Buried Onions
Buried Onions or
Buried Treasure?
Buried Onions is a moving young
adult (YA) novel about the struggle
of a Mexican American teenager to
make sense of his world—a world
filled with difficulties and sadness.
Soto’s metaphor of the “onion”
speaks simply and eloquently to the
pain that grows in the earth.
Students in any culture will
empathize with the young hero who
must find a way to escape the fate
that his family, friends and culture
attempt to determine for him.
Today’s Teachers
Helping Students
Unearth Meaning
2005 Arizona English
Teachers Association
(AETA)
Annual Statewide
Conference
Co-sponsored by the
Tucson Unified School
District TUSD Office of
Professional Development
and Academics
Additional Works by Gary Soto
Fiction
Baseball in April (MS-YA)
Jesse (YA-HS)
Taking Sides (YA-MS)
Pacific Crossing (YA-MS)
Afterlife (YA-HS)
Poetry
Canto Familiar
Black Hair
A Natural Man
Non-Fiction
Living Up the Street
(biography)
October 7-8, 2005
Tucson
Rincon/University High
School
421 N. Arcadia
Tucson, AZ 85711
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2005 Arizona English Teachers Association (AETA)
Annual Statewide Conference
October 7-8, 2005
Tucson Rincon/University High School
421 N. Arcadia
Tucson, AZ 85711
Welcome to the 2005 Annual Meeting and Statewide Conference!
On behalf of the Arizona English Teachers Association and our gracious hosts and cosponsors, the
Tucson Unified School District Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Learning, I
would like to welcome you to the Annual Statewide Conference at the beautiful Rincon University
High School campus in Tucson. We are excited about being in this wonderful facility, surrounded
by colleagues and new friends in the profession.
Whether you are sampling the breakout sessions or the snacks,
we encourage you to see this conference as one of many
AETA experiences. The members of this organization are a
strong professional force, and I speak for many of us when I
say that we look forward to this weekend every year to renew
old ties and make new friends in the profession.
We are especially proud that we have been able to bring Gary
Soto to this conference as he is without question one of the
premier authors for early adolescents and young adults. If
you have never heard Gary speak before, you are in for a real
treat. And if you have heard him before, you know that you will leave today with greater insight
about those people with whom we work.
Finally, I would encourage all of you to become even more involved with the running of AETA.
We are still looking for regional directors for a number of school districts around the state;
regional directors act as the liaison between the executive board of the organization and individual
educators. If you are interested, make sure to indicate that on the information sheet you picked up
when you registered or come and talk to me directly. I look forward to meeting as many new
members as possible. Thank you again for coming to this conference and for making this day a
special one for all of us. Enjoy!
Sincerely,
Lee Brown
President
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Greetings!
On behalf of the Arizona English Teachers Association, we want to welcome you to our
Fall Conference at Rincon/University High School in Tucson. The theme of this year’s
conference is Buried Onions or Buried Treasure? Today’s Teachers Helping Students
Unearth Meaning, with featured speaker and author of Buried Onions--Gary Soto.
At Rincon /University High School, we will come together to share ideas, to talk about our
discipline, to support and empower each other as well as honor some of our own. As
conference planners, we feel fortunate that we have been able to assemble this group of
presenters and resources.
We hope you will see this conference as celebration of good teaching, innovative ideas, and
collegiality. We look forward to the wisdom, insight and encouragement of one of America’s
most gifted authors, Gary Soto. We are deeply appreciative of our colleagues at Rincon/
University High School who have offered to share their classrooms with us. We look forward
to meeting and working with you and it is our hope that your conference will be informative,
enjoyable and maybe even a bit inspiring.
