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 Summer
2009
The turquoise waters, azure skies, and verdant
foliage of Portugal framed the setting for the
European Reading Conference in Braga. Along with
more than 400 educators from around the world, I
attended literacy sessions and gained insights
into the educational research of other
countries. It was an enriching experience. Here
is a link to an outstanding session on
vocabulary instruction presented during the
conference:
Vocabulary Instruction: Critical Elements,
Issues, and Lessons Learned
Summer
2008
During
summer 2008, Mary Dunn attended the World
Congress on Reading in San José, Costa Rica.
What a great opportunity it was to meet teachers
from around the world and acquire new ideas to
incorporate into her presentations, especially
books about "reading the rainforest."
Click
here to access the International Reading
Association's web page for useful presenters'
handouts from the World Congress.
Click on the
image for a larger view.
Presentations
.jpg) Mary Dunn is
willing to customize her presentations to
accommodate specific audiences. Based on the
Illinois writing curriculum, she suggests one of
the following workshop presentations for
children in the elementary school.
Fiction
Writing Workshop
Students
will:
-
participate in a grade appropriate
read-aloud of a short fiction selection
-
discuss
the characters, setting, plot, and other
literary elements of the story
-
use a
chart to record examples of elements
suggested by the class
-
use the
elements listed on the chart as a framework
to create a class story
Nonfiction
Writing Workshop
Students
will:
-
participate in a grade appropriate
read-aloud of a short nonfiction selection
-
discuss
the content of the text
-
use a
graphic organizer to record the content of a
read-aloud
-
write a
retelling of the article using the content
from the graphic organizer
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