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Summer Conference 2014 WORDS WITH FRIENDS
This conference will BOGGLE the mind, make meaning from CATCH PHRASE, and take you onward and UPWORDS in your classroom. This year, we are pleased to present keynote speakers Louise Erdrich and Kelly Gallagher. Their innovative ideas will challenge your CRANIUM to the fullest. In addition to the keynotes, other decorated presenters will engage attendees on an array of SCATTERGORIES—not a single session will be TABOO, guaranteed!
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A T A G LANCE Sunday, July 27 Tuesday, July 29 4 p.m. Registration 5 p.m. Welcome 5:15-915 p.m. Sessions
Monday, July 28
7:30 a.m. Breakfast 8:30-11:45 a.m. Sessions 11:45 a.m. Lunch business meeting 12:30-4:30 p.m. Sessions
7:45 a.m. Breakfast 8:30-11:45 a.m. Sessions 11:45 a.m. Awards luncheon 12:30 p.m. Silent auction winners announced 12:45-2:30 p.m. Sessions 2:30 p.m. Board meeting
KEYNOTE
Summer 2014 Conference - Mandan Seven Seas and Convention Center
Sunday, July 27th - Tuesday, July 29th
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Speakers
LOUISE ERDRICH AND KELLY GALLAGHER Gallagher
- extensive background in secondary literacy education - teaches full-time at Magnolia High School in Anaheim, CA - adjunct professor at California State University
BOOKS:
Reading Reasons: Motivational Mini-Lesosns for Middle and High School Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12 Teaching Adolescent Writers Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and What You Can Do About It
Louise Erdrich is the author of thirteen novels as well as volumes of poetry, short stories, children’s books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Her novel Love Medicine won the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse was a finalist for the National Book Award. Most recently, The Plague of Doves won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Louise Erdrich lives in Minnesota and is the owner of Birchbark Books, an independent bookstore
Sunday, July 27
4:00-5:00 p.m.
Registration
5:00-5:15 p.m.
From the Trenches Discussing the role of the teacher “in the trenches,” this opening will ask us to look at our role as educators in a new and exciting way.
5:15-6:15 p.m.
7:30-7:45 Break 7:45-9:15 p.m.
A Night with Louise Erdrich -Keynote Louise Erdrich Keynote presenter Louise Erdrich will speak about her life as an author, discuss the role of her teachers and her upbringing, and read from her works.
“BookTalks/ Book Swaps”
- Britt Liepitz This session will center around discussion. Members will be asked ahead of time to bring books for the swap. The books can be any genre. They may be professional in nature but can also be leisure reading. As members peruse the “book table” the presenter will be highlighting several books, both novels and professional literature for use in the classroom and for personal enrichment. Discussion will be opened up to the membership as well to talk about those books that have made an impact on our teaching and our students.
6:15-6:30 Break 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Book Club
- Laurie Larson Attendees will have read one of three Louise Erdrich novels: The Roundhouse, Love Medicine, or Beet Queen. We will then divide up into small groups based on our selections and casually discuss the novels. If those attending did not have an opportunity to read any of the three novels prior to the conference, we will provide them with a quick, 20-minute short story to discuss instead.
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KEYNOTE LOUISE ERDRICH
Louise Erdrich is the author of 13 novels as well as volumes of poetry, short stories, children’s books, and a memoir of early motherhood. Dawn Villella, Associated Press Her novel “Love Medicine” (1984) won the National Book Critics Circle Award and “The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse” (2001) was a finalist for the National Book Award. Most recently, “The Plague of Doves” (2008) won the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. Louise lives in Minnesota and is the owner of Birchbark Books, an independent bookstore. Erdrich is descended from a father of German descent and a mother of the Turtle Mountain Chippewas, a Native American tribe in North Dakota. Her maternal grandfather was a tribal chief and her ancestral homestead (which she is currently restoring) is one of the oldest extant structures on the Turtle Mountain Reservation. Erdrich has traced both sides of her family stories back 200 years and cares enormously about her Native American heritage. Her genealogical work is just beginning excerpt from “Faces of America” on PBS
DIDN’T GET A CHANCE TO READ? Short stories will be available for those who didn’t get a chance to read one of the novels before the conference.
Monday, July 28 7:30-8:30 a.m. Breakfast 8:30-10:00 a.m.
Write Like This: Teaching Real-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Texts -Keynote- Kelly Gallagher
If students are to grow as writers, they need to read good writing, they need to study good writing, and, most important, they need to emulate good writers. In this session, Kelly will share how he uses models to elevate student writing.
10:00-10:15 - Break 10:15-11:45 a.m.
Lesson Plan Share
- Heather Woods & Kristi Mahrer Conference attendees are asked to please bring lesson plans to share. However long it may have been since you took your methods class in college, since then you have been engaged in the constant practice of addressing state standards and benchmarks and measuring learner outcomes. By now, you could probably teach your methods teacher a thing or two. Ten to twelve teachers will be assigned as leaders to certain tables to share a lesson from his or her classroom. After increments of 10 minutes, each table will switch participants, and new individuals will sit down, listen, and discuss the lesson. When the designated time is complete, each participant will have collected several new lesson plans he or she can take back to their classroom.
