The 21st Century ELA Classroom

WELCOME TO THE 2ND ANNUAL CVTE

SUMMER CONFERENCE

The 21st Century ELA Classroom…•CVTE Wikispace•Teacher Learning Communities•Discussion boards•Project Share•Goodreads

Business Meeting•Financial Report•Elections•Publications Editor•Contest Winner

Book Talk PanelBecause Digital Writing Matters by the National Writing Project, Danielle Nicole DeVoss, Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, & Troy HicksDigital Writing Workshop by Troy HicksTell It Slant: Writing and Shaping Creative Nonfiction by Brenda Miller & Suzanne PaolaWhat’s the Big Idea? Question-Driven Units to Motivate Reading, Writing, and Thinking by Jim BurkeWhen Kids Can’t Read: What Teachers Can Do by Kylene Beers

Lunch Challenge•Importance of Professional Development•Why is CVTE so important?•What is the purpose of our group?•TLC – Teacher Learning Communities

•Challenge - Send a text or email during lunch from one of your smartphones with a group picture and your ideas to:

cvtenglish@yahoo.com or 214.906.2059

Roundtable Discussions• grade level lesson of the

month or six weeks—to share ideas also a listserv of all members

• Through pearl writing project we have a built in tlc of teachers at different levels, subject areas, and experience levels. We run book studies on ell and dyslexia every year. Cvte provides a larger group of professionals for more collaboration.