Monday November 24

Registration and Information CEL Convention 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/Exhibit Hall C, Street Marriott Rivercenter/Salon I, Third Floor Level CEL registrants should consult their CEL program booklet for the schedule of workshops, general sessions, panel Who’s Where Counter discussions, and social events taking place on Monday and For Locating Convention Registrants Tuesday. 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/Exhibit Hall C, Street Level

Today’s Timetable: An Overview 9:00 a.m.–Noon Commission on Literature 9:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Commission on Media 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Commission on Language 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m. Workshops 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Commission on Reading 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Secondary Section Steering Committee 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. Elementary Section Steering Committee, Middle Level Section Steering Committee, College Section Steering Committee, and Conference on College Composition and Communication Executive Committee Meeting

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s_259-270_2008 259 10/19/08, 2:08 PM Committee Meetings Commission Meetings 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted) 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted)

Elementary Section Steering Committee Commission on Language Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/008B, River Level 9:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m. Chair: Debra Goodman, Hofstra University, Hempstead, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/206A, Concourse New York Level Director: Ana Christina DaSilva Iddings, University of Middle Level Section Steering Committee Arizona, Tucson Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/215, Concourse Level Commission on Literature Chair: Nancy Patterson, Grand Valley State University, 9:00 a.m.–Noon Grand Rapids, Michigan Marriott Rivercenter/Conference Room 19, Third Floor Director: Judith Franzek, Montana State University, Bozeman Secondary Section Steering Committee 9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Commission on Media Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/212A, Concourse 9:00 a.m.–1:30 p.m. Level Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/206B, Concourse Chair: Wanda Porter, Kailua, Hawaii Level Director: William Kist, Kent State University, Ohio College Section Steering Committee Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/213A, Concourse Commission on Reading Level Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/213B, Concourse Chair: Jude Chudi Okpala, Howard Community College, Level Columbia, Maryland Director: Ruth Rigby, Charlotte County Public Schools, Port Charlotte, Florida Conference on College Composition and Communi- cation Executive Committee Meeting Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/209, Concourse Level Chair: Cheryl Glenn, Pennsylvania State University, University Park

Conference on English Leadership Executive Committee Meeting 7:00–9:00 p.m. Marriott Rivercenter/Conference Room 15, Third Floor Chair: Debbie Smith McCullar, Casper Junior High School, Wyoming

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s_259-270_2008 260 10/19/08, 2:08 PM Monday One-Day Workshops 9:00 a.m.–3:30 p.m.

Designations E, M, S, and C in parentheses following work- shop titles indicate interest levels for elementary, middle W.02 MODELING THE MULTIMODAL CLASS- level, secondary, and college teachers; G indicates general ROOM: PROMISING PRACTICES FROM interest, or all levels. THE MEDIA EDUCATION, ARTS, AND LITERACY PROJECT (MEAL) (M) NCTE Staff Coordinator: Jacqui Joseph-Biddle, Urbana, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/214A, Illinois Concourse Level Local Coordinator: Cynthia Tyroff, Northside Independent Presenters: Arthur Grau IV, Just Think, San Francisco, School District, San Antonio, Texas California Beverly Mann, Marina Middle School, San Francisco, Califor- W.01 RELATIONSHIPS THAT CREATE nia CHILDREN’S LITERATURE: LITERARY Elana Rosen, Just Think, San Francisco, California FAMILIES AND PROFESSIONAL PART- NERSHIPS (E–M–C) W.03 SHAKESPEARE SET FREE: A SHORT Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/217A, COURSE FROM THE FOLGER Concourse Level SHAKESPEARE LIBRARY (M–S) Sponsored by: Children’s Literature Assembly Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/207A, Co-Chairs: Lettie K. Albright, Texas Woman’s University, Concourse Level Denton Co-Chairs: Michael LoMonico, Folger Shakespeare Library, April Bedford, University of New Orleans, Louisiana Washington, DC, and Stony Brook University, New York Tradebook Authors: Jaime Adoff, Disney/Hyperion, New Robert Young, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC York, New York Presenters: Susan Biondo-Hench, Carlisle High School, Arnold Adoff, Yellow Springs, Ohio Pennsylvania Megan Montague Cash, Harcourt Children’s Books, San Carol Kelly, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC Diego, California Deidra Starnes, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC Tad Hills, Random House Children’s Books, New York, New Amy Ulen, Tumwater High School, Washington York Justine Larbaleister, Bloomsbury/Walker Books for Young W.04 ANALYZING PRIMARY SOURCES TO Readers, New York, New York DEVELOP CRITICAL LITERACY (M–S–C) John Bemelmans Marciano, Penguin Young Readers Group, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/211, New York, New York Concourse Level Patricia McKissack, Scholastic Inc., New York, New York Chair: Cheryl Lederle-Ensign, The Library of Congress, Monday Frederick McKissack, Scholastic Inc., New York, New York Washington, DC Frederick McKissack Jr., Scholastic Inc., New York, New York Presenters: Danna Bell-Russel, The Library of Congress, Mark Newgarden, Harcourt Children’s Books, San Diego, Washington, DC California Gail Petri, The Library of Congress, Washington, DC Nancy Paulsen, Penguin Young Readers Group, New York, New York W.05 STUDENT LEARNING COMMUNITIES: Lee Wade, Random House Children’s Books, New York, New LITERACY IN ACTION (M–S–C) York Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/212B, Scott Westerfeld, Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, Concourse Level New York, New York Presenters: Susan Kelly, University of Central Florida, Jacqueline Woodson, Penguin Young Readers Group, New Orlando York, New York ReLeah Lent, author/consultant, Morganton, Georgia

