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2015 VATE Conference

9:00am EDT

Virginia English Language Arts Supervisors MeetingLIMITED Ball Room Conference Registration (Mandatory) (Friday) Foyer

11:00am EDT

An Assessment of Composition Approaches We Have Known - and Not Always Loved! What now?LIMITED Capitol Celebrating Diversity Through Cultural LiteracyLIMITED Elizabethan Examining Strategies and Patterns for Essay Development in the University Writing CourseLIMITED Georgian Reinvigorating the Bunny: The Basic Skills of Writing Successful Freshman Composition PapersLIMITED Raleigh Writing to Build Resilience: Four Case StudiesLIMITED Drake VATE's Welcome to First-Time Conference Attendees and New VATE MembersLIMITED Foyer Book Store (Friday) Foyer

12:00pm EDT

Conference Welcome and Opening YA Author Gigi Amateau Ball Room

1:00pm EDT

Back to the Real Basics--Authentic Learning in English ClassroomsLIMITED Elizabethan My Kids are Done…Now What?LIMITED Capitol Pictures from the Past: Pulitzer Prize Photographs as Primary SourcesLIMITED Drake Teaching English 101: Using Mentor Texts to Guide Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary InstructionLIMITED Georgian Using August Wilson's Plays to Develop LiteracyLIMITED Raleigh

2:00pm EDT

Can We Talk about Urban Street Fiction for Youth?LIMITED Drake Digital Literacy 101: Using Holocaust Survivor Video Testimony in the Classroom with IWitnessLIMITED Georgian Image and Imagination: Using House on Mango Street and Movement for Personal WritingLIMITED Raleigh Student Selected Reading Assessment: Life After a Reading LogLIMITED Elizabethan Teacher Preparation 101: Basics and Best Practices for the 21st CenturyLIMITED Capitol

3:00pm EDT

Do You Want to Build a Snowman (With Your Librarian?)LIMITED Capitol Engaging the Apathetic StudentLIMITED Georgian Rethinking the 'Basic Rules' of Academic WritingLIMITED Drake Throwing a Wrench at Mechanics - Bringing the Basics to LifeLIMITED Elizabethan Young Adult Lit in the ClassLIMITED Raleigh

4:00pm EDT

Vendor Musical Tables TriviaLIMITED Foyer Poetry Society of Virigina ProgramLIMITED Ball Room

5:00pm EDT

Off-site Dinners with Preservice Teachers Off-Site

7:30pm EDT

Off-site Tour of the Virigina Museum of Fine Arts Off-Site

7:30am EDT

Conference Registration (Mandatory) (Saturday) Foyer

8:00am EDT

Continental Breakfast Ball Room Book Store (Saturday) Foyer

8:30am EDT

Book and School Supplies Donation Presentation Ball Room

9:00am EDT

Tracy Robertson's English SOL Insights Ball Room

10:00am EDT

Managing the Grading Load: Assessing for MasteryLIMITED Capitol Narrative as Foundation: Remove Narrative Bricks and the Structure Will Fall!LIMITED Elizabethan Reading Multimedia Texts: Strategies for Integrating and Teaching MultimediaLIMITED Raleigh Reverse Engineering our Language: Discovering Meaning Through StructuresLIMITED Drake Use Your Voice: Oral Communication Skills for Middle School StudentsLIMITED Georgian

11:00am EDT

Electronic Portfolios: Transparent Reflective PracticeLIMITED Georgian Literacy Explosion 101: Reinvigorating Students’ Enthusiasm about their ReadingLIMITED Capitol More than a Ham and Cheese Sandwich: Cooking a 3 Course Feast with the Literacy Narrative ArgumentLIMITED Elizabethan Teaching Common Novels in Uncommon WaysLIMITED Raleigh Word Wisdom: Vocabulary Teaching StrategiesLIMITED Drake

12:00pm EDT

Buffet Lunch Ball Room

12:45pm EDT

Award-Winning Author Kathy Erskine Ball Room

2:00pm EDT

'Teach Like T.V.' Finding new paths to reach your students and how to plan across content areas easily.LIMITED Drake Build Literacy Skills with Primary Sources from The Library of Congress!LIMITED Georgian Paper? Paper? We don't need no stinkin paper!LIMITED Elizabethan Tone vs. Mood- It's NOT So BasicLIMITED Raleigh

3:00pm EDT

Edcamp 101: Everything You Need to Know to about Attending and Hosting Capitol Joint Operations and Joint Forces: The Benefits and Best Practices of Effective CollaborationLIMITED Georgian Multi-Cultural YAL and Teaching for Social Justice (More Complicated Than It Seems)LIMITED Drake Real World Readers: Twelfth Grade Readers Collaborate with College StudentsLIMITED Raleigh The Mash Up of BooksLIMITED Elizabethan

4:00pm EDT

College Level Round Table Discussions and Wrap-upLIMITED Drake Conference Focus Group and RecruitmentLIMITED Capitol Elementary Level Round Table Discussions and Wrap-upLIMITED Georgian High Level Round Table Discussions and Wrap-upLIMITED Raleigh Middle Level Round Table Discussions and Wrap-upLIMITED Elizabethan VCEE MeetingLIMITED Drake

6:00pm EDT

Hors D'oeuvres and Open Bar ReceptionLIMITED Ball Room

7:00pm EDT

Edgar Allan Poe Museum: Interactive ProgramLIMITED Ball Room

8:00am EDT

VATE Board MeetingLIMITED Board Room

10:00am EDT

Buffet BrunchLIMITED Capitol

10:30am EDT

Author and Speaker Charlotte MatthewsLIMITED Capitol