SAWP 2009 Conference Presenters Schedule w/ Links to Presentations--Session #1

Presenter	Room	Level	Title	Presentation Description
Nora Gonzalez	FS 1.522	All levels	The Cuentos Project: Connecting the Past to the Present presentation	This session will give you ideas on how to get your students to preserve their family stories in order to better understand and connect to the generations before them.
Shelly Linford	FS 3.402	Elementary-Middle School	Make it Real! presentation	Motivation is key to helping children succeed in the classroom. One way to motivate students is through involving them in authentic activities that are for a real audience. This workshop will give you many new ideas on helping motivate your students through authentic class work and authentic audiences. Breakthrough to meaning: Helping your kids become better readers, writers, and thinkers. By Jean Anne Clyde Already Ready: Nurturing writers in preschool and kindergarten. By Katie Wood Ray and Matt Glover Wondrous Words: Writers and Writing in the Elementary Classroom by Katie Wood Ray
Kalpana M. Iyengar	FS 3.404	High School – College /ELL	Teaching Prepositions to ESL/ESOL Students Using	This is a learner-centered class activity that enables students to learn grammar using math. My objective is to establish a community of ESL/ESOL learners that are interested in learning English Grammar using math rather than using difficult and boring labels.
Joanne Benson	FS 3.406	All Levels Specifically Special Education	Writing with Your 5 Senses PPT presentation	To get students to start writing is a challenge especially students with disabilities. Using their senses to hear, smell, taste, see, and touch can help them in the writing process. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling Eggs by Jerry Spinelli Bud, Not Buddy by Christopher Paul Curtis Island of the Blue Dolphin by Scott O’Dell
Nancy Gregory	FS 3.512	Middle School-High School	Adding Zing to Student Writing	In this session we will examine ways to eliminate monotonous sentence patterns so that students will compose crisper, livelier sentences, always a plus when trying to dazzle on TAKS. Handouts will be provided.
Rachel Gray-Castro	FS 3.530	High School	Personal Writing: The “This I Believe” Essay	Most students know themselves well, why not utilize that knowledge? Started by Edward R. Morrow and continued today on National Public Radio, the “This I Believe” essay helps students reflect on their thoughts and write on one focused belief. Along with learning about the easily accessible and adaptable “This I Believe” curriculum, participants will come away with other techniques such as “Cross the Line” and “The Unique Lime” to inspire students’ writing.
Lennie Irvin Jeanne Russell	FS 3.536	High School-College	What is College Readiness in Writing?/ Writing the College Essay: Seeing Oneself as College Material presentation	This session will discuss the recently adopted Texas College Readiness Standards and share insights and ideas gained on “college readiness” from an Open Institute the San Antonio Writing Project conducted on the subject last summer. A lively discussion about the challenges of getting our students college- ready will be encouraged. This presentation will also discusses a two-week writing workshop focusing on writing college application essays piloted with three groups of Burbank High School seniors last fall.
Laurie Coleman	FS 1.406	High School-College	What Role Does Critical Reading Play in Writing? presentation	This session shares research-based classroom insights and strategies for improving students’ literacy with an emphasis on the connection between critical reading and writing to help students write stronger, more engaged essays.

SAWP Conference Presenters Schedule--Session #2

Presenter	Room	Level	Title	Description
Lisa Kalinowski	FS 1.522	Elementary	Using Multicultural Texts to Inspire Writing presentation handout	This workshop will provide teachers a research-based platform for using multicultural texts in the classroom in various contexts as a way to inspire writing. The presenter will also make available a resource list and ideas for classroom implementation. Literacy instruction in multicultural settings. Au, K.H. (1993). The dreamkeppers: Successful teachers of African-American children. Ladson-Billings, G. (1994). Other People's Words. Purcell-Gates, V. (1995).
Michelle Schiebel	FS 3.402	Elementary	Helping Primary Students with Writing Ideas	Young students have a vault of ideas; they just need the key to unlocking that vault. Teach your students how to come up with writing topics; then guide them in keeping their writing focused. Wondrous Words by Katie Wood Ray Study Driven The Writing Workshop:Working Through the Hard Parts, Katie Wood Ray, Lester L. Laminack 6-Traits of Writing Books
Shannon Blady	FS 3.406	Middle School-College?	Nonlimited Nonfiction presentation	This demonstration will provide engaging activities to implement with expository texts. We will also explore fun writing projects to use across the curriculum. Activities are aimed at upper elementary, but can be adapted for all ages. Nonfiction Matters by Stephanie Harvey’s
Therese Fleming	FS 3.512	Upper Elementary-High School	The Special Things Inside of Me	A writing activity related to the Cuentos Project.
Lesley Carr with Christie Scott	FS 3.530	High School	Novel: More than a Book Report
Mike Moran	FS 3.536	Middle School-College	Students as Ethnographers presentation	Do your students have trouble generating specific details? Do they make generalizations and judgments without providing support? In this real-world assignment, students become close observers of their environment and learn how to shape their field notes into cohesive and well-developed essays. Examples and handouts provided.

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