in the Urban Language Arts

Classroom

Julia Torres & Kate Farrell

Have you ever wondered why students watch the clock or become disengaged during class? If so, what strategies have been successful for you in achieving sustained student engagement? In The Just Right Challenge, Stevi Quate discusses the connection between skill level and challenge and how to enhance rigor in an urban school setting. Join us for this fast-paced, hands-on, collaborative workshop, which will provide you with tools and strategies you can implement in your classroom on Monday.

Julia Torres teaches American Literature and Composition at the Denver Center for International Studies at Montbello High School. Her school is an ISSN school structured to empower students with the tools they need for college readiness and the world. Professionally, she is a proud alumni of the Colorado Writing Project and vice president of CLAS. Personally, she enjoys spending time with friends and family, traveling, reading historical fiction, comics, and YA Lit, and tasting yummy dishes all over the Mile High City. Kate Farrell teaches 8th grade Literacy at Vista PEAK Exploratory, an innovation school in APS. The innovation model is structured to follow Pathways, a rigorous curricula designed to give students an understanding of career options. All work with students is real-world relevant, hands-on, and career readiness driven. Kate has been a board member of CLAS for four years and is serving as president this year. She enjoys reading anything she can get her hands on, walking the bike paths of Aurora, and playing tennis with her wonderful husband.

Saturday, October 11 | 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Brown W280Conference Workshop 3A A Cure for the


STORY


Don’t Say Your Writing Sucks

Justin Daigle & Annie Gorenstein-Falkenberg

While students are peer editing each other’s work, the last thing we ever want to hear is someone respond by saying, “Your writing sucks!” Whether it is a publications class or an English class, students need to be coached in becoming strong peer editors and leaders. Discover how two English and journalism advisers coach their students to be strong constructive editors while providing feedback to their peers.

Over the last 11 years, Justin Daigle, CJE, has taught all levels of English from remedial to Advanced Placement Language and Composition at Brighton High School. He is currently the Colorado High School Press Association (CHSPA) President and advises the state and national award-winning Reflections yearbook. Justin has been honored with the 2009 CHSPA Journalism Teacher of the Year, 2010 Journalism Education Association Rising Star Award, and 2012 Brighton High School Teacher of the Year.

Annie Gorenstein-Falkenberg, CJE, is the Instructional Leader for the English Department at Arvada West High School. She teaches Honors English 10 and AP Language and Composition. She is also the adviser of The Claw yearbook. Annie has a BA in English and Secondary Education from the University of Wyoming, and an MA in Administrative Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Colorado. In her five years of advising yearbook, her staffs have won numerous awards from the Colorado High School Press Association, and in 2013 they earned an All-American Critique from NSPA.

Saturday, October 11 | 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Berthoud 108Conference Workshop 3BA Cure for the


STORY


When a teller lifts a story off the page or carves one out of life experience, she identifies the essential elements, finds words to express them, puts them in order to create forward motion and tension, and -- over time and many tellings -- hones that story, cutting and adding to, playing with words to find just the right ones, gauging audience reaction and responding to it.

It’s great fun! Rebecca Rule will tell some stories and demonstrate their evolution from what she heard or read or experienced to how she tells the story now. And, in the storytelling tradition, she will invite participants to say “that reminds me of a story” and tell a few of their own.

Rebecca Rule gathers and tells stories. Her latest book (and first picture book for children) is The Iciest,Diciest, Scariest Sled Ride Ever, illustrated by Jennifer Thermes. and named Best Picture Book, 2014, by the NH Writers Project. Other books include: Moved and Seconded: NH Town Meeting, the Present, the Past, and the Future; The Best Revenge (named one of five essential New Hampshire books by New Hampshire Magazine); Could Have Been Worse: True Stories, Embellishments, and Outright Lies; Live Free and Eat Pie: A Storyteller’s Guide to NH; and Headin’ for the Rhubarb: A New Hampshire Dictionary (well, kinda). She hosts an interview show, the NH Authors Series, on NH Public Television. She recently received an honorary doctorate from New England College for storytelling and contributions to New Hampshire literature and culture.

Saturday, October 11 | 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. | Brown W250Conference Workshop 3C A Cure for the


STORYConference Workshop 3B

Stories of Change, Stories that Changed Us

Rebecca Rule


Seminar Notes Saturday, October 11 | 3:30 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

The Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award is a Colorado-only award in which young adults, grades 6-12, are the nominators and voters for the award. They choose which books are on the list and only they are the ones to vote. It is an annual award.

Each year, the Colorado Blue Spruce Young Adult Book Award recognizes the book that Colorado middle and high school students feel is the best. Teens nominate their favorite titles and select the winner – adults do not vote – so the Blue Spruce nominees are a list of what teens are really reading. Visit our website, coloradobluespruceaward.org for more information about nominating, voting and upcoming contests!

