Gray Matters: Creating a Space for Young Adult Literature in Faith-based Institutions Presenter: Autumn Schilleman, Southern Adventist University In today’s entertainment-saturated society, secondary English educators face the increasing literature dilemma of fostering student interest in both within the classroom setting and without. The growing popularity of young adult literature makes this genre especially attractive as a potential tool for stemming this decline. However, despite its wide acceptance in public school libraries and curriculum, young adult literature is often starkly absent from the shelves and libraries of faith-based institutions. Faith-based educators are in need of greater resources and encouragement to help them harness the power young adult literature has to offer their students. Room 464 Reimaging the Read Aloud Presenters: Leila Barber, Dawn Allison-Ruiz, Cobb County Schools- Bryant Elementary This session will focus on quality young adult literature to support standards based instruction. Do you find yourself worried about teaching all of the ELA standards? Let's look at how read alouds can be used to combine good literature with active learning and standards based instruction. This interactive session will provide take-away strategies for immediate implementation. Room 244 The Front Lines of Freedom: Finding and Fostering Freedom In and Through Young Children's Literature Presenter: Erin Adams, Kennesaw State University "It's hard to learn freedom inside a cage"-Carla Shalaby. In an increasingly unfree world, in a nation toying with extremism, teachers, librarians, writers and academics are on the front lines of freedom. In this session, we will discuss YA literature related to the theme of freedom as well as art and poetry. The novels and will be Chains, Turtles All the Way Down, The Hate U Give discussed, but participants are encouraged to bring ideas from their favorite literature and other media. Room 400 Getting the Most Out of Your Summer Reading Program Performer Presenter: A. Carey Huddlestun, Kennesaw State University In this presentation, a former Summer Reading Program (SRP) performer, now librarian, presents helpful ideas for working with SRP performers. Topics include practical recommendations for booking and working with performers. Time is included for group sharing. Participants will also be given themed, age- level bibliographies drawn from the PINES catalog. Room 174
Gray Matters: Creating a Space for Young Adult Literature in Faith-based Institutions Presenter: Autumn Schilleman, Southern Adventist University In today’s entertainment-saturated society, secondary English educators face the increasing dilemma of fostering student interest in literature both within the classroom setting and without. The growing popularity of young adult literature makes this genre especially attractive as a potential tool for stemming this decline. However, despite its wide acceptance in public school libraries and curriculum, young adult literature is often starkly absent from the shelves and libraries of faith-based institutions. Faith-based educators are in need of greater resources and encouragement to help them harness the power young adult literature has to offer their students. Room 464 Reimaging the Read Aloud Presenters: Leila Barber, Dawn Allison-Ruiz, Cobb County Schools- Bryant Elementary This session will focus on quality young adult literature to support standards based instruction. Do you find yourself worried about teaching all of the ELA standards? Let's look at how read alouds can be used to combine good literature with active learning and standards based instruction. This interactive session will provide take-away strategies for immediate implementation. Room 244 The Front Lines of Freedom: Finding and Fostering Freedom In and Through Young Children's Literature Presenter: Erin Adams, Kennesaw State University "It's hard to learn freedom inside a cage"-Carla Shalaby. In an increasingly unfree world, in a nation toying with extremism, teachers, librarians, writers and academics are on the front lines of freedom. In this session, we will discuss YA literature related to the theme of freedom as well as art and poetry. The novels Chains, Turtles All the Way Down, and The Hate U Give will be discussed, but participants are encouraged to bring ideas from their favorite literature and other media. Room 400 Getting the Most Out of Your Summer Reading Program Performer Presenter: A. Carey Huddlestun, Kennesaw State University In this presentation, a former Summer Reading Program (SRP) performer, now librarian, presents helpful ideas for working with SRP performers. Topics include practical recommendations for booking and working with performers. Time is included for group sharing. Participants will also be given themed, age- level bibliographies drawn from the PINES catalog. Room 174
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