FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 v 7:00–7:45 A.M. First-Timers’ Welcome GRAND BALLROOM A Ernest Morrell Set your alarm so you don’t miss this event we’re holding just for you! Join first-time attendees and NCTE leaders for an informative session to kick off your NCTE annual convention experience. You’ll have the opportunity to hear from NCTE members Ernest Morrell and Donalyn Miller as well as connect with other NCTE members. The special gathering provides an opportunity for you to gain quick tips and strategies that will expand your knowledge of Donalyn Miller NCTE and your professional network. 56 2018 NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION PROGRAM FRIDAY GENERAL SESSION v 8:00–9:15 A.M. Students Raising Their Voices Antero Garcia GENERAL ASSEMBLY THEATER ABC FRIDAY Presiding: Antero Garcia, Stanford University, CA Kristin Ziemke, Big Shoulders Project, Chicago, IL 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 Kristin Ziemke ages 11 to 21 will share their passions with attendees. Speakers at this session include students who have created movements or organizations, raising their voices to create change. After the session, books pre-signed by Marley will be on hand and she will be available for photo ops. Andrea Cipriani Mecchi Andrea Marley Dias Alex King Xiuhtezcatl Martinez Social activist behind Student advocate Indigenous climate activist #1000blackgirlbooks for gun reform and hip-hop artist Sara Abou Rashed Zephyrus Todd Olivia Van Ledjte Jordyn Zimmerman Inspirational multilingual Student and social Reader, thinker, and Avid speaker and poet and author media creator kids’ voice believer advocate for all students 20182018 NCTE NCE ANNUAL CONVENTION PROGRAM 57 C SESSIONS / 9:30–10:45 A.M. FEATURED SESSION C.01 Raising Student Voice—What Is Our Role in G Equity and Justice in the English Classroom? 310 ABC FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 NOVEMBER FRIDAY, Reading, writing, speaking, listening, research—all literally blend in our classrooms during the formative years of our students’ lives. Instructionally, our aim is to produce critical thinkers, citizens of the world— in both career and daily living. But in addition to this instructional aim also exists how we as teachers impart and model our society’s values of equity and justice, not only through the literature we teach and writing we assign, but also through our methods of inquiry, dialectics, and, yes, even our own classroom comportment. Our students learn from us inside and outside the literature and writing. We both affect and effect them in so many ways. Chair and Speaker: Jocelyn A. Chadwick, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA Speaker: Cornelius Minor, Teachers College Reading and Writing Project, New York, NY C.02 TEXAS STRAND: Writing beyond C.03 Why Middle Matters: Authors Raise M the Assessment: Shifting Writing M Their Voices for Middle Graders: MS Instruction in Texas Books, Identities, and Tough TE 332 F Conversations Sponsored by the Texas Council of Teachers 362 DEF of English Language Arts Sponsored by the Middle Level Section Assessment writing traps and constricts Steering Committee both teachers and students, and students We all have different identities and roles. must have thoughtful, engaging writing Authors and books cause conversations about opportunities. Join this panel discussion that them, nudging readers out of their internal highlights successful avoidance of that trap. thoughts to interact with the world. How can Conroe ISD and Tomball ISD will share how these conversations challenge our thinking? they moved beyond tested genres to produce What role do students and teachers play in real writing opportunities for students. asking questions? Join us to explore how we Panel 1: Do You Crave What We Crave? A Classroom begin. of Engaged, Empowered, and Energized Writers Chair: Margaret Hale, University of Houston, TX Presenters: Josh Cooper, Conroe Independent School Authors: Jeff Anderson, Stenhouse Publishers District, TX Varsha Bajaj, Nancy Paulsen Books, Penguin Random Alissa Crabtree, Conroe Independent School District, TX House Debbie McNeely, Conroe Independent School District, TX Donna Gephart, Delacorte Press, Penguin Random Pattie Parker, Conroe Independent School District, TX House Panel 2: The Power of the Personal Narrative: Using Lamar Giles, Penguin Random House Students’ Voice and Choice When Transitioning to Other Writing Genres Presenters: Katie Atkins, Tomball Independent School District, TX Jill Moreno, Tomball Independent School District, TX 58 2018 NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION PROGRAM C SESSIONS / 9:30–10:45 A.M. C.04 The Successful Cohabitation of C.06 Celebrating Outstanding Writing M Secondary ELA and Technology in G in English Education: The Emig, S the Age of Smartphones (Really, It TE Meade, and Moffett Awards C Is Possible!) 