2018 NCTE Annual Convention Preview

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T N E D STU 2018 ANNUAL CONVENTION PREVIEW ISSUE Nov. 15-18 • Houston, TX

NEW THIS YEAR! Build Your StackTM: 35 short talks in the Exhibit Hall that feature authors and educators discussing their favorite books and how to use them in the classroom (see p. 12).

Early Start Thursday: This year we’re beginning the sessions a day early by starting at 1 p.m. on Thursday. This means more sessions overall and a great way to kick off your learning as soon as you arrive!

Featured Sessions: Be sure to check out these special sessions that each offer perspectives on the convention theme:

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• Raising Student Voice—What Is Our Role in Equity and Justice in the

6/14/18 3:09 PM

English Classroom? 11/16 @ 9:30 a.m.

• Students Raise Their Voices for Equity and Justice: A Continuation of Friday’s General Session 11/16 @ 11 a.m.

• Representation Matters: Exploring Female Identity in Children’s and Young Adult Literature 11/16 @ 2 p.m.

• Raising Student Voices about Bullying: Speaking Out for Equity and Justice 11/16 @ 3:30 p.m.

• Beyond Digital Storytelling: Multisensory, Multicultural, Multimedia 11/17 @ 8 a.m.

• A Stone of Hope 11/17 @ 2:45 p.m.

• Raising Student Voice in a Digital World 11/18 @ 10:30 a.m.

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WHAT'S INSIDE 4–5

Meet Us in Houston!

6–7 Schedule & Registration

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10–12

General Sessions & Keynote Speakers + Build Your Stack™

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Meal Events

16–17

The Elementary Experience

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The Middle Level Experience

20–21

The Secondary Experience

22–23

The College Experience

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Preconvention Workshops

25

Postconvention Events

26–27

Navigating the Exhibit Hall

28–29

New NCTE Books

Make Your Case to Attend

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WELCOME FROM OUR HOSTS

Franki Sibberson

This year’s Convention gives us an opportunity to celebrate student voice. As teachers dedicated to literacy learning, we know the power of our students’ voices and have always been committed to our role in raising those voices. At this year’s Convention we’ll think about the role of student voice as it relates to equity and justice. The Convention will include a celebration of student voice with "Seven in Seven" on Friday, seven-minute high-energy talks given by seven students ages 11 to 21, with each speaker sharing their passion and the work they do to change the world. And our All-Attendee Event Friday evening will feature authors who write in ways that help students of all ages discover their own voices. I hope that you find opportunities for learning, sharing, and networking at #NCTE18. And, of course, I hope that you go back to your classroom with new resources, new ideas, and renewed energy. I can’t wait to see you!

Franki Sibberson Program Chair

Diane Miller

Kelly Tumy

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As our profession faces the daunting challenges of pervasive assessments and evanescent standards and persistent censure/ censorship and wavering security, students’ voices remind us of our purpose and refresh our determination. Houston operates in that same realm of forward-moving resilience. We’ve weathered natural disasters and human tragedy like the community of champions that we are, even proclaiming through our graffiti that you can “BE SOMEONE” in this city. Knowing that Houston is the perfect space for our Convention, the 2018 NCTE Local Arrangements Committee is bringing this creative resilience to our preparations for your arrival. We eagerly anticipate celebrating and, yes, challenging all we do as English teachers to foster students’ voices each day.

Diane Miller and Kelly Tumy Local Arrangements Committee Co-Chairs

WHAT’S HAPPENING AROUND TOWN? Whether you’re searching for the perfect char on a slab of barbeque brisket or the marriage of cilantro and chipotle in a bowl of frijoles charros, you’ll find that and much more in the diverse #NCTE18 destination that is Houston, Texas. Food is just the beginning, though! Our arts and museum districts stand ready to entertain and to enchant. You can enjoy some live music in the hip Washington Avenue area, scour the antique shops in the historic Heights neighborhood, check out some out-of-this-world travel options at Space Center Houston, or just take a breath of fresh air at Buffalo Bayou Park. You’ll find the city of Houston at the intersection of Southern charm and urban allure.

Houston also has some deep literary roots. It’s been the setting for several books and movies and is home to wonderful bookstores. There are bars and restaurants named after famous books and their characters, and the city plays host to many literary festivals throughout the year. Just Google “literary Houston.” You won’t be disappointed!

Be sure to connect with your local hosts from the Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts and the West Houston Area Council of Teachers of English. They’ll be easy to spot in their sharp-looking aprons, and they’ll be eager to point you in the right direction . . . whether you’re searching for your favorite author’s session in the George R. Brown Convention Center or you need a few suggestions for the perfect evening out in the Bayou City.

