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| PRESENTATIONS |
| Using Book Awards to Navigate the Field of Young Adult Literature (with Jennifer Beuhler and Jen Walsh) National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention Once and Future Classics: Reading Between the Lines Philadelphia, PA November 20, 2009 |
| "We Are a Family of Books": How to Create a Community of Readers in Your Classroom Michigan Council of Teachers of English Autumn Assembly: Many Voices, Many Literacies Lansing, MI October 30, 2009 |
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| Rehabbing Reluctant Readers Monroe County Library System Dundee Branch Staff In-Service Dundee, MI August 8, 2008 |
| I enjoy giving presentations that allow me to share my love of children's and young adult literature and to discuss strategies for reaching reluctant readers. For handouts from any of the underlined presentations, please follow the link. |
| "Last Night I Was Reading in My Tree Stand": Creating Students Who Will Read for Pleasure Dundee Middle School Staff Meeting Dundee, MI November 12, 2008 |
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| A YA Canon: Why We Need One, Where it Should Come From, and How to Keep it from "Misfiring" (with Joy Dockham) 31st Annual International Children's Literature Association Conference Fresno, CA June 2004 |
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| Teaching a Love of Reading: How to Rehabilitate Reluctant Readers ALAN Workshop: Bearers of Light Pittsburgh, PA November 2005 |
| Connecting At-Risk Kids to the Classics, "Commando Style": New Rules for Old Lit ALAN Workshop: Young Adult Literature: Key to Open Minds Nashville, TN November 20, 2006 |
| Picture This: Illustrated Books in the Classroom (with Annette Wannamaker, Gina Boldman, and Jean Orlowski) EMU's Extending Conversations Conference: Multimedia in the K-16 Classroom Ypsilanti, MI March 10, 2006 |
| Genres on the Margin: Comics, Movies, and Graphic Novels (with Ian Wojcik-Andrews, Annette Wannamaker, and Matt Weideman) EMU's Extending Conversations K-16 Conference Ypsilanti, MI March 2005 |
| OTHER PRESENTATIONS |
| Presentations that Became "Get 'Em Reading" Pages |
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| Don't Wanna: Books to Let Reluctant Readers Discover Who They Want to Be (with Teri Lesesne, Bonnie Kunzel, and Mary Arnold) ALAN Workshop: Helping Teens Discover a Sense of "Place" and "Self" Through Young Adult Literature New York, NY November 19, 2007 |