Mary Setliff, NBCT, Palo Verde High School
Vonda Douros, Show Low High School
Ann Guido, NBCT, Catalina Foothills High School
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GARY SOTO, born and raised in Fresno California, is the author of ten
poetry collections for adults, most notably New and Selected Poems, a
1995 finalist for both the Los Angeles Times Book Award and the
National Book Award. His recollections, Living Up the Street, received a
Before Columbus Foundation 1985 AMERICAN BOOK AWARD. His
poems have appeared in many literary magazines, including The Nation,
Ploughshares, The Iowa Review, Ontario Review and most frequently
Poetry, which has honored him with the Bess Hokin Prize and the
Levinson Award and by featuring him in Poets in Person.
He is one of the youngest poets to appear in The Norton Anthology of
Modern Poetry. He has received the Discovery-The Nation Prize, the
U.S. Award of the International Poetry Forum, The California Library
Association's John and Patricia Beatty Award [twice], a Recognition of
Merit from the Claremont Graduate School for Baseball in April, the Silver Medal from The
Commonwealth Club of California, and the Tomás Rivera Prize, in addition to fellowships from
the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (twice), and the California Arts
Council.
For ITVS, he produced the film The Pool Party, which received the 1993 Andrew Carnegie
Medal. For the The Los Angeles Opera, he wrote the libretto for an opera titled Nerd-landia. In
1999, he received the Literature Award from the Hispanic Heritage Foundation, the AuthorIllustrator Civil Rights Award from the National Education Association, and the PEN Center West
Book Award for Petty Crimes. He serves as Young People's Ambassador for the California Rural
Legal Assistance (CRLA) and the United Farm Workers of America (UFW). He lives in Berkeley,
CA.
Gary Soto Books for Adults and High School Students
The Afterlife
A love story, this is the sequel to Soto’s popular novel Buried Onions.
“[Soto] not only paints the scenery brilliantly but also captures the pain that follows an early death. [The novel]
will stay in [your] memory.” Booklist, star review.
One Kind of Faith
This new collection of poems features, among many, his funny poem “Berkeley Dogs,” a look at how canines
have become human and taken over that city.
“The poems are filled with a winning tone…” Publisher’s Weekly
Buried Onions
Eddie struggles to avoid gangs in avenging the murder of his cousin.
"A valuable tale, it's one that makes no concessions." Kirkus Review
Jesse
A novel set during the Vietnam War and el movimiento of the early 1970s.
"[Jesse] struggles to find himself and a meaningful life in spite of the limits placed on him by poverty and
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prejudice. All in all, a highly readable novel." Booklist
Living Up the Street
Twenty-one recollections of growing up Chicano in Fresno, California. This book has been an underground
bestseller since 1985. Winner of the Before Columbus Foundation's American Book Award.
Nerdlandia, a play
Martin, a brilliant Chicano nerd, is hopelessly in love with Ceci, the most beautiful chola on campus. A great
script for performance.
A Summer Life
More recollections of growing up in Fresno. These small snapshot-like stories appeal to high school and college
students.
New and Selected Poems
The best of Gary's poetry dating from 1974 to 1994. Finalist for the National Book Award and the Los Argeles
Times Book Award.
Novio Boy, a play
In this humorous play, 9th-grade Rudy asks an 11th-grade "older" woman for a date. A Chicano play through
and through, it has been performed in schools throughout the Southwest and California.
"...true to its title, a sweetheart of a play." Booklist
Junior College
Poems about the poet's two years in junior college. Bittersweet and funny.
Natural Man
The gritty landscape of these poems is peopled with big talkers, lazy souls, wannabe mariachis, and teenage
werewolves looking for their first date. With a dizzying mixture of comedy and heartbreak, A NATURAL MAN
documents the poet's ongoing struggle to make sense of a disorienting world. Adult and high school reading.
Nickel and Dime
A novel of the folly of three men in their later years: poet Silver Mendez, retiring bank guard Gustavo
Hernandez, and homeless Roberto Silva and mix in Oakland California. Adult and high school reading.
The Effects of Knut Hamsun on a Fresno Boy
This collection of popular essays includes the much-anthologized "Like Mexicans" and "The Jacket." Adult and
high school reading.