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SCHEDULE & REGISTRATION

GET WITH THE TIMES THURSDAY 11/15 11:30 AM–3:30 PM PRECONVENTION WORKSHOPS (see p. 24, additional registration required) 1:00–3:45 PM A & B SESSIONS 4:00–5:30 PM OPENING GENERAL SESSION: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 5:45–7:15 PM SECTION GET-TOGETHERS

FRIDAY 11/16 7:00–7:45 AM FIRST-TIMERS’ WELCOME 8:00–9:15 AM GENERAL SESSION: Students Raising Their Voices 9:30 AM–12:15 PM C & D SESSIONS 11:30 AM–1:30 PM ELATE & MIDDLE LEVEL LUNCHEONS 12:30–4:45 PM E, F & G SESSIONS

5:00–6:30 PM ANNUAL BUSINESS/BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING 6:45–8:45 PM ALL-ATTENDEE EVENT: A Celebration of Stories with Authors & Illustrators

SATURDAY 11/17 7:00–9:15 AM ALAN BREAKFAST 8:00–9:15 AM H SESSIONS 9:30–10:45 AM GENERAL SESSION: Christopher Emdin 11:00 AM–1:45 PM I & J SESSIONS 12:30–2:30 PM SECONDARY & CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD LUNCHEONS 2:45–5:30 PM K & L SESSIONS 6:00–7:15 PM SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP SESSIONS

SUNDAY 11/18

7:00-8:45 AM AFFILIATE & CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ASSEMBLY BREAKFASTS

9:00–11:45 AM M & N SESSIONS 10:30–11:45 AM NATIONAL WRITING PROJECT BRUNCH: Elyse Eidman-Aadahl 12:00–1:30 PM CLOSING GENERAL SESSION: Paul and Peter Reynolds 1:30–5:30 PM CEL CONVENTION (social hour and dinner follow sessions) (see p. 25, additional registration required)

MONDAY 11/19 8:00 AM–5:30 PM CEL CONVENTION 8:00 AM–5:00 PM ALAN WORKSHOP (see p. 25, additional registration required)

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TUESDAY 11/20 8:00 AM–2:00 PM ALAN WORKSHOP (see p. 25, additional registration required)

SIGN UP Registration for the 2018 Annual Convention includes access to all General Sessions, concurrent sessions, Special Interest Group meetings, the Now Screening film festival, and the Exhibit Hall. Find the registration link on the convention website: http://convention.ncte.org.

NCTE MEMBER $270/*$300 NONMEMBER $350/*$380 STUDENT MEMBER $115/*$125 EMERITUS MEMBER $135/*$150

Student registration requires current NCTE student membership and valid proof of student status. To receive the emeritus rate, be sure you are currently an NCTE Emeritus member. Rates increase after November 5, 2018, denoted by an asterisk.

BRINGING A TEAM? We offer registration at $150 per person if a school or district sends 10 or more attendees. Every member of your team will return to work energized by what they’ve learned and ready to collaborate on implementing the new ideas. Contact annual2018@ncte.org for details.

PRECONVENTION WORKSHOPS NCTE Member: $145/*$155 Nonmember: $170/*$180 Student Member: $90/*$100 ALAN WORKSHOP Member: $200/*$210 Nonmember: $225/*$235 Student Member: $100/*$100 CEL ANNUAL CONVENTION NCTE + CEL Member: $180/*$195 NCTE member only: $205/*$220 Nonmember: $255/*$270

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For discounted airfare and hotel information, visit: http://convention.ncte.org/2018-convention/travel-hotel/

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MAKE YOUR CASE TO ATTEND “[NCTE] is still—hands down—the best training I’ve ever attended, and there’s just no other way to offer this kind of career- and possibly lifechanging opportunity to teachers than to attend the Annual Convention.”

— Donna Friend “NCTE is a recharging station and an opportunity to learn with and from passionate educators.”

— Roy Smith “NCTE is the literacy educators’ red-carpet gala event, a time for literacy luminaries to light up the stage, educators to mingle, and enough books to make an educator’s heart throb.”

— Carol Varsalona

10 Reasons You Should Join Us at #NCTE18 With more than 600 sessions to choose from and more than 6,000 fellow educators to meet, you can really shape NCTE’s Annual Convention to meet your specific needs. But in case you’re looking for a solid list of reasons to attend, we’ve got you covered: 1. REFRESH your practice with the latest ideas and innovations in the field.

2. CONNECT (in person!) with the authors you and your students are reading right now.

3. FOCUS on a particular facet of teaching you’d like to rejuvenate and then customize your schedule to attend several sessions on that topic.

4. FIND your community when you attend special sessions just for elementary, middle, secondary, or college Sections of our membership.

5. BUILD your library. The Exhibit Hall offers hundreds of booths to visit, resources at greatly reduced prices, and enough giveaways to fill several suitcases.

6. SHARE what you learn with colleagues back home by offering to provide professional learning when you return to your school.

7. GET CREDIT for what you learn by securing continuing education credits through the University of San Diego. Learn more here: http://bit.ly/NCTE18gradcredit 8. GAIN PERSPECTIVE when you network with other educators who work in settings similar to and different from your own.

9. EXPERIENCE Houston, a vibrant city. There is so much to see and do, and the food is fabulous!

10. BE INSPIRED by the incredible work English teachers are doing in schools and communities throughout the country. You might even find yourself wanting to submit a proposal for #NCTE19!

Visit http://convention.ncte.org/2018-convention/whyattend/ for a toolkit to help you make the case to attend!

FIRST TIME AT NCTE? Be sure to join us for a special First-Timers’ Welcome on Friday morning, where longtime NCTE members Donalyn Miller and Ernest Morrell will welcome newcomers to the Convention. Veteran attendees will be seated at every table and they will talk with you about how to get the most out of your convention experience. You won’t want to miss it!

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From Convention to Classroom

TEACHERS SHARE WHAT THEY’VE LEARNED. “I attended the Convention to learn more about standards-based grading and secondary reading-writing workshops. I sat in on many sessions, listening to how others implemented these approaches; this was integral to building my confidence to change my practices. As soon as I returned, I jumped into a workshop model, which has already changed much since then! My classroom looks different, students are joyfully engaging with reading, and I am shifting to healthier grading practices. Onward to #NCTE18!”

