Disorderly Contexts: ELAC Conference 2024

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Disorderly Contexts: ELAC Conference 2024

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12:30pm MDT

Words Matter: Word Study in the Elementary Classroom Maple RoomKaren Filewych All the Resources I Wish I'd Had as a Beginning ELA Teacher Aspen RoomCourtney Steiner Banning Book Bans and Challenging Book Challenges: What to do if it Happens to You Pine RoomHarold Semenuk The Teacher as a Curator Lynx SalonDanielle Panizzon • Erin Ochoa-Whelan Disorderly Shakespeare Blackbear RoomMary Hartman Teaching "The Marrow Thieves" with a Strong Agenda for Social Justice Glacier RoomJillian Pasieka Practice-Based Writing Activities for High School Students Cedar RoomTeri Hartman

2:00pm MDT

The Science of Reading - Science, Myth, or Something Else? Aspen RoomElisa Waingort Dangerous Language Arts Cedar RoomLiz Harrison Treaty Today: How History Exists in the Present Lynx SalonMatthew Weigel Dilettantes, Virgins, and Queens: Postfeminist Auteurship in English 20-1 Maple RoomAndrew Thomson Texts to Negotiate a Pandemic To Blackbear RoomBrad Smilanich Exploring the Smudges: Expanding student responses in the ELA classroom and beyond Pine RoomBrent Gilson Silent Debates: Creating Effective Arguers Glacier RoomAmanda Omilon

3:30pm MDT

Integrating Visual Art and Literacy: Nurturing Creativity and Literacy Skills in the K-6 Classroom Glacier RoomJenny Culbertson • Erin Hart Anti Misogyny Teaching: Bucking Against the Status Quo Pine RoomElaina Mohrmann It's Complicated: Teaching Literature to Honour Complexity Maple RoomJim Forrest Reading Dangerously: Teaching texts that make teens think twice Aspen RoomCrystal Getschel Teaching and Assessing Complex Writing through Rhetorical Problem-Solving Cedar RoomDavid Slomp Graphic novels and poetry: Building connections to strengthen readers’ creative, interpretive capacities Lynx SalonDavid Lewkowich Reconsidering poetry - reading, writing and reciting using Poetry in Voice Blackbear RoomGillian Bohnet • Tyler Perry

5:30pm MDT

Dinner Ballroom

6:45pm MDT

Keynote Presentation: Nisha Patel BallroomNisha Patel

8:00am MDT

Breakfast and AGM Ballroom

9:15am MDT

Keynote Presentation: Scott McCloud BallroomScott McCloud

10:30am MDT

The Layers of Writing Development Cedar RoomMiriam Ramzy • Michelle Bence Breakout Session with Nisha Patel Blackbear RoomNisha Patel Breakout Session with Scott McCloud Lynx SalonScott McCloud Parting with Perfectionism Maple RoomCarolyn Fenrich Creating Thematic Literature Circles/Book Clubs Pine RoomLauren Charanduk Let’s Make a Visual Journal: Bookbinding and Promoting Metacognition Through Visual Journaling (Part 1) Glacier RoomDarrin Wilson

12:00pm MDT

1:00pm MDT

Keynote Presentation: Ivan Coyote Ballroom

2:30pm MDT

Breakout Session with Ivan Coyote Lynx SalonIvan Coyote How to Spark a Love for Literacy: Collaborative and Creative Language Arts Routines in Elementary Education Pine RoomKylie Besplug Teaching equitable and inclusive texts: Experience from two high school teachers in the trenches Cedar RoomAlisha Sims • Shaeleigh Brandford Let’s Make a Visual Journal: Bookbinding and Promoting Metacognition Through Visual Journaling (Part 2) Glacier RoomDarrin Wilson Mentor Text Mondays: Representing Voices, Showcasing Genres, and Teaching Craft Maple RoomJennifer Gross Speak Up: Performance Activities to Build Your Students’ Confidence Blackbear RoomMiranda Krogstad