Books

Thursday, November 18, 3:00-4:15 p.m. ET

NCTE Author Strand: Why Empathy Is Core to Your Literacy Classroom

Why should you cultivate empathy in your classroom? Because it not only encourages mutual understanding and caring, but also deepens literacy learning. When students walk in the shoes of story characters, the practice extends thoughtfulness to the real people in their lives. As for you—teaching literacy through an empathy lens might just reinvigorate your joy of teaching.

In this 75-minute engagement, Christie McLean Kesler and Mary Knight—creators of the CoreEmpathy approach and coauthors of CoreEmpathy: Literacy Instruction with a Greater Purpose—will demonstrate how to turn an empathy lens on the reading and writing essential to all K–6 classrooms, optimizing the connection between them. Workshop participants will discover how to cultivate empathy and literacy skills simultaneously, while elevating both. Find out why, when you plant the seeds of empathy in the classroom, everything grows.

Presenters: Christie McLean Kesler, Western Washington University
Mary Knight, Lexington, KY

To join this session, visit the NCTE Publications Author Talks & More Lounge in the Networking Lounge area of the Convention platform.

Friday, November 19, 10:00–11:15 a.m. ET

NCTE Author Strand: Information Session around the New Perspectives on Primary Sources (NPPS) Project

Learn more about a fellowship opportunity with NCTE, in partnership with the Library of Congress: New Perspectives on Primary Sources. With a December 1 application deadline, fellowships will begin in January 2022 and offer approximately 60 hours of professional learning throughout 2022 along with the expectation to contribute an instructional unit and chapter for an NCTE-edited book. As incentives, participants will be given complimentary registration for the 2022 NCTE Annual Convention, and stipends of $2,000 will be offered. Applicants must be current educators teaching in secondary classrooms. Come chat with the leaders of this fellowship to learn more!

Presenters: Troy Hicks, Central Michigan University and Chippewa River Writing Project
Lisa Storm Fink, NCTE Professional Learning and Member Engagement, NCTE Teaching with Primary Sources Program

To join this session, visit the NCTE Publications Author Talks & More Lounge in the Networking Lounge area of the Convention platform.

Friday, November 19, 4:15–5:30 p.m. ET

NCTE Author Strand: Using Film to Unlock Textual Literacy

Struggling to help kids engage with print text? Looking for ways to help your students learn to analyze text deeply in a hands-on, differentiated, and real-world environment? Or maybe just want to learn how to take a better selfie?

Robert Crisp, author of Using Film to Unlock Textual Literacy: A Teacher’s Guide, explores strategies for using film study and filmmaking to help students engage in entirely new ways with print text. No special equipment beyond a cell phone is required, and no filmmaking experience is necessary to be successful.

Presenter: Robert Crisp, Myers Park High School, Charlotte, NC

To join this session, visit the NCTE Publications Author Talks & More Lounge in the Networking Lounge area of the Convention platform.

Saturday, November 20, 3:45–5:00 p.m. ET

NCTE Author Strand: Principled Reading and Writing: PIP Authors in Conversation

Join us for a conversation with NCTE authors Anne Elrod Whitney (Growing Writers: Principles for High School Writers and Their Teachers) and Jennifer Ochoa (Already Readers and Writers: Honoring Students’ Rights to Read and Write in the Middle Grade Classroom). Whitney and Ochoa will share their reasons for writing their books, what they learned about working with middle and high school readers and writers as they wrote, and ways we can all create classroom environments that honor, support, and inspire students. Come with your own questions and wonderings as we learn together from these authors and each other. Cathy Fleischer, editor of the Principles in Practice (PIP) imprint, will host what promises to be a lively conversation with two thoughtful teacher researchers.

Chair: Cathy Fleischer, Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti

Presenters: Anne Elrod Whitney, Pennsylvania State University
Jennifer Ochoa, Patria Mirabal School and Lehman College-CUNY, NY

To join this session, visit the NCTE Publications Author Talks & More Lounge in the Networking Lounge area of the Convention platform.