“After coming back from the Convention, I had SO many great ideas to get my students not just writing, but enjoying the creative process that goes with it. One particular writing prompt they loved was called ‘A Whole New World,’ which author Mitali Perkins introduced to me. Students had to pick a place, a human character, and an emotion. Then, using their imagination, they had to create a short scene describing that person, in that place, feeling that emotion.

My students loved this challenge!”

— Nicholas A. Emmanuele

— Sarah Krajewski

“I learned about sketchnotes by looking over my shoulder at NCTE member Tanny McGregor’s notebook—she was live sketching the presentation, capturing the key ideas verbally and visually.

Inspired by this idea, I connected with Tanny after the session and sought out additional resources.

I began experimenting myself, and soon after started teaching students how to take visual notes.

Their first assignment was to sketchnote a TED Talk, and later, to create visual notes about their independent reading books. I recently asked preservice teacher graduate students to create visual notes to synthesize their learning across the course.”

“After attending a session with Penny Kittle and Kelly Gallagher about their book 180 Days, we decided to connect two racially and socioeconomically different urban and suburban schools in Connecticut through Angie Thomas’s The Hate U Give. Over six weeks, other than two face-to-face meetings, students engaged in conversations about the book through Flipgrid. This powerful experience is best summed up by a student reflection: ‘. . . today I had probably one of the most important conversations I’ve ever had in my life. . . . if our school hadn’t participated in this book club, I still wouldn’t have had the realization that police brutality is so much more than a couple headline stories make it out to be.’”

— Rebecca Marsick

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GENERAL SESSIONS AND CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE

Wani Olatunde

General Session / Thursday, November 15, 4:00–5:30 PM Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie was born in Enugu, Nigeria. Her first novel, Purple Hibiscus (2003), won the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and her second novel, Half of a Yellow Sun (2006), won the Orange Prize. Her 2013 novel Americanah won the US National Book Critics Circle Award and was named one of the New York Times Top Ten Best Books of 2013. Her most recent book, Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions, was published in March 2017. She was named one of TIME magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2015, and Fortune magazine named her one of the World’s 50 Greatest Leaders in 2017.

SEVEN IN SEVEN General Session / Friday, November 16, 8:00–9:15 AM Friday’s General Session will be fast and full of energy. This session will be a celebration of students who are using their voices to change the world and will be facilitated by NCTE members Antero Garcia and Kristin Ziemke. Seven students ages 11 to 21 will share their passions with attendees.

Marley Dias: Social activist behind #1000blackgirlbooks

Xiuhtezcatl Martinez: indigenous climate activist and hip-hop artist (center) Sara Abou Rashed: Inspirational multilingual poet and author

Olivia Van Ledjte: Reader, thinker, and kids’ voice believer

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Andrea Cipriani Mecchi

Speakers at this session include students who have created movements or organizations, raising their voices to create change.

Alex King: Student advocate for gun reform

Zephyrus Todd: Student and social media creator

Jordyn Zimmerman: Avid speaker and advocate for all students

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

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ALL-ATTENDEE EVENT Friday, November 16, 6:45–8:45 PM On Friday evening, all attendees are invited to join NCTE as we celebrate stories with the power to transform lives by a panel of authors and illustrators of books for all ages.

Elizabeth Acevedo

Nina LaCour is the author of the Michael L. Printz Awardwinning novel We Are Okay, as well as the William Morris honor novel Hold Still. Formerly a bookseller and high school English teacher, she is now on the faculty of Hamline University’s MFAC program.

Kristyn Stroble

Sharon M. Draper is a teacher and accomplished writer.

She has been honored as the National Teacher of the Year, and is a New York Times bestselling author. Her book Stella by Starlight received the 2016 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award for Outstanding Fiction for Children.

Sharon M. Draper

Nina LaCour

Helen Adams

Elizabeth Acevedo is the youngest child and only daughter of Dominican immigrants. She has more than fourteen years of performance poetry experience, and has been an English teacher. The Poet X, a New York Times bestseller, is her debut novel.

Loren Long

Loren Long is an award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling children’s book author and illustrator. He is the creator of the Otis series of picture books, as well as Little Tree. He is the illustrator of Love by Matt de la Peña, and Of Thee I Sing by President Barack Obama.

Matt de la Peña is the #1 New York Times bestselling, Newbery Medal-winning author of five picture books (including Love and Last Stop on Market Street) as well as six critically acclaimed young adult novels.

Matt de la Peña

CHRISTOPHER EMDIN General Session / Saturday, November 17, 9:30–10:45 AM Christopher Emdin is an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics, Science, and Technology at Teachers College, Columbia University, where he also serves as associate director of the Institute for Urban and Minority Education. Emdin is the creator of the #HipHopEd social media movement and the New York Times bestseller, For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood . . . and the Rest of Y’all Too. He was named the 2015 Multicultural Educator of the Year by the National Association of Multicultural Educators and has been honored as a STEM Access Champion of Change by the White House under President Obama.

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GENERAL SESSIONS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS + BUILD YOUR STACK™ !

NCTE PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS Sunday, November 18, 12:00–1:30 PM On Sunday, participants are invited to the NCTE presidential address by NCTE President Jocelyn A. Chadwick. Following this important address, Peter and Paul Reynolds will close out the Convention.

