Central West Virginia Writing Project

at Marshall University
2020 Spring Writing Conference

April 3-4, 2020

Conference Program

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April 3, 2020
Memorial Student Center, Don Morris Room
1 John Marshall Drive

Sessions for Marshall Preservice Teachers 2:00-3:00

Memorial Student Center

Elementary Preservice Teachers Room 2W22

Middle/High School Preservice Teachers Room 2W16

Keynote Address
3:00-3:30 Reception
3:30-4:30 Presentation

“With Literacy and Learning for All”

PRESENTED BY
DR. TROY HICKS
Professor of Literacy and Technology at
Central Michigan University and focuses his work on the teaching
of writing, literacy and technology, and teacher education and
professional development. ... He blogs at Digital Writing, Digital
Teaching.

As students move from novice to expert in various fields of study, they must become familiar with
specialized vocabulary, patterns of thinking, and specific uses of language. More than just integrating
reading and writing strategies across the curriculum, as effective teachers we must invite students from
diverse backgrounds to become fluent in what are now being labeled as "disciplinary literacies," the
spaces where content knowledge, literacy skills, and critical thinking all connect.

Bring your favorite device, because in this interactive keynote we will explore a variety of tools and
ideas that can help our students learn how to read, write, and think like disciplinary experts in our own
classrooms and beyond.
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April 4, 2020
Marshall University South Charleston Campus
100 Angus E Peyton Drive, South Charleston, WV 25303

8:00 - Registration - MU South Charleston, Erma Byrd Academic Center

9:15-10:15 - Concurrent Session 1

Presentation 1 Writing: This session will allow the participants to generate

Room AC103 Preparing for a 3-5 graphic organizer to write informational and
Debbie Dewees and Life and the opinion essays. We will use a step-by-step
Tara Settle "Test" student-generated video and the state writing
McKinley rubric.
Elementary (Audience: Elementary )
Presentation 2 Using This session will focus on engaging students with
Room AC 104 Entertainment in music, television, and the arts to promote critical
Angela Adkins thinking and creativity.
the Classroom to
(Audience: Middle and High School)
Logan Middle Foster Critical
School Thinking and
Creativity
Presentation 3 Six Slick Invigorate your teaching with Six Slick Strategies
Room AC 105 Strategies to Help to build student engagement, comprehension, and
Adrin Fisher
Students Engage analysis! Learn how to guide your students in new
Fairmont Senior directions and take away adaptable, teacher-
High School and Explore designed strategies.
(Audience: High School)

Presentation 4 Converting Texts: Through defining living books, addressing a

Room AC 204 Living Books, philosophy of penmanship, and composing
Mark Botts Penmanship, and original digital phenomena, this workshop offers
Digital Media participants a way "to engage students in the craft
Concord University
of writing in traditional and digital environments."
(Audience: High School & University)
Presentation 5 Authentic This workshop will handle authentic writing
Room AC 205 Writing experiences for emergent or trauma-touched
Kirstin Sobotka, Experiences for students by reimagining prompts that tie text to
Mary Ann Taylor & Emergent or task as well as exploring scaffolding techniques
Melva Roush Trauma- that build motivation and skill.
Cabell, Kanawha, Touched Writers (Audience: Middle School)
and Preston County through Prompts
Schools and Scaffolding
Techniques
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Presentation 6 Let Their Voices (Audience: Elementary)

Room AC 206 Be Heard & Pen
Demonstration
Pals
Jill Dunlap
Winfield Elementary
School
Sherry Morris
Martin Elementary
Presentation 7 Writing with In Multimodal teaching students learn material
Room AC 221 Multimodal Tools through a number of different sensory modalities.
Bobbi Lewis For example, a teacher can create a lesson in
Kanawha County which students learn through auditory and visual
Schools methods, or visual and tactile methods. Using
visuals to teach content, meaning, and writing to
share what has been learned is very beneficial.
Learners take ownership of what they have learned
when they use writing to express it and build the
confidence of the content knowledge.
(Audience: All)
10:30-11:30 - Concurrent Session 2

Presentation 8 Moving students through writing, review, and

Room Library Ramping Up revision is a persistent challenge. We will explore
Troy Hicks Revision: strategies for successful peer and teacher review
Keynote Author while exploring how digital tools can facilitate this
Effective
Strategies (and process. We will examine tools for Google
Docs/Drive including Kaizena, Screencastify, and
Tools) for Writable, all which can help provide formative
Feedback feedback.
(Audience: All)

Presentation 9 Teaching This interactive session provides educators with

Room AC 213 Elementary tools necessary to begin using podcasts in their
MaryBeth Freeman Student Writing classrooms. Participants will learn how to assist
Village of in a Digital World students with writing and producing their own
Barboursville Through podcasts.
Elementary Podcasting (Audience: Elementary)
Presentation 10 In this teacher demonstration, 6th grade language
Room AC 214 Launching arts teacher, Abby Waldorf, will show teachers
Demonstration Writer's how to launch Writer's Workshop in their
Facilitator classrooms. Teachers will brainstorm their own
Workshop
Allyson Perry writing lists based on Nancy Atwell's Writing
The Writing Territories.
Abby Waldorf Approach and (Audience: Elementary and Middle School)
Poca Middle School Beyond
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Put a cap on it! Fall in love with writing all over again in this
Writing Without interactive session for teachers of all content areas
Katie Nestor and grade levels. This fun-filled presentation is
Red & Engaging
Parkersburg South sure to make unpacking and implementing the
High School Writers with the writing process entertaining, engaging, and
Writing Process enjoyable.
(Audience:All)

