You can download the Program for the OcFall Leap into Literacy Conference and plan your Breakout session selections in advance. Registrations are due by Sept. 26.

1. LEAP into LITERACY II Strategies to take your students
CONFERENCE
up, up, and away!
REGISTRATION 8:15am - 8:45am
Check-in
Registration for Sessions A & B
Breakfast
WELCOME & INTRODUCTION OF 8:45am - 9:00am
GUEST SPEAKER
Lesley Roessing, Director, Coastal Savannah Writing Project
GUEST SPRAKER, Bryan Marshall 9:00am - 10:00am
AGEND A
“Multi-Genre, Multi-Media Reading & Writing”
BOOK SIGNING & BOOK SALE 10:00am - 10:25am
Speaker Book Signing October 1, 2011, 8:15AM –12:45 PM
Book sale sponsored by Barnes & Noble
Armstrong Center, Savannah, GA
BREAK-OUT SESSION A 10:30am - 11:30am
Fall Leap into Literacy II Conference
BREAK-OUT SESSION B 11:45am-12:45pm
hosted by Coastal Savannah Writing Project
http://cswp.armstrong.edu
CSWP INFORMATION SESSION 12:45pm - 1:00pm
https://facebook.com/coastalsavwp
Director and Associate Directors will be available for questions about
professional development opportunities and the Summer Institutes.
Guest Speaker: Bryan Marshall, Songs of Freedom
Director Lesley Roessing “Multi-Genre, Multi-Media Reading & Writing”
S TAF F
Associate Director Donna J. Loyd
Dr. Marshall is co-author and member of the creative team of Songs of Freedom, an inter-
Associate Director Barbara Grimm disciplinary, multi-media, interactive, educational project about the Underground Railroad.
The project uses text, video, storytelling, and contemporary music to engage students and
Associate Director, Technology Julie Warner enrich learning.
Administrative Assistant Carmen Singleton

2. Comics in the Classroom to Motivate Writers Room 104 Free Writing to Build Fluency and Confidence in Room 104
Jessica Gamache Jessica Clemmons
(K-6) Student Writing (Grades K-6)
& Vicki Kirkland & Betsy Martin
Teachers are well aware that not all students come to class Free writing has been a successful, well-researched strategy in the
loving to write. This workshop will explore the benefits of using writing classroom for over forty years. The use of free writing—in all
comics to engage reluctant writers at all grade levels to find content areas and at all grade levels-- increases fluency in writing.
ideas for writing, organizing thoughts thinking critically, focus- This session will demonstrate how free writing can inspire even
ing on a topic, and experiencing writing success. budding writers to express ideas and thoughts with confidence.
Drama to Inspire Dialogue and Character Room 107 Observation Stations to Develop Informational Room 107
Heidi Lamb Sonya Tokerud-
Development in Writing (All Grades) Writing (Grades 1-8)
BREAK-OUT SESSION B
Hoelscher
BREAK-OUT SESSION A
Students can learn to add sparkle and life to their fiction writing! Long before children enter a classroom, they have honed their skills of
This session will explore the use of dramatic improvisation as a observation—an essential ingredient in good writing. This session will
strategy to develop fictional characters and to create lively char- demonstrate the use of “observation stations” to provide young writers with
the time and place for looking closely at details in nature and to record
acter dialogue in students’ writing. their observations in words and pictures. Information on publishing chil-
dren’s nonfiction writing will be included in this session .
Wordless Texts to Help Students Conceptualize Room 124 Reader’s Theatre to Increase Reading Fluency Room 124
Christina Aaron LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION! The use of Reader’s Theater has Donna Ward
New Vocabulary Words (Grades 1-8)
Requiring students to “memorize new vocabulary words” rarely al- proven to be an exciting motivator of reading. The “show” begins
lows students to take ownership of new words. This workshop will with participants’ performing in a Reader’s Theater. Strategies
focus on the use of collaborative writing to respond to illustrations in and resources for classroom use of this strategy will be provided.
wordless picture books or in a digital storyboard format. Through What’s the best part? Students will actually look forward to the
collaborative writing, students learn to contextualize new words and next story they are required to read!
to write an original text. This strategy allows for differentiated instruc-
tion and is applicable in all content areas and grade levels.
Mentor Texts to Enhance Students’ Point of Room 125 Differentiating Language Instruction by Writing Room 125
Caroline Phillips Deidre Ward
View and Voice in Writing (All Grades) for Authentic Audiences
& Paulina Tawil
The use of literature, specifically picture books, can enhance Real writers write for a specific purpose. Authentic, functional,
students’ writing at all levels. This presentation will focus on writing gleans a platform of uniting people in a caring open envi-
strategies to promote the development of strong voice and ronment of learning. By arranging and allowing students to write
unique points of view in students’ writing. for authentic purposes and audiences, teachers can truly differ-
entiate language instruction and make student writing matter.
The Writer’s Notebook: Improving Voice in Student Room 126 Logos, Pathos, & Ethos to Develop and Improve
Room 126
Writing (All Grades) Lisa Sumner Persuasive Writing (6-12)
Nicki Nolasco
Teachers often wonder how to prepare students for a high-stakes
The Writer’s Notebook changes lives! With the use of Writer’s writing assessment and at the same time continue best practice
Notebook in the classroom, both teacher and students will grow methods. In this workshop participants will learn how to integrate the
as writers. Specific strategies for implementing the Writer’s study of argumentation and persuasive writing into daily lessons.
Notebook as well as the Writing Workshop approach will be Through applying Aristotle’s logos (logic), pathos (emotion), and
provided. Writer’s Notebook is useful and adaptable for all ethos (personal experience), mundane test preparation plans can be
grade levels and content areas. transformed into meaningful learning experiences.
Connecting Readers with Text Writing in Poetry in Meeting Suite What Are They Reading? A Review of Popular Meeting Suite
Donna Pinckney Lesley Roessing
Two Voices (Grades 5-12) Adolescent Lit and Ways to Hook Reluctant
Martin
Student writers often find it difficult to engage with a text and its Readers
characters. This presentation will demonstrate how the use of Teachers need to be familiar with literature that students will read
poetic dialogue (or poetry in two voices) can ease student writ- and methods to entice students to read more. Presenter will intro-
ers into making meaningful connections with the characters, real duce YA novels of diverse genres, reading levels, and interest
or fictional, in the text. Resulting poetry reveals a depth of un- levels and model different ways to introduce these books to your
derstanding as well as identification with the text. students.
TEACHERS TEACHING TEACHERS T O IMP R OV E T HE T E ACH IN G O F LIT ER AC Y