Jocelyn A. Chadwick is president of NCTE. She has been an English teacher for over thirty years—beginning at Irving High School in Texas and later moving on to the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where she was a professor for nine years and still guest lectures.

Chadwick also serves as a consultant for school districts around the country and assists English departments with curricula to reflect diversity and cross-curricular content.

Paul Reynolds is CEO and cofounder of Boston-based FableVision, which creates and distributes original educational media, mobile games, and apps designed to move the world to a better place. Going Places, a picture book about creativity and engineering, was Paul’s first collaboration with twin brother, Peter. They followed that up with a STEM-meets-Arts (STEAM) early chapter book series called Sydney & Simon, which includes Full STEAM Ahead!, Go Green! and To the Moon!

Peter H. Reynolds is a New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many books for children, including The Dot, Ish, and Happy Dreamer. His books have been translated into over twenty-five languages around the globe and are celebrated worldwide. In 1996, he founded FableVision with his twin brother, Paul, as a social change agency to help create “stories that matter, stories that move.” He lives in Dedham, Massachusetts, with his family.

Paul Reynolds

Peter H. Reynolds

IT'S TIME TO BUILD YOUR STACK™ !

NCTE’s Annual Convention is always a great place to stock up on books.

This year we’ve added a feature designed to celebrate their possibilities.

Visit the Build Your Stack stage in the Exhibit Hall for a 20-minute session featuring authors and educators talking about their favorite books and how to use them in the classroom.

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Topics will include:

• How to host mock book award competitions • Teaching poetry that inspires action • Diverse titles in fiction texts • Best new international picture books • Books with the potential to save lives • Favorite new YA fiction • and much, much more

MEAL EVENTS

FOOD FOR THOUGHT Each full day of the Convention offers ticketed meals that also include talks by education luminaries, announcements of award winners in the various Sections and groups, announcements of the Charlotte Huck and Orbis Pictus children’s book award winners, and authors discussing current projects.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 11:30 AM–1:30 PM Middle Level Section Luncheon ELATE (English Language Arts Teacher Educators; formerly CEE) Luncheon

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 7:00–9:15 AM ALAN (Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE) Breakfast 12:30–2:30 PM Children’s Book Award Luncheon Secondary Section Luncheon

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 7:00–8:45 AM Children’s Literature Assembly Breakfast Affiliate Roundtable Breakfast

Can’t purchase a ticket?

10:30-11:45 AM National Writing Project Brunch

We always provide some seating for those who just want to listen!

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WHAT’S ON THE MENU? FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 / 11:30 AM–1:30 PM Middle Level Section Luncheon

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 / 11:30 AM–1:30 PM ELATE Luncheon David Levithan is the author of many acclaimed and bestselling YA novels, including Every Day; Another Day; Boy Meets Boy; Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist (with Rachel Cohn); Two Boys Kissing; and Will Grayson, Will Grayson (with John Green). His newest novel written with Rachel Cohn, Sam and Ilsa’s Last Hurrah, was published in April, and his sequel to Every Day, titled Someday, will be published in September. By day, David is an editor and publisher of other people’s children’s and YA novels. By night, he sleeps in New Jersey.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 / 7:00–9:15 AM ALAN Breakfast A.S. King is the critically acclaimed author of eleven novels for young readers, including Still Life with Tornado. Her work has earned numerous awards, including an L.A. Times Book Prize, a Printz Honor, and over fifty starred reviews. The New York Times called her “one of the best YA writers working today.” She teaches at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and lives in Pennsylvania with her family.

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 / 12:30–2:30 PM Children’s Book Award Luncheon 2018 award winners Jason Chin and Dan Santat will discuss their writing during keynote presentations, and the 2019 awards will be announced. Everyone with a ticket will dine at a roundtable with an award-winning author and/or illustrator (more than 30 attend every year!) AND receive one of their books.

Dan Santat Jason Chin

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Jake Hamilton

Linda Sue Park is the author of the Newbery Medal-winning book A Single Shard and the bestseller A Long Walk to Water. She has written several acclaimed picture books. She lives in Rochester, New York, with her family.

MEAL EVENTS

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 17 / 12:30–2:30 PM Secondary Section Luncheon José Luis Vilson is a math educator, blogger, speaker, and activist in New York City. He is the author of This Is Not a Test: A New Narrative on Race, Class, and Education, and has spoken about education, math, and race for a number of organizations and publications, including the New York Times, Education Week, the Guardian, Al Jazeera America, Huffington Post, Edutopia, GOOD, and El Diario / La Prensa, NY. He is the founder and Executive Director of #EduColor, a Math for America fellow, and a National Board Certified teacher.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 7:00–8:45 AM Children’s Literature Assembly Breakfast Candace Fleming is the author of numerous books for young adults and children, including the nonfiction titles The Lincolns: A Scrapbook Look at Abraham and Mary, winner of the Boston Globe-Horn Book Award for Nonfiction, and Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart, a New York Times Notable Children’s Book of the Year.