Poetry Lover
Silver Mendez, our favorite fictional poet, rekindles a romance from the 1960s despite his hard-scrabble, handto-mouth existence.
Amnesia in a Republican County
Our fictional Chicano poet, Silver Mendez, suffers amnesia. Hilarious new adult novel
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Buried Onions or Buried Treasure?
Today’s Teachers Helping Students Unearth Meaning
2005 Arizona English Teachers Association (AETA)
Annual Statewide Conference
October 7-8, 2005
Tucson Rincon/University High School
421 N. Arcadia
Tucson, AZ 85711
Friday, October 7, 2005
Conference Registration
2:30-5:00
RUHS Auditorium Lobby
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Concurrent Workshops: Series A
3:10 - 4:00
Session A1
Title: Encouraging Student Writers
Strand: Literature
Level: K-12, Some college application
Presenter: Gary Soto
Host: Catalina Rodriquez, TUSD
Description: Noted adolescent literature author Gary
Soto will discuss some methods for encouraging student writers.
Participants will have the opportunity to ask questions.
Little Theatre
Session A2
Room 125
Title: Sheltered English Instruction (SEI) in the English Language Arts Classroom
Strand: Literature, Reading
Level: K-12
Presenters: Vonda Douros, Show Low High School, Show Low
Description: This session will provide the latest "Sheltered English" information including a brief
review of ELL proficiency standards, assessment objectives, and foundations of SEI objectives;
however the main focus will be SEI instructional strategies for the English language arts
classroom, including the special role that Gary Soto and other minority writers can play.
Session A3
Title: Using Nature as Text
Strand: Standards
Level: EL, MS
Presenter: April Brannon
Room 124
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Email: [email protected]
Host: Kate Moore, Payson High School, Payson
Description: This workshop will examine how to develop ecological literacy in the English
classroom.
Concurrent Workshops: Series B
4:10 - 5:00
Session B1
Room 125
Title: Vivir en el aqui y ahora! (Carpe diem!)
Strand: Literature
Level: General
Presenter: Judith A. Hayn & Brigid Patrizi Schultz, Loyola University Chicago
Email: [email protected]; [email protected]
Description: Using Soto’s YA novels and poetry, the presenters will demonstrate strategies and
engage participants interactively for introducing the theme of seizing the day with adolescents.
Session B2
Room 222
Title: Teaching Strategies and Lesson Ideas for Gary Soto’s Collection of Short Stories--Help
Wanted
Strand: Literature
Level: Middle School
Presenter: Jim Blasingame, ASU at the Tempe Campus
Host: Megan Giovale, Mount Elden Middle School, Flagstaff
Description: This session will include a webquest (available online), short dramatizations, and
instructional handouts.
Session B3
Room 123
Title: Thinking Maps: Unbury Reading Comprehension and “See” What Lies Beneath Using 8
Graphic Organizers to Increase Understanding
Strand: Technology/Reading
Level: K-12, Some college application
Presenter: Luann Flanagan, Visual Tools for Learning, Arizona Thinking Maps Representative
Email: Luann_ [email protected]
Host: Lee Brown, AETA
Description: Can you imagine schools where every teacher utilized consistent visual tools (graphic
organizers) across all grade levels and content areas…could students comprehend what they read
more effectively? The answer is yes! Thinking Maps developed by Dr. David Hyerle are visual
teaching tools that foster and encourage life-long learning. These tools are based on a simple yet
profound insight: The one common thread that binds together all teachers, from pre-kindergarten
through postgraduate, teach the same thought processes. Participants will learn eight specific
organizers attached to a fundamental thinking skill. These tools can become a familiar part of
students’ education and remain an effective learning tool throughout their academic career – and
beyond. Student examples of the organizers will be shared as well as ideas that incorporate Gary
Soto’s novel, Buried Onions.
