TCTELA: 51st Annual Conference has ended

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TCTELA: 51st Annual Conference

6:00pm CST

Attendee Registration The Arbor-Atrium Level (Lobby)

7:30am CST

Attendee Registration The Arbor-Atrium Level (Lobby) Attendee Registration The Arbor-Atrium Level (Lobby)

8:00am CST

Coffee with Exhibitors Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower) Exhibits Open Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower)

9:00am CST

ELA/Reading Curriculum Update: K-12 Ballroom B-Atrium Level (Lobby) Real Characters: Three Children’s Book Authors (Who Are Real Characters Themselves) Share How They Craft Prose Ballroom A-Atrium Level (Lobby) Using Picture Books as Mentor Texts in the Early Childhood Classroom Wedgewood-Atrium Level (Lobby)

10:00am CST

Make Your Voice Heard: Taking Action & Becoming Involved in the ELAR/SLAR TEKS Revisions Ballroom B-Atrium Level (Lobby)

11:00am CST

Book Signing with Jeff Anderson Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower)

11:30am CST

Luncheon with Sonia Nazario and Edmund J Farrell Lifetime Achievement Award Presentation Rio Grande Hall A – Plaza Level (Lower)

12:50pm CST

Break with Exhibitors / Book Signing in the Exhibit Hall Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower)

1:15pm CST

General Session I–Donna Bahorich, Kim Pinkerton, and Linda Urban Grand Ballroom-Grand Ballroom – Atrium Level (Lobby)

2:30pm CST

Book Signing with Linda Urban Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower)

3:00pm CST

Conditions of Applicability: Teaching Readers When, Where, Why, and How to Employ Comprehension Strategies San Marcos-Plaza Level (Lower) From Loathing It to Loving It: Tools to Help Students With Print Disabilities Embrace Reading Wedgewood-Atrium Level (Lobby) From the Ground Up: Growing Imaginary Civilizations Through Choice, Chance, and Games Ballroom B-Atrium Level (Lobby) Getting Published and Becoming a Presenter: Developing Conference Presentations and English in Texas Submissions Brazos-Atrium Level (Lobby) Looking for Change? You Can Do Something About It! San Antonio-Plaza Level (Lower) Oo—ah—oh: Teaching Reading With A Bang! Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) TCTELA Financial Meeting San Saba (Lower) “Tech Up” With Daily Focused Poetry Dialogue Sabine-Plaza Level (Lower) Reading Nonfiction: Strategies That Encourage Close Reading of Nonfiction Texts Ballroom A-Atrium Level (Lobby)

4:15pm CST

#PhotoEssays: Writing in the Age of Instagram San Marcos-Plaza Level (Lower) Art Is All About Pushing Boundaries ... Like Age Ballroom B-Atrium Level (Lobby) Committee Meetings Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Cookin’ With Gas: The Power of the Reader’s Notebook for the Transfer of Knowledge San Antonio-Plaza Level (Lower) Putting the Balance in Balanced Literacy Brazos-Atrium Level (Lobby) Using Images to Increase Reading Comprehension Sabine-Plaza Level (Lower) We Can Do It By Reading, Writing, and Rising Up Wedgewood-Atrium Level (Lobby)

7:30am CST

Attendee Registration Plaza Level (Lower)

8:00am CST

Coffee with Exhibitors Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower) Exhibits Open Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower)

8:30am CST

General Session II-Varian Johnson and Mercedes Bonner Award Presentation Grand Ballroom-Grand Ballroom – Atrium Level (Lobby)

10:00am CST

Book Signing with Varian Johnson Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower) Book Signing with Varian Johnson Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower)

10:30am CST

Blogging in the Classroom: Authentic Writing for an Authentic Audience Ballroom A-Atrium Level (Lobby) Bridging Research and Practice: Current Conversations in Our Field (Pecha Kucha) Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Looking Through a Poet’s Eyes—Visualization and Poetry in Primary Grades Sabine-Plaza Level (Lower) Our Digital Journey—Using Blogs, Facebook, Twitter, Edublogs, and Other Tools to Enhance Our Literate Lives Ballroom B-Atrium Level (Lobby) Using Art to Support Close Reading Skills Wedgewood-Atrium Level (Lobby) We Can Do It: Crafting Authentic Expression in the Writer’s Notebook San Antonio-Plaza Level (Lower) When I Think of Home Brazos-Atrium Level (Lobby) Yes, You Can Do Writing Workshop! San Marcos-Plaza Level (Lower)

11:45am CST

Luncheon with Jacqueline Woodson and Teacher of the Year Presentations Rio Grande Hall A – Plaza Level (Lower)

