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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
Sandra Wilde, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York
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
Yetta Goodman, University of Arizona, Tucson
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:
Richard Meyer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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
Yetta 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
Elisa Waingort, Academia Cotopaxi, Quito, Ecuador
Kathryn Whitmore, University of Louisville, Kentucky
Sandra Wilde, Hunter College, City University of New York, New York
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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
Elisa Waingort, Academia Cotopaxi, Quito, Ecuador
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
Richard Meyer, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
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