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s_259-270_2008 261 10/19/08, 2:08 PM W. 06 YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE IN THE W. 10 PEDAGOGICAL PRACTICES FOR TEACH- 21ST CENTURY: NEW MODELS FOR ING THE CLASSICS TO STRUGGLING TEACHING WRITING (M–S–C) READERS (S) Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/217C, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/207B, Concourse Level Concourse Level Chair: Pam B. Cole, Kennesaw State University, Georgia Chair: Katherine McKnight, National-Louis University, Presenters: Pam B. Cole, Kennesaw State University, Chicago, Illinois Georgia, “Teaching Leads and Voice with YA Literature” Presenters: Harry Ross, National-Louis University–North Bryan Gillis, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, “Teaching Shore Campus, Skokie, Illinois Style with Young Adult Literature” Scott Sullivan, National-Louis University–North Shore Dawn Latta Kirby, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, Campus, Skokie, Illinois “Teaching Memoir with YA Literature” Katie Mason, Kennesaw State University, Georgia, “Using YA W. 11 HOPE SPRINGS: CREATING WRITING Literature to Teach Writing for Social Justice” PROGRAMS FOR THE WRITING TESTED (G) W. 07 CREATING MORAL LEADER “SHIFT”: THE Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/007D, MILLENNIUM GENERATION AND GENO- River Level CIDE PREVENTION (M–S–C) Co-Chairs: Sherri Merritt, Wake County Public Schools, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/214C, Raleigh, North Carolina Concourse Level John Zimmerman, R. L. Patton High School, Morganton, Sponsored by the United States Holocaust Memorial North Carolina Museum Presenters: Kim Bowen, North Carolina State University, Presenters: Dana Humphrey, United States Holocaust Raleigh Memorial Museum, Washington, DC Glenda Stephens, Burke County Public Schools, Morganton, Aimee Young, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, North Carolina Washington, DC Amy Vaughn, R. L. Patton High School, Morganton, North Carolina W. 08 TEACHING ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS WITH WEB 2.0 TECHNOLOGIES (M–S–C) W. 12 INTENSIVE JOURNALISTIC WRITING: The University of Texas San Antonio CHANGING THE WAYS YOU TEACH AP Downtown ENGLISH COMPOSITION AND JOURNAL- Sponsored by the Assembly on Computers in English ISM (S–C) Consultants: Gail Desler, Elk Grove Unified School District, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/205, California Concourse Level Troy Hicks, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant Sponsored by the Assembly for Advisers of Student Ewa McGrail, Georgia State University, Atlanta Publications/Journalism Education Association Rich Rice, Texas Tech University, Lubbock Chair: Linda Barrington, Journalism Education Association, Allen Webb, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo Kansas State University, Manhattan Carl Young, North Carolina State University, Raleigh Presenters: Ron Bennett, Brigham Young University–Idaho, Rexburg W. 09 USING INTERACTIVE NOTEBOOKS TO Linda Lane-Hamilton, Lafayette High School, Williamsburg, FOSTER ACADEMIC SUCCESS WITH Virginia ENGLISH LEARNERS (S) Carol Lange, Journalism Education Association, Kansas State Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/006A, University, Manhattan River Level Alan Weintraut, Annandale High School, Virginia Presenters: Marcia Carter, San Luis Obispo County Office of Education, California W. 13 PREPARING STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE Anita Hernandez, California Polytechnic State University, San LITERACY: THE EXPOSITORY SHIFT AND Luis Obispo SHIMMY (S–C) Jeannine Richison, California Polytechnic State University, San Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/008A, Luis Obispo River Level Presenters: Lucinda Boswell, La Puente High School, California, “Going for the Look”