Photo courtesy of the author

Eric Rohmann is a painter, printer, and fine-bookmaker. He is the author/ illustrator of the Caldecott Medal-winning My Friend Rabbit and the Caldecott Honor Book Time Flies. He and Candace Fleming have collaborated on numerous acclaimed children’s books, including the upcoming Strongheart: Wonder Dog of the Silver Screen and Oh, No!, recipient of three starred reviews.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 7:00–8:45 AM Affiliate Roundtable Breakfast Leah Zuidema serves as associate provost, dean for curriculum and instruction, and professor of English at Dordt College, Iowa. She began her passion for the profession as a high school English teacher and has dedicated her career to the field as an instructor of composition, technical writing, literature, and English teacher education. Leah is passionate about supporting teachers as writers and is cofounder of and was a coeditor for the peer-reviewed blog Teachers, Profs, Parents: Writers Who Care. She recently coauthored Coaching Teacher-Writers: Practical Steps to Nurture Professional Writing.

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 18 / 10:30–11:45 AM NEW! National Writing Project Brunch National Writing Project Executive Director Elyse Eidman-Aadahl will offer remarks about the state of the NWP network and their work this past year at this special brunch gathering. The event is designed for teacher-leaders affiliated with National Writing Project sites around the country. Join your colleagues for food and conversation about issues important to your site, teaching writing, and more.

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ELEMENTARY EXPERIENCE “When you go to the NCTE Convention, you meet other professionals who are like you, whether you’re a classroom teacher or an administrator or an academic. Whoever you are in your professional role, you meet people like you—educators who are excited about the same authors and children’s literature and writing strategies, and who are likely facing a lot of the same challenges in their contexts. Together, you reboot your professional courage and reenergize.”

— Kathryn Whitmore, Elementary Section Chair

“I love reconnecting at the Elementary Section Get-Together. Attending shows me that I'm not the only teacher engaging her students in critical, culturally sustaining inquiry; we are all across the nation. When I come back, I'm refueled and ready to try something I may have been hesitant about or deemed impossible before. It's also one of the more racially diverse conferences I've been to, in both attendees and presenters.

There is no other place like Convention. ” — Janelle Henderson, NCTE Elementary Section member

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Teachers of our youngest students will find plenty to explore at #NCTE18. From incredible authors and illustrators, to the leading experts and innovators in our field, every hour is packed with sessions designed just for you. And every session will find you sitting next to other teachers who are just as passionate about early literacy as you are.

WHAT KINDS OF SESSIONS CAN I ATTEND? Over the course of the 2018 NCTE Annual Convention, there are more than 300 sessions designated at the elementary level, but you might be surprised at the ideas you can glean from sessions at EVERY level. Here are just a few of the topics:

• Using Diverse Literature to Promote Social Justice and Amplify Student Voices

• Voice, Vision, and Variety: Empowering Students with Innovative Nonfiction

• Growing Extraordinary Writers: Campuswide Writing Instruction K–5

• Literacy, Writing, and Math: Using Technology to Engage and Motivate Early Childhood Students

WHO WILL BE THERE? Each year more than 250 authors attend the Convention to give presentations, meet teachers, and sign books! This year will include Dan Santat, winner of the 2018 Charlotte Huck Award, and Jason Chin, winner of the 2018 Orbis Pictus Award. The Children’s Literature Assembly hosts a popular breakfast where attendees get a free book by the keynote speakers, Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann. Many authors will be presenting on panels throughout the Convention and almost all do book signings in the Exhibit Hall.

WHAT IF I WORK IN EARLY CHILDHOOD? WILL THERE BE SOMETHING FOR ME? Absolutely! The latest and greatest in early literacy education can be found at the “Day of Early Childhood” on Saturday. These sessions are specially curated by the Early Childhood Education Assembly of NCTE and focus specifically on issues and strategies for teaching and advocating for preschool and early elementary-age children.

WHOLE LANGUAGE UMBRELLA There’s a strand of sessions at #NCTE18 built around whole language theory, research, and pedagogy. Meet the founders of the whole language movement and learn about what this approach to language learning looks like in today’s classrooms.

3 ELEMENTARY FAVORITES: ELEMENTARY SECTION GET-TOGETHER — Meet NCTE’s elected leaders who represent the Elementary Section, network with educators from across the country, and snack on hors d’oeuvres while learning about “funds of knowledge” with keynote speaker Luis C. Moll.

CHILDREN’S BOOK AWARD LUNCHEON — Everyone gets a book and dines with an author. The 2019 award winners will be announced live.

Luis C. Moll

CHILDREN’S LITERATURE ASSEMBLY BREAKFAST — A beloved author keynotes, and all attendees get copies of a book by that author.

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MIDDLE LEVEL EXPERIENCE

“The Convention is designed to create an ambience of membership. We seek to include all middle level teachers in a professional community where voices can be heard and where issues can be contemplated and resolved. Middle level teachers will leave with a sense of belonging and hope which inspires them to make a difference in their classrooms when they return home. ” — Frances Lin, incoming Middle Level Steering Committee Chair

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WHAT KINDS OF SESSIONS CAN I ATTEND? Over the course of the Convention there are more than 500 sessions designated at the middle level, but you’ll find plenty of interest at other levels as well. Topics include

• Story Architects: Using Design Thinking to Inspire Creative Writing and Build Empathy

• Troubling the Mainstream: Diversifying Gender and Sexuality Representation in Middle Grade Fiction

• Practical Tips for Using Digital Portfolios with Students

• Raising Student Voice through Poetry: Hip-Hop, Spoken Word, and Global Change

WHO WILL BE THERE? If you are a fan of young adult literature, you will find yourself rubbing shoulders with all the hottest authors from your bookshelves. But you’ll also meet the experts who have been at the forefront of shaping literacy instruction for the middle grades. Here is just a sample of the authors and educators on the schedule: Jennifer Holm, Penny Kittle, Kate Messner, Donalyn Miller, Naomi Shihab Nye, and Linda Sue Park.

