Nobis and Cook: Connecting Comics and Essays
Mitch Nobis and Rick Cook are teacher consultants from Red Cedar Writing Project, and presented a number of ways that they connect graphic novels and expository writing in their writing classes. They will also be presenting a similar session at Bright Ideas.

Thinking about what [...]

Notes from Christopher Paul Curtis‘ Keynote
These are partial notes, as I was taking lots of pictures at the beginning of the session. Curtis shared some stories about his youth and talked about how some younsters get the “Scarlett B” on their forehead and how he didn’t have one. One story [...]

Doug Fisher’s “Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work”
Fisher outlined a program that he and teachers at their high school (he has been on loan from SDSU) use for literacy achievement.
Some Foundations

Reading time every day — practice makes permanent as it relates to SSR
Rationale for choosing strategies:

Is it research based?
Is it [...]

Jim Burke’s “Teaching: The First Ten Minutes”
Presentation at MRA 2007

Jim Burke began by inviting participants to think about the actions that students must engage in to be successful in their core academic work. He then talked about how students need to continue a number of academic skills in classes that [...]