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s_259-270_2008 262 10/19/08, 2:08 PM Jennifer McAdams, Upland High School, California, “Fast Andrew Jeter, Niles West High School, Skokie, Illinois Food: Who’s to Blame?” Richard Kent, University of Maine, Orono Mark Weidman, Los Osos High School, Rancho Cucamonga, Mark Letcher, University of Oklahoma, Norman California, “Juvenile Justice” Patricia Melei, Lemont High School, Illinois Nancy Wilson, Texas State University, San Marcos and San W.14 SHIFTING INTO HIGH GEAR: MOVING Marcos High School, Texas YOUR AFFILIATE TOWARD EXCELLENCE (G) W.17 PLACE-BASED STORYTELLING: BRING- Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/210B, ING THE “WORLD” INTO LITERATURE: Concourse Level USING GOOGLE EARTH IN THE CLASS- Sponsored by the Standing Committee on Affiliates ROOM (G) Chair: Ulrich Hardt, Portland State University, Oregon Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/007C, Associate Chair: Claire Lamonica, Illinois State University, River Level Normal Chair: Leslie Rule, KQED, Education Network, Public Presenters: Elizabeth McAninch, Mercy High School, San Broadcasting, San Francisco, California Francisco, California Janice Neuleib, Illinois State University, Normal W.18 SHIFT TO 21ST CENTURY INTERAC- Leyton Schnellert, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British TIONS: BRINGING JAMES MOFFETT’S Columbia, Canada CURRICULUM INTO OUR CLASSROOMS Jim Cope, Kennesaw State University, Georgia (G) Georgia Edwards, Northside Independent School District, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/006C, San Antonio, Texas River Level Penny Konicek, West Houston Area Council of Teachers of Co-Chairs: Richard Graves, Auburn University, Alabama, English, Katy retired Peter Weeks, English Language Arts Council of the Alberta Sherry Seale Swain, Mississippi State University, Starkville Teachers Association, Canada Presenter: Betty Jane Wagner, Roosevelt University, Chicago, Dave Wendelin, Colorado Language Arts Society, Lakewood Illinois, “21st Century Literacy” Chris Woods, Virginia Council of Teachers of English, Discussion Leaders: James Brewbaker, Columbus State Roanoke University, Georgia Patricia McGonegal, University of Vermont, Burlington W.15 TEACHER WRITING WORKSHOP (G) Bridget Rodriguez, Branch High School, Flowery Branch, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/217B, Georgia Concourse Level Mary Ann Smith, National Writing Project, Berkeley, California Co-Chairs: Penny Kittle, Kennett High School, North Conway, New Hampshire W.19 THE NEW TEACHER RESEARCH: Cris Tovani, Smoky Hill High School, Aurora, Colorado APPROACHES TO LESSON STUDY AND Presenters: Karen Hartman, Colorado Writing Project, DESIGN (G) Monday Arvada Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/006D, Meg Petersen, Plymouth State University, New Hampshire River Level Reactor/Respondent: Alan Olds, Colorado Writing Project, Co-Chairs: Miles Myers, Bay Area Writing Project, Oakland, Denver California Elizabeth Spalding, University of Nevada, Las Vegas W.16 SUSTAINING SECONDARY WRITING CENTERS IN THE 21ST CENTURY (G) W.20 LITERACY, CULTURE, AND CLASSROOM Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/006B, TEACHING: DESIGNING LEARNING River Level SPACES FOR ACHIEVEMENT AND Sponsored by the International Writing Centers SOCIAL JUSTICE (G) Association Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/007A, Co-Chairs: Michele Eodice, University of Oklahoma, River Level Norman Chair: Ernest Morrell, University of California, Los Angeles Jennifer Wells, Mercy High School, Burlingame, California Presenters: Kris Gutierrez, University of California, Los Facilitators: Pamela Childers, The McCallie School, Chatta- Angeles nooga, Tennessee Carol D. Lee, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois Michele Eodice, University of Oklahoma, Norman Ernest Morrell, University of California, Los Angeles Dawn Fels, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Indiana

