Guess what? Teaching Authors are PORTABLE!
Today, five Teaching Authors gave a wildly successful workshop (I can say that, right?) at the Illinois Reading Council's 42nd annual Conference, and now we're schmoozing with teachers, attending banquets, and generally having a wild time. Woo-woo!
Two magical, amazing and very smart professors from DePaul University--Roxanne Owens and Marie Donovan--introduced us and moderated our workshop, called Flabby to Fab-y: Writing Workouts to Shape Up Your Curriculum.
As "personal trainers," we warmed-up, stretched, strength-trained, cardio-ed and cooled down the attendees...and then awarded them tres cool certificates of completion to hang on their walls with pride.
And yes...we really did teach them one actual physical exercise! In the break-out sessions we taught hands-on writing exercises.
Spring in Springfield, IL is fabulous--wish you were here!
I would love to hear about some of those hands-on exercises. Are they things one could use in school visits?
ReplyDeletePeace,
Caroline McAlister