11:45-12:25 p.m. Lunch/ Business Meeting 12:30-2:00 p.m.
KEYNOTE
KELLY GALLAGHER
In addition to teaching The Common Core ReadEnglish full-time at Magnolia ing Standards: The Good, High School in Anaheim, The Bad and The Ugly California, Kelly has an exten-Keynote Kelly Gallagher sive background in secondary This session will outline the literacy education. He served as strengths and weaknesses of the the English Coordinator for the Common Core reading stanAnaheim Union High School dards. Kelly will discuss how District, an urban district comunderstanding these strengths prised of 37,000 secondary students; a Co-Director and weaknesses should inform of the South Basin Writing Project at California State reading instruction. University Long Beach; and an adjunct professor at California State University, Fullerton, where he 2:00-2:15 p.m. - Break taught secondary literacy courses. Kelly is a teacher and a former statewide trainer for the Puente Project, a University of California outreach program that prepares under-represented high school students for successful transition into universities. He has also served as a teacher leader Forgot what was presented at the in the California Reading and Literature Project, gift share last year? both at the University of California Los Angeles Check out the arand University of California Irvine. chived lesson plans Kelly is the author of Reading Reasons: Motivaat NDCTE.ORG. tional Mini-Lessons for Middle and High School (Stenhouse 2003), Deeper Reading: Comprehending Challenging Texts, 4-12 (Stenhouse 2004), WANT TO BREAK DOWN Teaching Adolescent Writers (Stenhouse 2006), THE WRITING and, most recently, Write Like This: Teaching RePROCESS? al-World Writing Through Modeling and Mentor Laura Wagner from the Northern Plains Writing Texts (Stenhouse 2011). His most notable book— Project creates an opportunity for students to gain Readicide: How Schools Are Killing Reading and a better understanding of What You Can Do About It (Stenhouse 2009)— the writing process has served to change the way reading is being LOOKING AT taught in schools around the world. LITERATURE? Here is a great lesson Kelly’s work is also the subject of four professional from Kierstin Hurtt that videos: Article of the Week (Stenhouse, July 2009), helps students thoroughly evaluate the closing Improving Adolescent Writers (Stenhouse 2009), argument from Atticus Building Adolescent Readers (Stenhouse 2005), and in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockinbird. Twenty Questions Homework (Stenhouse 2006). In addition to his publications, Kelly travels extensively STUDENTS DON’T GRASP speaking to education professionals and providing NOTE-TAKING? professional development workshops. Donna Davidson provides In 2005, Kelly received the Award for Classroom a great resource that can be modified to any Excellence by the California Association of Teachclassroom and enhance students’ abilities to ers of English, the state’s highest honor for English paraphrase material from excerpt from kellygallagher.org teachers. informational texts.
ONLINE SHARING
2:15-3:45 p.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Breakout sessions will provide attendee with an opportunity to choose their content based on interest, experience, or content. Members will be given four options for breakout sessions and will be able to attend two of the 45-minute sessions:
Option THREE: 6+1 Trait Writing Workshop
Tuesday, July 29
-Presenter Marj Bubach This workshop introduces teaching strategies to help students identify quality in writing, manage their own writing process, practice effective revision and editing skills, and become confident writers. It also helps teachers integrate and assess writing across the content areas in meaningful, effective ways
Option ONE: Writing on Demand for the New Common Core Option FOUR: Digital StoryState Standards Assessment telling: Exercise Your Imagi-Presenter Kelly Sassi This breakout session focuses specifical- nation ly on “writing on demand,” which is a new requirement in North Dakota with the advent of the Smarter Balanced Assessment in 2015. Teachers will learn about the specific requirements of writing in a timed situation and how to help students be successful. This genre of writing will be discussed in the context of a strong writing program, rather than as mere test preparation. The presentation draws from research on successful teen writers and incorporates key concepts from the author’s new book, Writing on Demand for the Common Core State Standards Assessments
Option TWO: Writing the Prairie: How (not) reading North Dakota writers shapes students’ perceptions
-Presenter Taylor Brorby Not reading North Dakota writers sends a direct message to students: North Dakota is no place to be a writer. How do current North Dakota writers shape our sense of place? How do we teach literature that mirrors the place students currently live? Encouraging students to reflect and write about their own perceptions of North Dakota--fracking, wheat whipping in the wind, or traveling through the Pembina Gorge--roots students in North Dakota’s rich literary tradition. How do we help create a culture of North Dakota writers?
-Presenter Eileen Zygarlicke Get pumped up learning about bringing stories to life. Participants will dance their way to creating a digital story using one of the applications covered: iMovie, Movie Maker, youtube, screencast-o-matic, narrable.com, or utellstory.com. Sweat through the creative process as it transforms your words into a digital story. Workout appropriate for all levels of fitness, from beginner to advanced.