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s_259-270_2008 263 10/19/08, 2:08 PM W. 21 TEACHER IDENTITY IN THE CULTURE W. 23 NEW DIRECTION IN PRIMARY WRITING OF NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND: A (E) PHOTOVOICE JOURNEY (E) Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/214D, Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/210A, Concourse Level Concourse Level Chair: Lucy Calkins, Teachers College, Columbia University, Sponsored by the Whole Language Umbrella New York, New York Co-Chairs: Candace Kuby, Indiana University, Bloomington Presenters: Dahlia Dallal, Teachers College, Columbia Sarah Vander Zanden, Indiana University, Bloomington University, New York, New York Amanda Hartman, Teachers College, Columbia University, W. 22 MEETING THE CHALLENGES OF 21ST New York, New York CENTURY LITERACY FOR ALL LEARNERS Christine Holley, Teachers College, Columbia University, (M–S) New York, New York Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/216, Monique Knight, Teachers College, Columbia University, New Concourse Level York, New York Chair: Janet Allen, Literacy Leadership Collaborative, Sanibel, Sarah Picard, Teachers College, Columbia University, New Florida York, New York Presenters: Janet Allen, Literacy Leadership Collaborative, Alison Porcelli, Teachers College, Columbia University, New Sanibel, Florida, “Knowing What Matters—Choosing What York, New York Matters: Meeting the Literacy Needs of Adolescent Learners” W. 24 GUIDELINES FOR MEETING THE NCTE/ Jim Burke, Burlingame High School, California, “Teaching NCATE PROGRAM STANDARDS (G) Today’s Kids Tomorrow’s Literacies” Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/214B, Michele Dominguez Greene, author, actress, singer/ Concourse Level songwriter, writer, and author of Chasing the Jaguar Co-Chairs: Leni Cook, California State University– Sara Holbrook, Boyds Mills Press performance poet and Dominguez Hills, Carson author, Mentor, Ohio, “Could It Happen Here? Building Charles Duke, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Understanding by Translating Current Events into Poetry” Carolina Yvette Jackson, National Alliance for Effective Education, Syosset, New York, “Focusing on Strength: Engaging High W.25 CEE COLLOQUIUM: Intellectual Performance of Urban Students for 21st STRUCTURING FIELD EXPERIENCES Century Achievement” FOR PRESERVICE TEACHERS (C) Gordon Korman, author, Hyperion Books for Children, New Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center/ York, New York, “The Page-Turner Principle” 007B, River Level Judith A. Langer, University at Albany, New York, “What We Annual Colloquium of the Conference on English Know about Adolescent Literacy for the 21st Century” Education Bill McBride, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, “Girls Chair: To dd Goodson, Kansas State University, Manhattan Will Be Girls, Boys Will Be Boys: Teaching to Gender Presenters: Judy Beemer, Junction City High School, Kansas Differences” Frank Beickelman, The Ohio State University, Columbus Carol Booth Olson, University of California, Irvine, “Helping Roger Caswell, Emporia State University, Kansas Secondary ELLs and Struggling Students Become Interpre- Caroline Clark, The Ohio State University, Columbus tive Readers and Analytical Writers” Jennifer Funk, Trailridge Middle School, Shawnee Mission, Larkin Pauluzzi, Centennial High School, Frisco, Texas, “Media Kansas Matters: Using Media to Inspire Reluctant Readers and Christian Goering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Writers” Lori Atkins Goodson, Wamego High School, Kansas Lisa Scheffler, consultant, McKinney, Texas, “Media Matters: Ryan Rish, The Ohio State University, Columbus Using Media to Inspire Reluctant Readers and Writers” Robyn Seglem, Kansas State University, Manhattan Lee Ann Spillane, Orange County Public Schools, Orlando, Vicki Sherbert, Wakefield Schools, Kansas Florida, “What’s a Wiki? Exploring Web 2.0" Matthew Skillen, Kansas State University, Manhattan Audra Slocum, The Ohio State University, Columbus James Trier, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Shelbie Witte, Florida State University, Tallahassee