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There is so much happening in the Middle Level at NCTE. From Section-specific events to a thoughtfully chosen program, you’ll notice an energized focus on crafting sessions that speak to the complexities of teaching students in the middle grades and bringing leading authors and educators to the podium. Discover new ideas, new tools, and new friends!

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A. S. King

MIDDLE FAVORITES: MIDDLE LEVEL MEET-UP — Kick off your convention experience with this gathering of middle level attendees. There will be food, friends, and the chance to meet Section leaders, as well as a keynote from award-winning author Duncan Tonatiuh.

ALAN BREAKFAST — A. S. King will keynote this popular breakfast event. If you’re looking for even deeper immersion in YA lit, you might enjoy the ALAN Workshop, November 19–20 (see p. 25). #WHYMIDDLEMATTERS is an overarching title for a few incredible learning experiences. This year the roundtable “Pursuing Justice and Equity Together” will bring educators together to talk, reflect, and create action. The “Middle Level Mosaic” is a session that features resources, conversations, and strategies around a mosaic of literature discussed by some of your favorite authors.

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SECONDARY EXPERIENCE

“For me, coming to the Convention every year is almost like a professional family reunion. I can’t wait to see everybody there. I know our teachers are going to have a phenomenal experience this year.

As the Secondary Section Steering Committee, we’re actually sponsoring six sessions. In those sessions we’re going to be talking about self-care, we’re going to be talking about technology, we’re going to be talking about policy and advocacy. We have some phenomenal speakers lined up.

In this day and age it’s important to be in charge of your own growth as a professional. There’s no better way to do that and stay on the top of your game than to join us in Houston this November.”

—SHEKEMA SILVERI, Secondary Section Chair

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NCTE’s Secondary Section has filled the program with the best professional learning you’ll ever find and a giant network of colleagues who you’ll want to keep connected to all year long. Whether you love teaching poetry, the Bard, critical literacy, choice reading, disciplinary writing, or some other specialty of grades 9–12, this Convention has you covered.

WHAT KINDS OF SESSIONS CAN I ATTEND? John Midgley

Over the course of the Convention there are more than 500 sessions designated at the secondary level. Here are just a few of the topics that will be offered:

• YA and the Arts: How Teen Fiction Can Inspire a New Generation of Artists, Musicians, and Filmmakers

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José Luis Vilson

• Writing Ourselves: Ideas for Bridging the Gap between High School and College Writing

• Student Voice, Digital Literacy, and Shakespeare: Bringing the Bard into the 21st Century

• Gatsby, A Raisin in the Sun, and Inequality Today: Nurturing Student Voices about Equity and Justice

WHO WILL BE THERE? Many of the keynote speakers, like Elizabeth Acevedo, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and Nina LaCour, are popular with high school students; YA lit authors are featured in sessions every hour of the Convention. Additionally we have education advocates who have been influential in the secondary space joining us this year, including #HipHopEd creator Christopher Emdin.

3 SECONDARY FAVORITES: SECONDARY SECTION GET-TOGETHER — Gather with hundreds of other secondary teachers to kick off the Convention in this opening session that features a welcoming community, a keynote address from Daniel José Older, and refreshments!

HIGH SCHOOL MATTERS — A bonanza for teaching ideas and the sharing of great innovations, this popular double session features a room full of roundtables, each hosted by an English expert who meets with attendees in small groups to share resources and strategies.

SECONDARY LUNCHEON — José Luis Vilson, math educator, blogger, and activist, will keynote this meal.

It’s also a great place to celebrate the work of secondary teachers through an annual awards presentation.

I’M A SCHOOL PRINCIPAL— ARE THERE SESSIONS FOR ME? This Convention is rich with learning experiences for everyone who supports literacy learning both in and outside the school, but if you’re an instructional leader searching for the maximum learning experience, you’ll also want to take advantage of NCTE’s Conference on English Leadership (CEL). Learn more about CEL’s Convention (November 18–20) on page 25.

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COLLEGE EXPERIENCE

“What keeps me coming back to the Convention is listening to and making connections to my colleagues in K–12. We do not get a blank slate at the college level in terms of literacy instruction with our students, and whether it’s external, parents, other experiences, or K–12 education, we are not doing this alone, so I know that I have learned a lot from my colleagues in the K–12 spectrum of work and hopefully, in dialoguing with them, they’ve learned from me as well.”

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— Shelley Rodrigo, College Section Chair

NCTE’s College Section represents a wide diversity of experiences, and our convention offerings reflect that variety. You’ll find sessions presented by leaders from our Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) that address issues pertinent to teaching first-year writing and assessment in composition courses. You’ll also find hundreds of sessions that are tailored to the needs of those who work in teacher education at the college level; these address teacher preparation across the preK–12 spectrum. If you happen to teach college English, you’ll be intrigued by a range of interesting sessions on literature. There’s truly something for everyone.

