School Visits 2018-2019

School Visits 2018-2019

• Timber Trail Elementary – Advanced and gifted writing group 4th and 5th grade – September – November, 2018

• Littleton Public Schools – Professional Development for GT Teachers – Finding and Growing Gifted Writers – September 18, 2018

• Sagewood Middle School – 8th grade – NaNoWriMo Instruction and Coaching – October – December, 2018

• Sagewood Middle School 7th grade – Peer Revisions with Scary Stories/Scary Story Contest – October 26 and October 31, 2018

• MileHi Con – October 19-21, 2018 – Panels
  -Retconning to Evil
  -Science Fiction in the Classroom
  -Military Science Fiction

• CAGT (Colorado Association for Gifted and Talented) Conference – October 22-23, 2018 Presentations
  -Creative Writing for Teachers
  -Talent Development and Identification for Gifted Writers

• Copper Mesa Elementary – 6th grade writing group – NaNoWriMo – October, 2018 – January, 2019

• Littleton Public Schools – GT Parent Advisory Group – Nurturing Creative Potential and Creative Writers at Home – November 12, 2018

• NAGC (National Association for Gifted Children) Conference – November 13-17, 2018 Poster Presentation – Teach Like a Writer

• Sky Vista Middle School – Guest Author – December 7, 2018
  -Meet with teachers around supporting reluctant writers
  -Meet with small group of student writers
  -Large group presentation re: Why Try Fan Fiction and Mysteries of the Publishing World

• Ben Franklin Academy – 6th grade classroom – Advanced LA – Narrative Writing and Genre Fiction – December, 2018 -February, 2019

• Arapahoe Library District – Storytelling for Tweens
  -Smoky Hill Library – January 19, 2019 2:00-3:00 PM
  -Castlewood Library – January 23, 2019 4:30-5:30 PM

• CCIRA (Colorado Council for the International Reading Association) Conference February 7-9, 2019 Presentations
  -Using the Narrative Toolbox to Power Up Academic Writing
  -Genre Fiction – The Cure For I-Hate-To-Write-itis
• Castle View HS – March -April 2019
  • Responding to a cannon text, Frankenstein, with fiction

• Heritage Elementary March – April 2019
  • All 3rd grade – Narrative fiction
  • All 5th grade – Narrative fiction and Fan Fiction
• Rocky Heights Middle School April – May 2019
  • 6th grade – Exploring Genre Fiction
• Cresthill Middle School April – May 2019
  • 8th grade – Writing Narrative Nonfiction for urban legends