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s_259-270_2008 264 10/19/08, 2:08 PM Madeleine George, Viking Children’s Books, New York, New Tw o-Day Workshop York, “New Voices in Young Adult Literature” Monday: 8:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Gail Giles, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, New York, New York, “Fear and Loathing in Young Adult Books” Tuesday: 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. John Green, Dutton Children’s Books, New York, New York PJ Haarsma, Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachusetts, W.27 NEGOTIATIONS AND LOVE SONGS: THE “Hard, Soft, or Slipstream: Speculative Fiction in Young LITERATURE OF YOUNG ADULTS (G) Adult Literature” Marriott Rivercenter/Salon E, Third Floor Justina Chen Headley, Little, Brown Books for Young Read- Sponsored by the Assembly on Literature for ers, New York, New York, “Sports Stories=Life Stories” Adolescents of NCTE—ALAN Ellen Hopkins, Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, Chair: David Gill, University of North Carolina, Wilmington New York, New York, “The Edge: Negotiating Boundaries in Associate Chair: Pamela “Sissi” Carroll, Florida State Young Adult Fiction” University, Tallahassee Joan Kaywell, Philomel Books, New York, New York, “When Keynote Speaker: Teri Lesesne, Sam Houston State Love Produces a New Negotiation: Facing Life’s Toughest University, Huntsville, Texas Questions with No Right Answers” Tradebook Authors: Laurie Halse Anderson, Viking Beth Kephart, HarperCollins Children’s Books, New York, Children’s Books, New York, New York, “Speaking the New York, “Sports Stories=Life Stories” Twisted Truth to Power” Daniel Kirk, Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, M. T. Anderson, Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachusetts, New York, “Elves, Faeries, and Everafters: Mythical Crea- “Lifting vs. Uplifting: The Charles Atlas Course in Literary tures in Fantasy” Endeavor” Kathe Koja, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Marc Aronson, Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachusetts, Readers, New York, New York, “The Edge: Negotiating “War Is” Boundaries in Young Adult Fiction” Joan Bauer, G. P. Putnam and Sons, New York, New York, Hope Larson, Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, New “The Fine Art of Negotiation” York, New York, “Negotiating New Forms of Young Adult Coe Booth, Scholastic Inc., New York, New York, “YA Literature” Literature—For Real” E. Lockhart, Disney/Hyperion, New York, New York, “Love Jen Bryant, Random House Children’s Books, New York, and Other Four-Letter Words: Negotiating Young Adult New York, “Alternate Histories: Negotiating Biography, Relationships in Fiction” Historical Fiction, and Memoir” David Lubar, Tom Doherty and Associates, New York, New Michael Buckley, Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, “Youngadulterated Humor—A Few Too Many York, New York, “Elves, Faeries, and Everafters: Mythical Minutes with David Lubar” Creatures in Fantasy” Melissa Marr, HarperCollins Children’s Books, New York, Patty Campbell, Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massachu- New York, “Gods, Foods, and Tatoos: The Mixed Mythos of setts, “War Is” Urban Fantasy” Rosemary Clement-Moore, Random House Children’s Claudia Martinez, Cinco Puntos Press, El Paso, Texas, “New Monday Books, New York, New York, “Love and Other Four-Letter Voices in Young Adult Literature” Words: Negotiating Young Adult Relationships in Fiction” Walter Mayes, The Girls’ Middle School, Mountain View, Chris Crowe, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, New California, “Shift Happens: Reading Material That Switches York, “Negotiating New Forms of Young Adult Literature” Teens from the Internet to Books” Cory Doctorow, Tom Doherty and Associates, New York, New O. R. Melling, Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, York, “Let’s Hear It for the Boys: Writing for the Teen Male” New York, “Elves, Faeries, and Everafters: Mythical Crea- Ann Dee Ellis, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, New tures in Fantasy” York, New York, “Negotiating New Forms of Young Adult Sarah Mlynowski, Random House Children’s Books, New Literature” York, New York, “Love and Other Four-Letter Words: Sharon Flake, Disney/Hyperion, New York, New York, “Ten Negotiating Young Adult Relationships in Fiction” Years of Living in The Skin I’m In” Shelia Moses, Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, New Mariah Fredericks, Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, York, New York, “Family and Culture in Young Adult New York, New York, “Love and Other Four Letter Words: Literature” Negotiating Young Adult Relationships in Fiction” Lauren Myracle, Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, Donna Freitas, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young New York, “Shift Happens: Reading Material That Switches Readers, New York, New York, “New Voices in Young Adult Teens from the Internet to Books” Literature” Rita Williams Garcia, Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massa- Continued on following page chusetts, “War Is”

