July 9–13, 2007
Katie Wood Ray – On The Importance of Vision in the Teaching
of Writing
Michael P. Ford – Books and Beyond: New Ways to Reach Readers
Yvonne Aarden – Make It Real: Learning to Love Nonfiction
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce – Talking About Change: Students Read and Write to Create a New
Vision of the Future
Lester Laminack – Learning Under the Influence of
Language and Literature
Minnesota Authors:
Marsha Wilson Chall, Jane Resh
Thomas, Phyllis Root, Marsha Qualey
July 17-21, 2006
Debbie Miller - In the Beginning: Creating Classroom Cultures of Thinking
Carl Anderson - Placing Assessment at the Center of Writing Instruction
Barry Lane - Revision: How to Teach It, Learn It and Love It
Sara Holbrook - Practical Poetry: A Nonstandard Approach to Meeting Content-Area Standards
Irene Smalls - The Power of One - Teach to Reach
Minnesota Authors: Karen Ritz, John Coy, Isabell Monk
July 11-15, 2005
Pamela Nevills - Reading and Brain Development
Stephen Cary - Working with Second Language Learners: Issues, Problems & Solutions
Isoke Nia - Exploring Units of Study in a Writing Workshop
Greg Tang - Math Literacy, The Next Frontier
Jack Gantos - From Wild Things to Rotten Ralph
Minnesota Authors: Marsha Wilson Chall, Jim Postier, and Phyllis Root
July 12-16, 2004
Regie Routman - Exemplary Reading/Writing Practices
Stephanie Harvey - Nonfiction Matters!
Katherine Bomer - For A Better World: Reading & Writing For Social Action
Janet Angelillo - A Fresh Approach to Teaching Punctuation
Sheree Fitch - "The Lipslippery Adventures of A Writing Maniac"
July 7-11, 2003
Lester Laminack - Writing on a River of Rhythm
Stephen Krashen - False Claims About Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Skills vs. Whole Language, and Recreational Reading
Karen Ernst daSilva - Connections in the Journey: Art and Language
Georgia Heard - Teaching Poetry: Giving Students the Vision and Tools to Reach for Wider Possibilities as Writers
Ralph Fletcher - New Horizons For Young Writers
July 8-12, 2002
Stephanie Harvey - Reading Strategies for Better Comprehension
Dorothy Watson - Supportive and Critical Texts
Sharon Taberski - Connecting the Components of a Balanced Literacy Program for Effective Instruction
Isoke Titilayo Nia - Genre Study and Writer's Workshop
Patricia Reilly Giff - "No Tears in the Writer; No Tears in the Reader…."
July 9-13, 2001
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce - From Friends and Bullies to Racism and Social Justice: One Teacher's Search for Democracy through Education
Richard Allington - What Really Matters for Struggling Readers
Katie Wood Ray - The Writing Workshop: Working Through the Hard Parts (and they're all hard parts)
Lester Laminack - Writing under the Influence: What Writers Say About Writing Process
Pat Mora - Honoring the Story
July 10-14, 2000
Lester Laminack - Learning from Our Past, Planning for Our Future
Ruby Payne - A Framework for Understanding & Working with Students of Poverty
Ralph Fletcher and JoAnn Portalupi - Setting The Table For Craft
JoAnn Portalupi and Ralph Fletcher - Teaching Students The Craft Of Writing
Carmen Agra Deedy - Heroes that Live on Our Bookshelf
July 12-16, 1999
Alfie Kohn - Creating Meaning Together: Taking the Learner-Centered Classroom Beyond Academics
Shelley Harwayne - Spirits on High: Lessons in Literacy and Leadership from the Manhattan New School
Shelley Harwayne - Rethinking the Teaching of Writing
Kevin Spink - Non-fiction as an Imaginative Reading Adventure Rather than a Mere Collection of Facts
Avi - Being an Adult, Writing Children's Books
July 13-17, 1998
Carmen Agra Deedy - Stories of Heroic & Outrageous Women
Donald Graves - The Power of Narrative
Yvonne & David Freeman - Effective Practices for English Language Learners
Lester Laminack - Spelling in Use: Teaching for & Documenting Growth Over Time
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce - Literature & the Reading Curriculum: Reason to Celebrate/Cause for Concern
July 21-25, 1997
Mem Fox - Digging Up for Re-examination the Long-buried Reading Process
Mem Fox - At War with Reading & Writing
Carol Gilles - Helping Students Be Better Readers & Writers Through Literature Study
Jan Turbill - The Eternal Quest for a Pedagogy of Literacy for All Children
Mary Glover - Teacher as Poet, Poet as Teacher: "Finding the Line" in Everyday Life
July 8-12, 1996
Shelley Harwayne - Transforming Schools through Language and Literature
Shelley Harwayne - Rethinking the Teaching of Reading and Writing
Georgia Heard - The Power of Poetry
Karen Ritz - Visual Literacy
Ralph Fletcher - Vision and Revision: Close Encounters with a Writer's Text
July 10-14, 1995
Ralph Fletcher - What Writers Need
Geane Hanson - Multiculturalism in the Classroom: A Journey Through Navajo Land
Lynn Rhodes - Literacy Assessment that Informs Instruction
David and Phyllis Whitin - Building a Supportive Mathematics Community
Byrd Baylor - A Visit with Byrd
July 11-15, 1994
Kathy Short - Curriculum as Inquiry: Moving Beyond Theme Units to Inquiry Cycles
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce - The Roles of Literature: Inquiry Curriculum
Diane Snowball - The Role of Modeling for Children's Learning
Linda Crafton - Inquiry-Based Evaluation
Patricia McKissack - Don't Save it for Black History Month
July 19-23, 1993
Mem Fox - What We Do with Language and What Language Does to us
Mem Fox - Mothers and Daughters, Fathers and Sons: a Literary Explosion
Yvonne Aarden - Literacy Evaluation and Assessment: A Practitioner's View
Sandra Wilde - What Children Can Teach Us about Teaching Them to Spell
Kathryn Mitchell Pierce - Exploring and Extending Literature Discussion Groups
July 13-17, 1992
Shelley Harwayne - Lasting Impressions: When Literature Informs our Writing
Robyn Platt - Developing Literacy in the Classroom
Nigel Hall & Anne Robinson - Young Children as Authors
Terry Johnson - Integration of Language Instruction: New Models for Old
Terry Johnson - Evaluation of Literacy
July 7-12, 1991
David Booth - The Power of Story
Orysia Hull - Children's Writing: Theory, Development, Process
Heidi Mills & Timothy O'Keefe - Whole Literacy: Thinking Like Readers, Writers & Mathematicians
Norma Mickelson - Whole Language Assessment & Evaluation
