As promised, I'm going to be blogging about a variety of sessions I attended at NCTE this past weekend. Some sessions dealt with the teaching of writing, while others dealt with 21st Century Literacy, Reading Workshop, and parent engagement. Yesterday morning I woke up early to attend "Assessment in the Reading Workshop," which was hosted… Continue reading I Can…
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Unpacking Picture Books
In the past few months, I've analyzed a couple of picture books, Those Shoes and Sweet Smell of Roses , to determine the craft moves I can teach my students. As a result of analyzing these books, I've developed teaching points off of the craft moves. Ruth and I picked up a bunch of picture… Continue reading Unpacking Picture Books
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Moments of Clarity
Snowden Campbell presented at NCTE on Saturday afternoon. She shared a strategy called "Moments of Clarity" with us. Moments of Clarity are essentially epiphanies we have as humans... it's when we realize something big that happened to us in life and when it happened. (I drew a t-chart where one side had "what it was"… Continue reading Moments of Clarity
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Online Brainstorming Tool
The newest Web 2.0 Tool I learned about yesterday at NCTE is called bubbl.us. It's a brainstorming tool, which I briefly demonstrated, while Ruth taped me using a digital camera, in the video we recorded yesterday (below). In the video, you'll see me creating a personal word web, which was mentioned in a session led… Continue reading Online Brainstorming Tool
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Our 2008 NCTE Presentation
As promised, here's the presentation, ‘”I HATE WRITING!!!’: A Discussion About Inspiring Reluctant Writers By Writing Alongside Them," we gave today. Ayres & Shubitz 2008 NCTE Convention Presentation
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We’ve arrived in San Antonio!
For a few days we're just a few blocks apart, not 872 miles apart! We've spent the day in sessions, which we'll be blogging about soon. Right now, we are headed out to dinner so we can put the final touches on the presentation we're giving tomorrow night.
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We’re Headed to NCTE!
In the next 24 hours, Ruth and I will go from being 872 miles apart to being in the same city, San Antonio, which we couldn't be more thrilled about! We're both heading to Texas to present “'I HATE WRITING!!!': A Discussion About Inspiring Reluctant Writers By Writing Alongside Them." We'll likely blog, over the… Continue reading We’re Headed to NCTE!
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Preview Our NCTE Presentation
Ruth and I are getting ready for our presentation in San Antonio, which is just a couple of months away. We joined the NCTE 2008 Conference NING, where we're posting an abridged version of our presentation, which we'll give on November 22nd. Recently, Ruth suggested that we post the abridged presentation here at TWT. (The… Continue reading Preview Our NCTE Presentation
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WE DID IT!!!
TWT on Two Computers at Courthouse Coffee Originally uploaded by teachergal As you know, Ruth and I got together to work on our presentation for NCTE this past week. Now that I'm back home, I'm marveling at the fact that we got SOOOOO much accomplished. We started out at Courthouse Coffee on Wednesday Morning with… Continue reading WE DID IT!!!
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Dinner with the Indiana Blogging Teachers
L-R: Christi, Ruth, Me, Jen, Sarah, & Cathy Originally uploaded by teachergal I just returned home after spending the past thee days in Indiana, with Ruth, preparing for our presentation at NCTE this-coming November. [The presentation's title has changed to “'I HATE WRITING!!!': A Discussion About Inspiring Reluctant Writers By Writing Alongside Them," since we… Continue reading Dinner with the Indiana Blogging Teachers
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This week’s Day in a Sentence
My Day in a Sentence: I'm ready to spend hours working hard, and having fun, with Ruth preparing for NCTE. Kevin's hosting Day in a Sentence this week, but next week, WE ARE! Be sure to come back here next Wednesday when we post a call for "Day in a Sentence."
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Literacy For All
Between presenting at NEATE and at NCTE, my fall is going to be very full. However, when I received the brochure for the 19th Annual Literacy for All Conference, which is held annually in Providence, I couldn't resist signing up for a Sunday Pre-Conference Workshop since I only have to travel a couple of miles… Continue reading Literacy For All