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s_259-270_2008 265 10/19/08, 2:09 PM Shana Norris, Abrams Books for Young Readers, New York, Presenters: Allison L. Baer, Western Michigan University, New York, “Shift Happens: Reading Material That Switches Kalamazoo, and Jackie N. Glasgow, Ohio University, Athens, Teens from the Internet to Books” “Negotiating Understanding through the Love Songs in the Mary Pearson, Henry Holt and Company, New York, New Young Adult Literature of Muslim” York, “Hard, Soft, or Slipstream: Speculative Fiction in Young Catherine Balkin, Balkin Buddies, Brooklyn, New York, Diane Adult Literature” Burrowes, HarperCollins Publishers, New York, New York, Matt de la Peña, Random House Children’s Books, New York, and Scott McCloud, author, HarperCollins Publishers, New New York, “Sports Stories=Life Stories” York, New York, “How Young Adult Is Young Adult? Negoti- Marilyn Reynolds, Morning Glory Press, Gold River, Califor- ating the Differences between Youth and Adulthood nia, “When Love Produces a New Negotiation: What to Do through Books Written for Adult Audiences” with the Surprise Pregnancy” Erica Berg, Rockville High School, Vernon, Connecticut, Rick Riordan, Disney/Hyperion, New York, New York, “Gods, Elizabeth Blye, Anne M. Dorner Middle School, Ossinging, Foods, and Tatoos: The Mixed Mythos of Urban Fantasy” New York, Erin Gaffney, University of Connecticut, Storrs, René Saldaña Jr., Random House Children’s Books, New Wendy J. Glenn, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Kate York, New York, “Family and Culture in Young Adult Heintz, Regional School District 18, Wellington, Connecti- Literature” cut, Danielle King, East Hampton High School, South Charles Shields, Henry Holt and Company, New York, New Windsor, Connecticut, and Isabel Puzio, Glastonbury High York, “Alternate Histories: Negotiating Biography, Historical School, Connecticut, “Class, Race, Sex: Negotiating the Self Fiction, and Memoir” and Other through YA Literature” Neal Shusterman, Simon and Schuster Children’s Publishing, Jim Blasingame, Arizona State University, Tempe, Beverly Ann New York, New York, “No Right Answers: Facing Life’s Chin, University of Montana, Missoula, and Aaron Levy, Toughest Questions” Kennesaw State University, Georgia, “Advice for the Sheri Sinykin, Peachtree Publishers, Atlanta, Georgia, “Fear Lovelorn: Dating Faux Pas and Successes in Young Adult and Loathing in Young Adult Books” Literature” Cynthia Leitich Smith, Candlewick Press, Somerville, Massa- Joni Richards Bodart, San Jose State University, California, chusetts, “Gods, Foods, and Tatoos: The Mixed Mythos of “Using and Defending Controversial YA Novels in the Urban Fantasy” Classroom and the Library” Greg Leitich Smith, Little, Brown Books for Young Readers, C. J. Bott, educational consultant, Solon, Ohio, “Negotiating New York, New York, “Let’s Hear It for the Boys: Writing around Bullies in the Teenage World” for the Teen Male” Jennifer Clifton, Arizona State University, Tempe, Anjanette Allan Stratton, HarperCollins Children’s Books, New York, Darrington, Southern Connecticut State University, New New York, “YA Literature—For Real” Haven, Corrine Gordon, Arizona State University, Tempe, Padma Venkatraman, G. P. Putnam Sons, New York, New York, and Sheryl Rinkol, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, “The “Family and Culture in Young Adult Literature” Heart of the Matter: The Price of Negotiating Identity for Paul Volponi, Viking Children’s Books, New York, New York, Love” “YA Literature—For Real” Susan Fichtelberg, Woodbridge Public Library, New Jersey, Will Weaver, Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young David Levithan, author, Random House Children’s Books, Readers, New York, New York New York, New York, Laura Ruby, HarperCollins Publishing, Nancy Werlin, Dial Books for Young Readers, New York, Chicago, Illinois, Tanya Lee Stone, author, Random House New York, “Fear and Loathing in Young Adult Books” Children’s Books, New York, New York, and Lara Zeises, Virginia Euwer Wolff, HarperCollins Children’s Books, New author, Random House Children’s Books, New York, New York, New York, “Mother, May I? How We Move Along” York, “I Feel Good: Positive Portrayals of Sex in YA David Yoo, Disney/Hyperion, New York, New York, “Let’s Literature” Hear It for the Boys: Writing for the Teen Male” Donald R. Gallo, author/editor, Solon, Ohio, and Linda J. Rice, Consultants: Jim Blasingame, Arizona State University, Ohio University, Athens, “Negotiating through Fears and Tempe Phobias: Literature and Learning for Young Adults” C. J. Bott, educational consultant, Solon, Ohio Susan L. Groenke, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Margaret Ford, Youngstown State University, Ohio Lisa Scherff, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, “From Wendy J. Glenn, University of Connecticut, Storrs Negotiations to Love Songs: Selecting Young Adult Litera- Lori Goodson, Wamego High School, Kansas ture for Whole-Class Instruction” Joan Kaywell, University of South Florida, Tampa Cate Hagarty, New York City Department of Education, Teri Lesesne, Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas New York, and Ann Reddy, Tiffin Columbian High School, Gary Salvner, Youngstown State University, Ohio Findlay, Ohio, “Caring about the Death of a Gay Superhero: Choosing Quality Literature for Queer Youth”