1:00pm CST

Exhibit Break and Book Signing with Jacqueline Woodson Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower)

1:30pm CST

Building Better Writing Communities: Small Systemic Changes with Big Results Wedgewood-Atrium Level (Lobby) Conferring: The Heart of Workshop Instruction in the Secondary Classroom Sabine-Plaza Level (Lower) Maximizing the Effects of the Feedback Loop: Aligning Teacher Responses Within the Gradual Release of Responsibility Model San Antonio-Plaza Level (Lower) Portfolios: A Pathway to Progress San Marcos-Plaza Level (Lower) Putting Words to Work: Using Taught Vocabulary to Develop Phonemic Awareness Brazos-Atrium Level (Lobby) Roundtables in Practice: Authentic Learning For Us: Making English Professional Learning Communities Matter Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Practice: Motivating and Engaging Students to Think Critically Through Close Reading of Complex Texts Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Practice: Reshape Reading 2.0 Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Practice: Using Writing to Lessen the Achievement Gap Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Yes They Can (And They Did): Before They Were Famous Ballroom B-Atrium Level (Lobby) Roundtables in Practice: Write to Reflect-Write to Renew: Exploring Writing as a Way to Replenish the Energy to Teach Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Practice: Revolutionizing Guided Reading Through Strategic Groups Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Practice: You Can Do It, Too: Graduate School Life Hacks and Survival Tales Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) The Dynamic Pairing of Shared Reading and Close Reading (Grades 1-5) Ballroom A-Atrium Level (Lobby)

2:30pm CST

Break with Exhibitors / Book Signing in the Exhibit Hall Rio Grande Hall B-Plaza Level (Lower)

2:45pm CST

Confer With Confidence: Six Essential Elements for Speaking With Student Writers Sabine-Plaza Level (Lower) Growing Readers With Award Winning Books Wedgewood-Atrium Level (Lobby) Literacy, Poetry, and the Arts: Listening to the Sound of Your Soul Ballroom B-Atrium Level (Lobby) Poetry Power! Unleashing a Passion for Poetry in Your Classroom! San Marcos-Plaza Level (Lower) Revision Meets the Road San Antonio-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Research: Bridging Gaps Between High School English and First-Year Composition: A Case for Creative Collaboration Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Research: Preservice Teachers' Think-Aloud Instruction as a Pathway into Disciplinary Literacy for Adolescents Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Research: State Mandated Summer Programs in Texas: Determining the Effect on High School Students' English Test Scores Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Visual Thinking Strategies: More Than Meets the Eye Brazos-Atrium Level (Lobby) Roundtables in Research: Using Electronic Shakespeare Ebooks in the Classroom to Improve Learning Outcomes Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Research: Gamification in the Classroom-Applying Neuroscience Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower)

4:00pm CST

Roundtables in Practice: Shakespearean Histories' Influence on George R.R. Martin's "A Song of Ice and Fire" Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) AP English Worries and Wonderings Wedgewood-Atrium Level (Lobby) From Close Reading to Brilliant Deduction—Making Wise Inferences Within and Across Texts San Antonio-Plaza Level (Lower) Getting the Most Out of Read-Alouds in the Secondary Classroom Sabine-Plaza Level (Lower) How to Teach a Poem Brazos-Atrium Level (Lobby) Kinesthetic Storyboarding: Writing Intervention Support for Developing Writers San Marcos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Practice: Creating Change in Our World: Relevant Persuasive Writing in an Elementary School Classroom Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Practice: Poetry and Artistic Expression During the Holocaust and Other Genocides Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Practice: The Tie That Binds: Creating Interdisciplinary Thematic Units Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) When Gifted Kids Feel Out of Place: Red Polka Dot in a School of Plaid Ballroom B-Atrium Level (Lobby) Youth Lens in Action: Using New YA Literature and New Literacies to Re-Think Adolescence Ballroom A-Atrium Level (Lobby) Roundtables in Practice: Not Your Average Brotha: Examining The Educational Lives, Literacies, and Masculinities of Black Males Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower) Roundtables in Practice: Write for Texas-Working on Discipline-Based Literacy Instruction with Teacher "Cubes" at San Marcos CISD Pecos-Plaza Level (Lower)

7:30pm CST

Poetry Reading Treehouse Kitchen-Atrium Level (Lobby)

8:00am CST

Attendee Registration Plaza Level (Lower)

9:00am CST

Close Reading of Complex Texts Ballroom A-Atrium Level (Lobby) Redefining Rigor: Building Classrooms of Joyful, Independent Growth Ballroom B-Atrium Level (Lobby)

12:00pm CST

Book Signing with Doug Fisher and Kristi Mraz Grand Ballroom-Grand Ballroom – Atrium Level (Lobby)