351 F 351 B Sponsored by English Language Arts Sponsored by the Secondary Section Teacher Educators (ELATE) Steering Committee English Language Arts Teacher Educators The ubiquitous presence of the smartphone, gives three prestigious awards in honor of FRIDAY and technology in general, has forever altered Janet Emig, Richard A. Meade, and James education. What now? Technology isn’t Moffett. In this session the winners will present going away—and that’s okay. Technology and the work that earned them this tribute. ELA can successfully coexist. Join us as we Chair: Mollie V. Blackburn, The Ohio State University, interactively explore the challenges of this Columbus match and, ultimately, the needed elements of 2018 Emig Award Recipient: Danny C. Martinez, a fruitful union. University of California, Davis, “Re-mediating Teacher Chair and Presenter: Amanda Palmer, Katy Learning: Designing English Education for Linguistic Independent School District, TX Solidarity among Black and Latinx Youth” Presenters: Alecia Beymer, Michigan State University, 2018 Meade Award Recipient: Donna L. Pasternak, East Lansing University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Samantha Joshua Cabat, Roslyn Public Schools, NY Caughlan, independent scholar and consultant, Rebekah Gordon, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI; Heidi L. Hallman, University of Kansas, Lansing Lawrence; Laura Renzi, West Chester University, PA; Scott Jarvie, Michigan State University, East Lansing and Leslie S. Rush, University of Wyoming, Laramie, Tracy Wade, Cinco Ranch High School, Katy, TX “Tensions in English Education” Vaughn Watson, Michigan State University, East 2017 Moffett Award Recipient: Jonna Kuskey, John Lansing Marshall High School, Glen Dale, WV, “Writing for a Real-World Reason” C.05 The Role of Digital Technology G and Social Media in the Cultivation C.07 NCTE Language Collaborative of Civic Engagement and G Advocacy Forum for Multilingual Identities among Marginalized and TE Learners Minoritized Youth 352 A 351 C Sponsored by the NCTE Language In this session, former fellows in NCTE’s Collaborative Cultivating New Voices (CNV) among Scholars Are you an advocate for English learners, of Color Program examine how linguistically language study, and multilingualism? If so, and ethnically diverse communicators navigate join NCTE’s Language Collaborative for linguistic and technological practices to an advocacy forum in preparation for the accomplish their daily work, explore the power National Multilingual Learner Advocacy Month and importance of youth voice, examine the in April. We will share advocacy ideas, explore utility of digital technology and social media, advocacy resources from NCTE, and answer and argue for the necessity to cultivate youth advocacy questions you have. civic engagement in our society. They will Chair: Xenia Hadjioannou, Pennsylvania State also explore the boundaries of how students University Harrisburg, Middletown decide, write, and communicate about civic Presenters: Mathew Espinosa, Sacramento Unified issues in online environments. School District, CA Sponsored by Cultivating New Voices Mary Hutchinson, Pennsylvania State University Lehigh among Scholars of Color Valley, Center Valley Chair: Juan Guerra, University of Washington, Seattle Presenters: Antero Garcia, Stanford University, CA Laura Gonzales, The University of Texas at Austin Keisha Green, University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2018 NCTE ANNUAL CONVENTION PROGRAM 59 C SESSIONS / 9:30–10:45 A.M. C.08 Envisioning Our Future: Joint Jenn Sanders, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater G Session for the Committees on Authors: Kwame Alexander, Candlewick Anti-Racism & Bias/Diversity and Lesa Cline-Ransome, Holiday House Inclusivity Karen Kostyal, National Geographic Darcy Pattison, Mims House 361 EF Bob Raczka, Carolrhoda Books FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16 NOVEMBER FRIDAY, Sponsored by the Standing Committee on Susan Stockdale, Peachtree Publishers Diversity and Inclusivity and the Committee Illustrators: Raúl Colón, Peachtree Publishers Against Racism and Bias in the Teaching of Fred Harper, National Geographic English Juana Martinez-Neal, Penguin Young Readers How might teachers, students, and other educational leaders work together to C.10 Raising Student Voices and reimagine language arts policies and practices M Understanding Our Own: The How with a focus on justice, healing, and equity? MS and Why of Teaching Language In this session, you will hear from practicing C Variation in the Secondary English teachers who are leading the work to disrupt Classroom TE white supremacy and oppression within