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November 6, 2009 - Queens, New York
Writing with Power & Purpose / Test-Prep with Real Books
 
Featured Workshops:
Writing With Power & Purpose Grades K–1, 2–3 and 4–5
Persuasive Essay Grades 6–8

This workshop will focus on real-world writing—practical or persuasive in purpose and intended for a specific audience. This is an excellent genre for students to immerse themselves in as they are already involved with and surrounded by real-world writing at home, at school, and everywhere they go. This workshop introduces and celebrates many of the different types of functional writing from our daily lives, such as letters and cards, lists and recipes, maps and signs, schedules and invitations, and condolences and thank-you notes.
Test-Prep with Real Books Grades 2–5

Readers need to be able to use context clues to unlock the meanings of unknown words and to recognize clues in text that will direct them to needed information in order to comprehend what they read. This day will be spent looking at lessons and resources that will help readers to figure out word meanings in context and uncover relevant literal information needed to answer questions and support theories and opinions about the texts they are reading.
Presenters:
 
RORY COHEN
Rory taught in New York City Public Schools and in Long Island before becoming a staff developer at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University. While at the project, Rory mentored elementary teachers across the state, providing demonstration teaching and reading and writing curriculum planning. Rory is now a nationally recognized literacy consultant who specializes in primary reading and writing and an Educational Co-Director at Schoolwide, Inc.
 
 
ILENE COHN
Ilene holds a master’s degree in reading and is a licensed school administration supervisor. She received training at Teachers College Reading and Writing Project at Columbia University and taught at the elementary level for 10 years using balanced literacy strategies. She has also worked as both a literacy coach and reading coordinator. Ilene is currently a national literacy consultant for public schools, specializing in the areas of reading and writing.
 
 
JACKIE REYLING
Jackie is a staff developer and literacy coach on Long Island as well as an instructor in the School of Education's Graduate Literacy Department at Dowling College. Prior to becoming a literacy staff developer, Jackie taught utilizing a reading/ writing workshop model for teaching literacy. Jackie was also co-director of the East End Writing Project, an affiliate of the National Writing Project. She has worked with teachers across Long Island providing demonstration, mentoring, and literacy curriculum writing.
 
 
ROBIN COHEN
Robin is presently a literacy consultant in several school districts in the Northeast. She was formerly a reading specialist and staff developer in District 11 in the Bronx and at Liberty Elementary School (Nyack School district in Rockland County, NY). Robin was the 2005-2006 winner of the International Reading Association Exemplary Reading Award for New York State. She was the NY State Reading Teacher of the Year in 2002, and honored as an NCTE Educator of Excellence in 2001. Robin is also the originator of the Student-Run Bookstore project published in the American Educator and Parade magazines.
 
 
ERICA DENMAN
Erica was an instructor at the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project Summer Institutes. As a teacher in New York City and Long Island, her classrooms served as lab sites for visiting teachers from across the country. Now a literacy consultant, she uses her practical classroom experience to work with teachers and administrators in developing and building their reading and writing workshops and strengthening their teaching of reading and writing across the curriculum. Erica also works with teachers during summer courses and school-year visitations, workshops, and study groups.
 
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