Colorado Blue

Spruce Award

Graduate Program in English Education Are you interested in going to graduate school? Consider CSU! Colorado State University’s graduate program in English Education engages students in both theoretical and practical knowledge of English language arts. Accomplished faculty members offer courses in literature, language, reading, writing, and pedagogy, and students can tailor the program to best meet their needs. This program serves two primary audiences: preservice students seeking teacher licensure and licensed teachers seeking to extend their knowledge of English language arts. In addition to course offerings, the program is home to the CSU Writing Project (CSUWP). Students can also join NCTE@CSU, a student affiliate of the National Council of Teachers of English.For more information, please contact:

Pamela K. Coke, Director of English EducationDepartment of EnglishIngersoll 1601773 Campus Delivery Fort Collins, CO 80523-1773 Email: [email protected]


PRESIDENT Kate Farrell VistaPEAK Exploratory K-8 FIRST VICE PRESIDENT and CHAIR OF MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE Julia Torres DCIS at Montbello IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT and CHAIR OF NOMINATING COM-MITTEE Vince Puzick Colorado Department of Education RECORDING SECRETARY Tiffany LoSasso Overland Trail Middle School MEMBERS-AT-LARGE Jess Leifheit Castle View High School Christine Walderhaug West Middle School Tracy Brennan Fairview High School Tom Fitzgerald Smoky Hill High School Troy Rivera University Schools Johanna Zablocki Morey Middle School BOARD OF AUDITORS Jayne Vahle Bear Creek High School Jamie Rogers Aurora Central High School Christine Schein Academy School District 20 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY-TREASURER Dave Wendelin RetiredDIRECTOR OF CONFERENCES Karen Hartman Retired LIAISON, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS TBD LIAISON, URBAN SCHOOLS TBDLIAISON, RURAL SCHOOLS TBDLIAISON, NEW TEACHING VOICES Jess Leifheit Castle View High School LIAISON, ENGLISH EDUCATION COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY FACULTY TBDLIAISONS, NCTE STUDENT AFFILIATES Liz Wolford Metropolitan State University of Denver Anton Gerth Colorado State University Alexander Maughan University of Colorado, Boulder CHAIR, BOOK SELECTION AND CENSORSHIP COMMITTEE Gloria Eastman Metropolitan State University of Denver SLATE REPRESENTATIVE TBDCHAIR, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE Mike Wenk University of Colorado, Boulder CHAIR, PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE TBDCLAS REPRESENTATIVES, COLORADO YOUNG ADULT BOOK AWARD (BLUE SPRUCE) COMMITTEE Jill Adams Metropolitan State University of Denver Jamie Rogers Aurora Central High School CHAIR, 2014 REGIONAL FALL CONFERENCE Jessica Leifheit Castle View High School ASSOCIATE CHAIR, 2014 REGIONAL FALL CONFERENCE Tim Hillmer Boulder Valley School District PROGRAM CHAIR, 2014 REGIONAL FALL CONFERENCE TBD CHAIR, CLAS/CWP HIGH SCHOOL AND MIDDLE SCHOOL WRITING CONTESTS TBDCHAIR, CLAS ELEMENTARY CONTEST TBDCHAIR, EARLY CAREER TEACHER GRANTS Vince Puzick

CHAIR, JUDITH GILBERT FELLOWSHIP COMMITTEE Maggie Freeburn Retired CHAIR, KIRBY INSTRUCTIONAL GRANTS TBDEDITOR, CLAS CURRENTS Pam Coke Colorado State University EDI-TOR, STATEMENT Erica Rewey Palmer High School WEBMASTER Mike Wenk University of Colorado, BoulderCLAS REPRESENTATIVES FOR COLORADO TEEN LITERATURE COM-MITTEE Tiffany LoSasso Overland Trail Middle School Maggie Freeburn Retired

HONORARY BOARD MEMBERS Alan Olds Retired Paul Bellin Retired Jane Christensen Retired Ruth Cline Retired Paula Hodges Retired Willa Mae Kippes Retired Ed Low Retired Bill McBride Retired Louann Reid Colorado State University Imogene Springer Retired Jackie Swensson Retired Dave Wendelin Retired Yvonne Siu-Runyan Retired NCTE LIAISON OFFICER representing CLAS Dave Wendelin STATE LEADER FOR NCTE COMMITTEE TO RECOGNIZE EXCEL-LENCE IN STUDENT LITERARY MAGAZINES (PRESLIM) TBDNCTE DIRECTOR, 2014-2015 Kate Farrell NATIONAL COUNCIL OF TEACHERS OF ENGLISH 1111 W. Kenyon Road Headquarters address Urbana, IL 61801 217-328-3870 1-800-369-NCTEEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS IN NCTE LEADERSHIP ROLES Louann Reid Colorado State University Doug Hesse University of Denver Amy Gutierrez Baker West Jefferson Middle School P. SLATE REPRESENTATIVE, REGION 8 Elizabeth Jaeger University of California, BerkleyNCTE STANDING COMMITTEE ON AFFILIATES REPRESENTATIVE, REGION 8 Jean Boreen

Colorado’s Teen Literature Conference, Tivoli Conference Center, Auraria, April 11, 2015

NCTE locations for upcoming conventionsNovember 20-23, 2014 Washington, D.C.November 19-22, 2015 MinneapolisNovember 17-20, 2016 AtlantaNovember 16-19, 2017 St. LouisNovember 16-18, 2018 HoustonNovember, 2020 DENVER!!!!

CLAS Executive Committee Members 2014


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