Presentation 11 Dare to Participants write creatively in a raw,

Room GC 136 Disconnect: Tear unadulterated manner. Writers will disconnect the
Whitney Healy “external self” from the “internal self” via a
Down the Wall
Cameron High writing activity. Participants will see student
School responses to this same activity.
(Audience : Middle and High School)

11:30-12:30 - Lunch - Erma Byrd Academic Center

Box lunches available for pick-up in Room AC 104
12:45-1:45 - Concurrent Session 3

Presentation 12 Roundtable Evaluation of what is working, what is not

Room GC 319 Discussions on working, and what is needed in writing instruction.
Barbara O’Byrne, Writing (Pre-registered Participants Only)
Marshall University
Name the facilitators
Presentation 13 Teaching Spend time looking at children’s literature and
Room AC 104 Empathy with a writing strategies and the role they
Deanna Racer play in children’s role-playing, group retelling and
stick and a stone!
Alban Elementary the teaching of empathy in the classroom.
School and Marshall (Audience: Elementary)
University
Presentation 14 The Writing
Room AC 105 Approach and (Audience: )
Kayla Yocum Beyond!
Union Elementary
School
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Presentation 15 From Mimicry to Invigorate your teaching with Six Slick Strategies
Room AC 204 Mastery: Using to build student engagement, comprehension, and
Andrea Lemon analysis! Learn how to guide your students in new
Model Texts to
West Virginia directions and take away adaptable, teacher-
Department of Teach designed strategies.
Education (Audience: All)

Presentation 16 The Birth of a In this panel presentation, Kathy Manley and Cat
Room AC 205 Writer: From Pleska will discuss three aspects of writing:
Cat Pleska & Kathy mystery, to learning to write, the writer, and teaching writing.
Manley process, to Each discussion will break down to 15 minutes
Invited Authors success each, leaving the final 15 minutes for Q & A and
brainstorming for solutions to writing challenges.
(Audience: All)
Presentation 17 Using Google
Room GC 217 Tools to Support Create a Gmail account before the sessions and be
Crystal Howell prepared to learn how to use a wide range of
Composition,
Randolph College digital tools to support writing and leaning.
Feedback, and (Audience: Secondary and Postsecondary
Revision During Instructors)
Extended
Research Projects
Presentation 18 Not the Chicken
Room AC 213 or the Egg, but Explore resources and best practices for
Denise Davenport integrating reading and writing in the elementary
the Chicken and
Kanawha County classroom. Learn how to scaffold instruction to
Schools the Egg: build foundation skills needed by writers.
Integrating (Audience: Elementary)
Reading and
Writing

2:00-3:00 - Concurrent Session 4

Presentation 19 Mentor Sentences This is a comprehensive approach to teach
Room AC 213 Approach to grammar that allows students to understand the
Angela Adkins Grammar sentence as a whole while understanding the
Logan Middle Instruction intricate parts.
School (Audience: All )
Presentation 20 Teaching(with How do we encourage students to write longer,
Room AC 214 Technology) more complex, multimodal stories? 30 Hands
Isaac Larison Learning, an app for the iPad worked best with
Matters- Story
Marshall University young children here in the USA and in Denmark.
Demonstration Writing with 30 (Audience:All )
Hands Learning *Please Bring an iPad or iPhone to this session.
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Presentation 21 Creative Creative Writing & Digital Design demonstrates

Room GC 217 Writing& Digital how to plan, prepare, and present a student-
Sarah Redd Design centered learning project using iPads. Participants
George Washington work in groups to create a digital project using
High School multiple Apps.
iPads required. Please download/log into Google
Docs, Google Drive, iMovie, Garage Band,
Keynote, Animoto, Chromavid, Toontastic, and
PicCollage prior to the session.
(Audience :All)
Presentation 22 Real Authors: This “Make-It-Take-It” session will inspire,
Room GC 319 The Importance inform, and encourage teachers to plan and
LeAnn Johnson & implement opportunities to motivate students to
of Authentic
Terresa Kepner publish real books for real audiences and realize
Shepherd University Audience for authentic success as authors.
Young Writers & (Audience: Elementary)
Using Emerging
Technology to This interactive workshop will allow participants
Foster Emergent hands-on experiences using emergent technology
that will help all early learners develop emergent
Writing and
writing skills and that encourages problem solving
Critical Thinking in developmentally appropriate ways.
in Early (Audience: PreK- 3rd Grade )
Education
Presentation 23 Digital Expansion Join in the presentation of two creative digital
Room GC 323 of Writing and applications of technology to writing and
Panel Discussion Learning. See how technology can expand
Learning
Facilitator horizons, promote critical thinking, and connect
Allyson Perry learners with their communities
1. Writing Students
Speakers: as Game Designers (Audience: Middle School, High School,
Yildiz Nuredinosk University)
Shepherd University 2. Clio in the
Emily Brammer Classroom
Marshall University
Presentation 24 Writing Strategies Participants will be introduced to the Outstanding
Room AC 103 for Sharing International Books list promoted by the United
Isaac Larison & Aju States Board on Books for Young People and
Outstanding
James shown three literacy writing strategies to
Marshall University International incorporate into PreK-12 classrooms.
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Books in the (Audience: All )

English
Language
Classroom