3:45-4:30 p.m.
Inspiration Hour: Synecdoche Central
8:30-10:00 a.m.
New Strategies for Teaching Reading and Writing - Ron Fischer & Kelly Sassi
NPWP and RRWP will have multiple teachers present lessons they developed for the Writing Project Summer Institute. Each presenter will take a group of participants through the demo associated with the lesson. This carousel-style presentation will allow attendees the option to hear from a handful of speakers and get resources to immediately implement similar strategies in their own classes
10:00-10:15 - Break 10:15-11:45 a.m.
Board Games, Not Bored Games: Uncommon Ideas for the Common Core - Heather Woods, Chair
As a whole, teaching can be consistently overwhelming. It’s easy to get caught up in the day-to-day chaos of the classroom and forget about the reasons behind choosing this profession. This session will allow time to breathe. We will examine the smaller, sometimes forgettable parts of teaching and rejoice in past successes to prepare for future greatness.
BARNES AND NOBLE BOOKFAIR
7:45-8:30 a.m. - Breakfast
Each member of the board will share one lesson that works well for them. Lessons will including critical thinking skills, speaking and listening activities, reading novels and short stories, teaching poetry, and discussions on grading.
The NDCTE will be hosting a Barnes and Noble Book Fair at the Bismarck store! Simply present a voucher at the register any time during the day to be announced, and a percentage of all purchases supports our organization. Can’t attend our Barnes and Noble Book Fair? Visit BN.com/bookfairs to support us online. Stay tuned for more information!
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11:45-12:30—Awards Luncheon and Silent Auction ends
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12:45-2:15 a.m.
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2:15-2:30 p.m. - Closing 2:30-4:00 p.m. - Board Meeting
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2014 Summer Institutes Pre-Institutes: May 21 and May 28, 2014 Summer Institute: July 7—July 31, 2014 Advanced Institute: July 14—July 31, 2014 Mini-Institute: March and May 2014 Young Writer’s Institute: Summer 2014
AWARDS - Linda S. Christenson Literary Scholarship - NDCTE Teacher of the Year Award - NDCTE Service to the Profession - Disaster Relief Fund Recipient
SILENT AUCTION
BRING YOUR OWN BASKET BID ON AS MANY AS YOU WISH
The NDCTE#14 board would like to thank the members, businesses and sponsors who provided items for this year’s silent auction.
2014 Summer Institute
What: As a site of the National Writing Project,
the Red River Valley Writing Project summer institute offers you a place to read and discuss ideas about teaching writing and using writing to teach—plus time to write. Readings include common and grade-specific selections to meet the needs and interests of all teachers participating in the institute. Teachers also share best teaching practices through hands-on teaching demonstrations and explore the teaching of writing by writing.
Participants receive a stipend to reimburse the cost of tuition for the institute. They also receive books and a supportive community of fellow teachers. Institute fellows are eligible for up to three graduate credits through NDSU. Baskets at the 2013 NDCTE conference raised money for the Linda Christenson Scholarship. The wide array of items included North Dakota State University apparel, magnetic poetry packs, Fargo Redhawks game pack, books, wine and MORE!
I gained many new ideas from my colleagues. I also gained confidence in my ability to write and my ability to present lessons that are engaging and fun.
Northern Plains Writing Project
- Alan Church & Anne Volk, chairs
In this inspirational close to the conference, we will hear from current and former students, who will remind us of the impact a teacher can have on the direction and life of a child. Delivered in a TEDx-style format, these speeches chose the topic of s made me look will be sure to kindle the fire of your problem I have or a few yearspassion for teaching.
What teachers say…
Who: The RRVWP invites teachers of any subject, at any grade level, to apply. Since National Writing Project intensive institutes are selective, all participants must apply directly to the RRVWP.
I gained many new ideas from my colleagues. I also gained confidence in my ability to write and my ability to present lessons that are engaging and fun.
First, in writing my inquiry piece, I chose the topic of grading essays efficiently, which has made me look for answers to a problem I have struggled with for a few years now. The second important thing I gained from this summer institute is the practical knowledge and ideas to use right away in my classroom when school starts in a few weeks. I will walk away from this class with several different lessons in hand that will fill some of the gaps my teaching has had. I also will leave here with a whole new group of colleagues I can turn to for help, advice, and inspiration.
How to apply :Please send the following materials via snail mail or e-mail to Kelly Sassi at the address below: •a brief resume with current contact information; •one supporting letter from a teacher colleague; •one supporting letter from a principal or supervisor; •a letter of application in which you share the names of your team members, your beliefs about writing in the classroom, the ways you use writing in your classroom, your special interests in writing and the teaching of writing, what you hope to gain from the institute. Send Applications and Questions to: Kelly Sassi Red River Valley Writing Project Dept. 2320, PO Box 6050 Fargo, ND 58108