Reading Conference
High school level
The Reading Conference is not just for elementary levels. It offers a lot of content about literacy at the high school levels as well. Following is a sampling of related sessions and institutes from last year's conference (this list will be updated during Spring Semester with the 2009 sessions). In addition, the poster sessions, virtual presentations, speakers, and graduate course provide more opportunities to learn, present, and network about the literacy level you work with.
- Digital Stories
- Silver Boxes: Florence Littauer on How to Build People up
- Ripping the Wave of Literacy in a University Preparatory High School
- From Shredding the Waves of Surfi ng to BAK: Writing in the 21st Century with Adolescents
- Labyrinths of Liberation
- Literacy in 3-D: Models of Textual Interaction with Discussion Groups
- Subtitles, Translations, and Strategies: Second Language Acquisition through Reading
- Catch the Wave of Cultural Awareness and Literacy
- Response to Literature: Strategies and Tools for Open-Ended Questions
- Emerging Trends in Young Adult Literature
- A Buffet of Reading Strategies for Struggling Readers
- Effects of Creative Drama on Use of Reading Comprehension Strategies and Attitudes Towards Reading
- Literature to Keep You Afl oat and Move You Forward
- The Teacher Researcher: Grant Writing and Funding Sources for Action Research in the Classroom
- Using Children's Literature to Address Social Justice Issues
- Implementing Effective Vocabulary Instruction Strategies in K-12 Classrooms
- Reading with the "A+" and "High-Risk" Students
- Literacy for All: Being Successful in a Multicultural Society
- Hooked on Reading
- Interactive Portfolios: 10 Steps to Enhance Portfolios in Your Classroom
