Cd'A hosting National English conference by Walter Ross About I 000 people are expected 10 auend "We Side '88-Laoguage Arts.'' the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Regional Conference April 21-23 at The Coeur d'Alene Reson. The conference, which will attract English teachers from elementary and secondary schools and colJcgcs throughout the region, will co~ .or a~ut I SO presentations and workshops dealing with wnung and language artS related topics. Featured speakers at the coofercoce include: Donald
Murray. a journalist with the Boston Globe and author of "A Writ.er Teaches Writing''; NCTE prcsident-dect Julie Jensen; Barbara Morgan. a McCall. Idaho, elementary school teacher who was chosen NASA Teacher in Space, and her husband, Clay Morgan. a novelist/poet and commentator for National Public Radio's ''AIJ Things Considered." Session topics will run the gamut from "Shakcspca.re: Man or Myth" 10 ''Using Popular Cartoons to Tea.ch Literature."
lo addition 10 the sessions, organizers have added special events including a tour of Lhc Arbor Crest Winery and Cliff House, a Sierra Silver Mine Tour, a 5-K Fun Run and a performance of Sam Shepard's "A Lie of the Mind" by the lnterplaycrs Theater. Cost for the conference is S4S pre-registration, S5S on-si te. Full-time students are welcome 10 aucndthe cost is Sl5 for one day or the entire conference. All special events are additional.
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