Literacy Unleash the Power
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Literacy Unleash the Power Illinois Reading Council Conference March 13-15, 2008 Springfield, Illinois Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the Executive Board, the IRC staff, and the 2008 Conference Committee members, I would like to welcome you to our 40th Annual Illinois Reading Council Conference. We are thrilled you chose to join other educational professionals to attend what promises to be an enlightening and entertaining conference. Our theme for the 2008 Illinois Reading Council Conference is Literacy: Unleash the Power. The theme’s logo includes a book (for obvious reasons) and a flash of lightning (for not quite as obvious a reason). While lightning may seem at first glance ominous and foreboding, it is also quite beautiful and fascinating. One of nature’s most powerful forces, lightning can reach over five miles in length and soar to approximately 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit. It contains 100 million electrical volts. Now that’s power. Lightning is also a study in contrasts. Though the lightning itself is hotter than the surface of the sun, ice in the cloud is a key element in the development of lightning. The varying size of the ice crystals cause rising and sinking motions resulting in particle collisions. Positively charged ice crystals rise to the top; negatively charged ice particles drop to the middle and lower parts of the storm. The result is a spark of lightning. Similar to lightning, literacy experiences can be ominous, foreboding, beautiful, fascinating, positive, and negative. The combination of elements at any given moment contributes to whether students rise to the top or find themselves lost in a storm. Our awe-inspiring speakers are certain to help you spark your students on to success. Our award-winning authors of literature, internationally acclaimed professional development authors, and knowledgeable regional speakers will entertain, educate, challenge, motivate, rejuvenate, and engage you. We are hosting tried and true favorite events like Book Gossip, Poetry Coffeehouse, and Hear the Authors Read and destined to become favorite events like Authors Reader’s Theatre, the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Illinois Author Luncheon, and the IRC Comedy Club Night with Wavelength. We are also including a special Lincoln Strand (designated with a Lincoln hat symbol) to help you celebrate the bicentennial of Lincoln’s birth next year. As you can imagine, a conference with all of these fabulous speakers, exhibitors, and events doesn’t plan itself. I offer my deepest personal thanks to the many volunteers who worked to make this conference a success and my heartfelt thanks to you for taking the time to attend the conference. (And I apologize in advance for all of the shockingly bad puns about power, electricity and lightning that you’ll no doubt hear during the conference.) We hope that after attending the conference you will be inspired to embrace the positives, the negatives, the jolts, the sparks, the beauty, and the power of literacy learning. Let’s unleash the power together! Sincerely, Roxanne Farwick Owens 2008 Conference Chair TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome Letter from the 2008 IRC Conference Chair.................................................. 1 Table of Con- tents..............................................................................................2 Conference Overview...................................................................................3 Acknowledgments........................................................................................4 IRA Dignitaries..............................................................................................5 General Conference Information..................................................................6 Program Autograph Sessions......................................................................................7 Professional Development (CPDUs)................................................................8 Welcome Reception (Educators & Legislators)...............................................9 Book Gossip.............................................................................10 Thursday Program Sessions...................................................................11-34 Authors Readers Theatre................................................................36 Hear the Authors Read & Autographing........................................................37 Friday Program Sessions.........................................................................38-66 Storytelling....................................................................67 Poetry Coffeehouse ...........................................................................67 Saturday Program Sessions...................................................................69-77 Exhibitors................................................................................................82-87 Map of the Exhibit Area...........................................................................88 Map of Meeting Rooms at the A Lincoln Hotel...................................89 Map of Meeting Rooms at the Hilton Hotel...............................................90 Map of Meeting Rooms at the Convention Center....................................91 Shuttle Bus Service and Schedules........................................................92-93 Index of Program Presenters...............................................94-96 CPDU Evaluation.................................................................97-98 CPDU Evidence of Completion..............................................99-100 Evaluation....................................................................................101-102 Illinois Reading Council Program Committee Chairs - 2008..............................................................4 IRC Executive Committee............................................................................5 Certificate of Recognition & Hall of Fame Awards................................8 Prairie State Award.......................................................................35 IRC Past Presidents...................................................................78 IRC Board of Directors.................................................................................79 Request for Membership on IRC Standing Committees.............................80 Page 2 IRC Conference 2008 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW Wednesday, March 12, 2008 Registration - Convention Center Lobby 5:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Welcome Reception - A. Lincoln Ballroom 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Book Gossip - A. Lincoln Ballroom 8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Thursday, March 13, 2008 Registration - Convention Center Lobby 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Thursday Breakfast - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Teri Lesesne 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Orientation for New Participants 7:00 a.m.. - 7:45 a.m. Sessions/Featured Speakers/Workshops 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Hall of Councils - Convention Center, Lower Level 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Exhibits - Convention Center 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Thursday Luncheon - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Laurie Halse Anderson 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Thursday Luncheon - Hilton Ballroom - Ralph Covert 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Sessions/Featured Speakers/Workshops 1:45 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Refreshments in Exhibit Area - Convention Center 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. A.R.T. - Authors Reader’s Theatre - Hilton Grand Ballroom 4:15 p.m. - 5:45 p.m. - Avi, Pam Muñoz Ryan, Richard Peck, Sarah Weeks Thursday Prairie State Award Banquet - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Brian Selznick 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. Hear the Authors Read - Hilton Grand Ballroom 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Hear the Authors Read Autographing - Hilton Grand Ballroom 9:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Friday, March 14, 2008 Registration - Convention Center Lobby 7:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. Friday Breakfast - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Ralph Fletcher 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Sessions/Featured Speakers/Workshops 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Hall of Councils - Convention Center, Lower Level 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Refreshments in Exhibit Area - Convention Center 8:30 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. Exhibits - Convention Center 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Friday IL Author/Illustrator Luncheon - A. Lincoln Ballroom - 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. (Dine with an Author/Illustrator and receive a free hardback autographed book) Friday Luncheon - Hilton Grand Ballroom - Regie Routman 11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. IRC Board of Directors Meeting - Hilton Rendezvous 4:15 p.m. - 4:45 p.m. Storytelling - Hilton Vista 1,2,3 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Preservice Teachers’ Pizza Party - A. Lincoln Freeport 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. Friday Banquet - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Luis Rodriguez 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Poetry Coffeehouse - Hilton Vista 1,2,3 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m Wavelength Performance - Hilton Grand Ballroom 8:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m. Saturday, March 15, 2008 Saturday Breakfast - A. Lincoln Ballroom - Laurence Yep 7:00 a.m. - 8:30 a.m. Registration - Convention Center Lobby 7:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Sessions/Featured Speakers/Workshops 8:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Saturday Author Luncheon - Hilton Grand Ballroom - Christopher Paul Curtis 11:45 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. IRC Conference 2008 Page 3 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Special appreciation is extended to the following professionals for their extensive contributions to the success of the 2008 Conference. PUBLISHERS and BUSINESSES Andersons Bookshops Book Gossip Hear the Authors Read Becky Anderson A.R.T. - Authors Readers Theatre ETA/Cuisenaire Miriam Trehearne Great Source Friday Breakfast ICARE Wavelength International Reading Association Taffy Raphael, Kathryn Au Lake-Cook Distributors