TEACHING AND UNDERSTANDING POETRY • DALLAS 2016 HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM 8:45–9:00 a.m. Opening remarks Michael L. Gillette Humanities Texas 9:00–9:45 a.m. Teaching Students to Care and Think about Poetry Cole Hutchinson WORKSHOP The University of Texas at Austin Teaching and Understanding Poetry 9:45–10:30 a.m. Why Read a Poem? Betty Sue Flowers LOCATION The University of Texas at Austin Dallas Institute of Humanities 10:45–11:30 a.m. Edgar Allen Poe: “The Raven” Speaks to and Culture Astronomers Rob Vaughan DATE Wednesday, December 7, 2016 Virginia Foundation for the Humanities 8:45 a.m.–3:45 p.m. 11:30–12:15 p.m. Walking Through an Open Door: Encouraging Creative Writing with Young People Naomi Shihab Nye 1:15–3:30 p.m. Primary source seminars with faculty THIS WORKSHOP WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH SUPPORT FROM THE STATE OF TEXAS AND THE NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES. TEACHING AND UNDERSTANDING POETRY • DALLAS 2016 HUMANITIES TEXAS TEACHER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PARTICIPANT EVALUATIONS 90% 80% 70% TEACHER PARTICIPANTS 60% 50% PHYLICIA ANDERSON, DENTON HIGH SCHOOL, DENTON ALLYSON ARNWINE, TEXAS ONLINE PREPARATORY HIGH SCHOOL, HUNTSVILLE STEPHANIE BALL, COPPELL HIGH SCHOOL, COPPELL 40% LAUREN BAUMGARTEN, TRINITY HIGH SCHOOL, EULESS ELIZABETH BEHNISCH, SMITH HIGH SCHOOL, CARROLLTON 30% AUBRY BORN, BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS STEPHANIE BRISTOL, ANNA HIGH SCHOOL, ANNA TARA CHAPMAN, BOOKER T WASHINGTON SPVA MAGNET, DALLAS 20% ANNA DAMIANI, MALAKOFF HIGH SCHOOL, MALAKOFF ARDELL FLEMING, JUSTIN F KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS 10% ROBYN GALLOWAY, POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL, FORT WORTH MICHAEL GERHARD, SAGINAW HIGH SCHOOL, SAGINAW ANN GRAHAM, MILLSAP MIDDLE SCHOOL, MILLSAP 0% MADISON GRAVENS, COLLEYVILLE HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEYVILLE l ee ee a ee ee r r tr r r CRYSTAL GREEN, DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS g g u g g sa sa e a a i i n ly DANA GRIEB, ROYSE CITY HIGH SCHOOL, ROYSE CITY d d g ly n RANDALL HATLEY JR, SAGINAW HIGH SCHOOL, SAGINAW g ro n st BRITTNEY HENNIGH, NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, MESQUITE ro st PAMELA HINTERSCHER, IMAGINE INTL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS, MCKINNEY JEFFREY HUGHES, GODLEY HIGH SCHOOL, GODLEY KEELY JACKSON, WILLIAM B TRAVIS ACAD/VANGRD FOR ACADEMICALLY TAG, DALLAS Workshop was relevant and YURI LOPEZ, THOMAS JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS professionally useful. ALFONSO LOPEZ, JOHN A DUBISKI CAREER HIGH SCHOOL, GRAND PRAIRIE ROBERTA LUKEMAN, LAKE WORTH HIGH SCHOOL, LAKE WORTH MATTHEW LUNDBERG, WOODROW WILSON HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS Workshop was intellectually MELISSA MARTIN, POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL, FORT WORTH stimulating. ROSALITA MATAR, EASTERN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, FORT WORTH STEFANIE MATHEWS, CHISHOLM TRAIL HIGH SCHOOL, FORT WORTH MELISSA MCKNELLY, MARCUS HIGH SCHOOL, FLOWER MOUND Workshop compares favorably with BENNETT MITCHELL, MARTIN HIGH SCHOOL, ARLINGTON other professional development SARAH MORAN, JUSTIN F KIMBALL HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS BECKY NABORS, NEW MIDDLE SCHOOL, MESQUITE programs. BRYAN NARADOVY, EASTERN HILLS HIGH SCHOOL, FORT WORTH WILLENE OWENS, SKYLINE HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS CHYNERRA PARKER, DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS DONA PARKS, SAGINAW HIGH SCHOOL, SAGINAW ELLEN PEEPLES, ANNA HIGH SCHOOL, ANNA RACHEL RHODES, RYAN HIGH SCHOOL, DENTON BRIDGETTE ROBINSON, DAVID W CARTER HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS CARROLL SAVANT, HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS CHASITY STAFFORD, ROYSE CITY HIGH SCHOOL, ROYSE CITY EMILY STRAUSS, MARCUS HIGH SCHOOL, FLOWER MOUND LAUREN TIMS, ALEX W SPENCE TALENTED/GIFTED ACADEMY, DALLAS JENNIFER TRUJILLO, DR WRIGHT L LASSITER JR EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS CHRISTY TURBEVILLE, MOISES E MOLINA HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS KRISTIN VILLANUEVA, HILLCREST HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS PRISNA VIRASIN, BRYAN ADAMS HIGH SCHOOL, DALLAS 1410 Rio Grande Street TARA WALDIE, CROCKETT MIDDLE SCHOOL, IRVING Austin, Texas 78701 YOLANDA WHITTED, HOUSTON ISD, HOUSTON • KATE WILLIAMS, IMAGINE INTL ACADEMY OF NORTH TEXAS, MCKINNEY t: 512.440.1991 f: 512.440.0115 STEVEN WOLF, POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL, FORT WORTH www.humanitiestexas.org.