WHAT KINDS OF SESSIONS CAN I ATTEND? Over the course of the Convention there are more than 270 sessions designated at the college level. Here are just a few of the topics:

• Talking about Transitions: Creating Conversations for Student Success in College Writing

• Pedagogies That Support Cultural Equity

WHAT ABOUT RESEARCH? Each year the Annual Convention features a carefully selected set of sessions devoted entirely to current research in the field. Poster talks run every day and offer opportunities to talk one-on-one with researchers, and panel sessions bring together different perspectives on critical issues. You will be able to search the “Research Strand” on our online program to explore more than 80 sessions.

and Social Justice

• Professional Development for Faculty as Writers: Modeling the Process of Finding Voice

• Teaching Literature in Higher Education I’M A TEACHER EDUCATOR— ARE THERE SESSIONS FOR ME? The English Language Arts Teacher Educators (ELATE—formerly the Conference on English Education) puts together a special program with more than 140 sessions for those who are engaged in the preparation, support, and continuing education of teachers of English language arts/literacy. You can attend large roundtable sessions and meet dozens of people who have come to share their research, as well as smaller, more focused sessions on current issues in the field.

Here is a sample of the topics that are covered:

• Teachers as Free Speech Defenders: Strategies for Responding to Book Challenges

• The Places We Learn and Teach: Rural, Urban, and Digital Spaces

• The Future Is Now: Exploring 21st-Century Teaching Ideas with the Next Generation of English Teachers

• From Adolescent Development to Critical

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COLLEGE FAVORITES: FEATURED COLLEGE SESSIONS — The College Section has designed special sessions that address current issues in the field that reverberate through our classrooms.

ELATE LUNCHEON — Celebrate the accomplishments of ELATE (English Language Arts Teacher Educators) members via an awards ceremony and enjoy the words of acclaimed and bestselling YA author and keynote speaker David Levithan. *NEW* COLLEGE WORKSHOP — This is an immersive learning experience for college teachers that will take place from 2:45 to 5:30 on Saturday. The event will feature an awards presentation, a keynote address from Houston-area educator and activist Roni Dean-Burren, and a hands-on workshop in which participants develop action plans inspired by Dean-Burren’s approach to community engagement.

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DEEPEN YOUR L Want to expand your NCTE convention experience even more? Consider jumping feet first into a Preconvention Workshop. These four-hour sessions are designed to be in-depth and interactive learning experiences focused on a single topic. Enrollment is limited; register early, as the workshops fill up quickly. Complete descriptions of these workshops and presenters’ names can be found on the convention website.

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Apps, Tools, and Strategies to Empower Students and Educators to Release Their Creativity

W.02 Balancing Tech with Traditional: Taming the Wild Text for Today’s Readers W.03 Creative Community Collaborations: Raising Student Voice through Youth Participatory Action Research in the Literacy Classroom W.04 Decolonizing the English Classroom: What Can You Do? W.05 Enlightened Participation: Designing Infographics to “Illuminate” a Bigger Story W.06 Fighting “Truth Decay”: Using Documentary Film in the Classroom W.07 Giving Voice and Power to Readers—Why Flexible Small Reading Groups Matter W.08 Growing Extraordinary Writers: Campus-Wide Writing Instruction K–5 W.09 Honoring Our Stories: Place- and Project-Based Multimodal Narratives for Change

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Learning to Go High: Lessons for the Awakening and Activation of Hope

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Mirrors and Windows: Using Contemporary Latinx Art to Inspire Narratives and Poetry

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Move Your Audience with Moving Images

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Student Podcasting: Voice and Advocacy for Authentic Audiences

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The Social Justice English Classroom

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Using Playlists and Open Badges to Amp Youth Voices

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Using Primary Sources to Develop Inquiry in the English Classroom

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Voices for Change: Creating Classrooms That Develop Student Voice and Agency through Story, Purposeful Talk, and Value for Multiple Perspectives

LEARNING WITH A WORKSHOP CEL ANNUAL CONVENTION

ALAN WORKSHOP

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NOVEMBER 19–20

CELebrating the Vision, Voice, and Momentum of Leadership

Reading and Writing Resistance: Acting Up, Speaking Out in YA Lit

For 50 years, the Conference on English Leadership (CEL) has established, nurtured, and sustained a community of literacy leaders. Join us as we celebrate the vision and accomplishments of those who contributed to this organization, and look to the future to craft a vision for the next 50 years of literacy education, at the 2018 CEL Annual Convention. Register via the CEL convention website, http://www2.ncte.org/groups/cel/ convention/, where you can also find the most up-to-date information about speakers and topics.

From its inception, the field of young adult literature has pushed against norms, offered voice for those whose voices have been minimized or silenced, and introduced us to characters who resist expectations and restrictions. At the 2018 ALAN Workshop, we will celebrate adolescent literature that resists the status quo, pushes us beyond our comfort zones, and forces us to consider the tough questions.

Register on the NCTE convention registration page, and for the most up-to-date information, see the ALAN website: alan-ya.org/workshop.

“The two things that keep me coming back year after year are the connections I’ve made with people and continuing to grow as a leader. When I go to my bosses year after year and request the time off, I really can sell it as one of the only opportunities that I have as a leader to go and meet and learn with other folks who are in my position from all over the country.”

“I attended my first ALAN Workshop in Indianapolis in 2004. As soon as I left that ballroom I knew I wanted to return, and I haven’t missed a workshop since. ALAN is like no other experience at the NCTE Convention.