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s_259-270_2008 266 10/19/08, 2:09 PM Amy Maupin, Transylvania University, Lexington, Kentucky, Jean Boreen, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff “The Love Songs of Naomi Shihab Nye: Justice, Peace, Lois Buckman, Caney Creek High School, Conroe, Texas Memory, and Hope” Jennifer Buehler, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Barbara M. Moon, Suffolk Cooperative Library, Bellport, New Lee Byrd, Cinco Puntos Press, El Paso, Texas York, “Love: Lost and Found in the Comics” Lea Clifton, SCBWI Arizona, Oro Valley Kimberlee Osenga, Fort Riley Middle School, Manhattan, Dee Douglas-Jones, Winston-Salem State University, North Kansas, Robyn Seglem, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Carolina Vicki Sherbert, Wakefield Schools, Kansas, and Matthew Dixie Keyes, Arkansas State University, Jonesboro Skillen, Kansas State University, Manhattan, “Relevant Bonnie Kunzel, Germantown, Tennessee Responses to Young Adult Literature at the Middle School Lisa Morris-Wilkey, Pinal County Educational Service Agency, Level” Florence, Arizona Denise Ousley, University of North Carolina, Wilmington, Linda M. Pavonetti, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan “Sotto Voce: Listening-in on the Secrets of YA Historical Daria Plumb, Dundee Alternative High School, Michigan Fiction” Julie Prince, SCBWI Arizona, Tucson Lois T. Stover, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, and Stephanie Reynolds, University of Kentucky, Lexington Connie Zitlow, consultant, Powell, Ohio and Ohio Moira Silva, Edgartown School, Massachusetts Wesleyan University, Delaware, emerita, “Confessions of Ginny White, Fernandina Beach Middle School, Florida, the Artists as Young Adults: Young Adult Characters Using retired Art to Negotiate Their World” Cathy Yetter, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington Facilitators: Jill Adams, Metropolitan State College of Connie Zitlow, consultant, Powell, Ohio and Ohio Wesleyan Denver, Colorado University, Delaware, professor emerita Holly Atkins, Pinellas County School District, Largo, Florida Angela Beumer Johnson, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

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CEL Convention 8:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. Marriott Rivercenter/Salon I, Third Floor CEL registrants should consult their CEL program booklet for the schedule of workshops, general sessions, panel discussions, and social events taking place on Monday and Tuesday.

ALAN Workshop 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. Marriott Rivercenter/Salon E, Third Floor See Monday’s schedule for meeting room and list of partici- pants.

NCTE Executive Committee Meeting 8:00 a.m.–12:30 p.m. Marriott Rivercenter/Salon A, Third Floor Chair: Kylene Beers, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York

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