You’ll share two days with authors, teachers, librarians, and students who love young adult literature as much as you do. No other conference that I’ve attended can offer the sheer number (roughly 80+) of YAL authors, as well as the diversity of voices and genres. You’ll leave the workshop with new books and teaching ideas for your classrooms, and a renewed enthusiasm for your students’ reading. We look forward to seeing you in Houston! ”

— Heather Rocco, CEL Chair “CEL can be for people in traditional school leadership roles as well as your teachers like me who are looking to connect and lead from the classroom. I still love teaching and I don’t want to go into administration. To find a community bigger than where I was and to find people like me at CEL felt like coming home. It was rejuvenating and did so much to revitalize me as an English practitioner.”

— Kate Baker, 2018 CEL Convention Chair

— Mark Letcher, President, Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE

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EXHIBIT HALL The NCTE Exhibit Hall is the place to find the latest and greatest books and other classroom resources, author-signed works, and new titles from authors your students admire. You’ll have the chance to talk with publishers about what’s new for the classroom and to pick up texts to share with colleagues. We’re extending Exhibit Hall hours this year, so there’s more time for you to schedule multiple trips.

It’s also a great place to meet up with colleagues and take breaks between sessions. The Convention Program and Convention App both include maps of the Exhibit Hall for maximum planning efficiency. Watch for the Meet the Authors booklet to find out when your favorite authors will be appearing, and be sure to stop by the Build Your Stack™ (learn more on p. 12) area for a new way to learn from your peers about the best books for your classroom.

TIPS FOR VISITING THE EXHIBIT HALL 1. Pack your travel bag inside a larger bag so you will have one empty bag for carting home books.

2. Don’t want to carry back a bag of books? There will be a shipping station in the hall to make it easy to box up your finds and send them home.

“I came back [from NCTE] with a head full of ideas, arms full of books, and my heart full of the good so many teachers are doing in this country.”

— Lynn Hagen

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3. You can get access to all kinds of freebies, drawings, and other opportunities if you choose to join mailing lists for vendors on the floor. Some attendees bring sheets of sticky labels with their contact info on them to make it easy to add their names to lists.

4. Talk to the publishers on the floor about what texts they’re excited about. Some will be sharing advance reader copies of books that aren’t even out yet. Others may put a previously unknown treasure in your hands.

2018 EXHIBITORS

WHO WILL BE THERE? 30 Minute Shakespeare Abrams ALAN – Assembly on Literature for Adolescents of NCTE American Shakespeare Center Amplify Arc Manor Custom Solutions Arte Público Press Bedford, Freeman & Worth High School Publishers Bloomsbury Children’s Books Blue Willow Bookshop BMI Educational Services Booksource Boyds Mills Press bulb Digital Portfolios Cambridge University Press Candlewick Press Cardinal Publishers Group Charlesbridge Publishing Children’s Literature Assembly of NCTE Chronicle Books Collaborative for Teaching & Learning CommonLit Corwin The DBQ Project DC Entertainment DGP Publishing, Inc. Digital Public Library of America Disney Book Group Dover Publications Echoes & Reflections Eerdmans Books for Young Readers EMC School Fitzhenry & Whiteside Folger Shakespeare Library Gareth Hinds / TheComic.com

“I met Twitter friends for the first time face-to-face. I got to present with my amazing and faithful blogging buddies—and Tom Newkirk! I loaded my shoulder bag with loads of new books for my classroom library, compliments of the book vendors in the Exhibit Hall. I talked with some fascinating educators and attended fantastic sessions—all tattooed on my heart with meaningful messages.” — Amy Rasmussen

Great Minds Hachette Book Group USA HarperCollins HarperCollins Children’s Books Heinemann Publishers Holiday House Houghton Mifflin Harcourt International Writing Centers Association – an NCTE Assembly James Lorimer & Company, Ltd. Journalism Education Association – an NCTE Assembly JSTOR & Artstor Kids Can Press LearnZillion Lerner Publishing Lion Forge Little, Brown & Company Books for Young Readers Loose Canon Macmillan Adult Macmillan Children’s Publishing Group Magination Press, American Psychological Association McGraw-Hill Education Measurement Incorporated Membean, Inc. Mentoring Minds Middlebury Bread Loaf School of English myShakespeare National English Honor Society National Gallery of Art National Writing Project

Norton Orca Book Publishers / Second Story Press Parkhurst Brothers Publisher

Peachtree Publishers Pearson Penguin Random House Perfection Learning Perma-Bound Poetry Out Loud Publisher Spotlight Publishers Group West Read Side by Side Publications Readerbound Books ReadNaturally Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Routledge Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Saddleback Publishing Sadlier Scholastic Inc. Scripps National Spelling Bee, Inc. Share Your Learning Simon & Schuster, Inc. Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program at Pine Manor College Sourcebooks South Asia Book Award SpringBoard, College Board Stenhouse Publishers Sterling Publishing Teachers College Press Teacher's Discovery Teaching Tolerance Tor-Forge Books Treetop Publishing, Inc. Turabian / The Chicago Manual of Style Wonderopolis WordPlay Shakespeare Workman Publishers Write the World

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NEW NCTE BOO NCTE members have been hard at work writing rich and relevant texts that inform, engage, and inspire. Many NCTE authors will be presenting at #NCTE18*. There’s nothing better than getting first-hand insight, not to mention that author autograph! *Presenting authors denoted by the mic on the covers.

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Be sure to attend the “Publish with NCTE” session to learn some tips for putting together a successful book proposal directly from our publishing team.

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