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Dinner
5:15-6:30
RUHS Cafeteria
Catered by Alex Sanchez Catering of Tucson
A Special Presentation by the Rincon University High School Student Salsa Club
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A Celebration of Writing
6:30-8:00
RUHS Cafeteria
Emcee: Roger Shanley, Director of the Southern Arizona
Writing Project
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Presentation of AETA Teachers as Writers Award
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Annual AETA Members Open Mike Readings
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Reading by Gary Soto
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Refreshments
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Mexican Food in Taiwan by Gary Soto
In Taiwan
Fernie and me rode an elevator up the tallest building
In Asia. We stepped outside—
All the wind in the world was up there. I laughed. They wind parted
Fernie’s hair a hundred different ways,
And made my blue chewing gum fly out of my mouth.
Bright me, I said, Let’s get some Mexican food for lunch.
When Fernie started to say, But dude, we’re in Taiwan,
His blue chewing gum flew from his mouth.
I laughed, but nothing else flew my mouth.
But Mexican food sounds good, Fernie said.
He described the enchilada special with lots of red, red sauce.
With beans and rice, Fernie crowed.
And guacamole dip, I added, plus a stack of tortillas.
I pointed into the distance.
Me, with my eyes narrowed in the wind, I said, Mexico is over there,
And I swore that I could see a little bit of California.
We talked about Mexican food among Chinese and Japanese tourists.
Then we went down and looked all
Over Taiwan for a Mexican restaurant.
No luck for us.
The only thing we found was blue chewing gum
Stuck to the bottoms of our shoes
http://www.garysoto.com/whatsup.html
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Buried Onions or Buried Treasure?
Today’s Teachers Helping Students Unearth Meaning
Saturday, October 18, 2005
8:00-9:00
Cafeteria
Conference Registration
Book Exhibits
Continental Breakfast
Concurrent Workshops: Series C
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Session C1
9:00 - 9:50
Room 125
Title: Using Multi-disciplinary, Multicultural English, Art and History in the Writing Process
Strand: Composition, Multi-cultural
Level: K-12, Some college application.
Presenters: Barbara Presler: Education Program Specialist, Title I, Arizona Department of
Education, Academic Achievement Division; Debora Norris: Indian Education Specialist, Title I,
Arizona Department of Education, Academic Achievement Division; Lynn Tuttle: Arts Education
Specialist, Arizona Department of Education, Academic Achievement Division
Host: Megan Giovale, Mount Elden Middle School, Flagstaff
Description: Starting with a multi-cultural base to merge history, art and language, students can
use the writing process to yield many richly, written pictures/projects. Writing as a learning and
response tool will be examined. The presentation will cover the kinesthetic, visual, and auditory
learning processes, including Native American Oral histories, inherent in multi-disciplinary
instruction. Exemplary pieces will be highlighted, as well as practical applications discussed
following the Arizona Standards and Strands. A variety of strategies will examined that are
transferable across grade levels, meet the learning needs of students, utilize community and family
resources, and proceed from scientifically-based research.
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Session C2
Room 124
Title: The Race Against Run-ons
Strand: Composition
Level: 6-12, Some college application.
Presenter: Brian Taylor, Westview High School, Avondale
Host: Traci Avalos, Ingleside Middle School, Phoenix
Description: See Jimmy write. Jimmy writes short sentences. Then Jimmy attempts to write long
sentences, he gets marked off for writing run-on sentences. Jimmy hates long sentences. See
Jimmy quit.
What if you could help students write long sentences, without the fear of writing run-ons? This
simple technique is an effective tool that works great for mini-lessons or a whole unit.
Session C3
Room 123
Title: Multigenre Writing in the Middle School Classroom
Strand: Composition, Literature
Level: MS
Presenter: Lee Brown, AETA
Description: Specific procedures for creating multigenre compositions will be detailed.
Techniques for using cooperative groups, supportive technology, and peer editing to produce more
finished works will be shared. Participants will have an opportunity to examine multigenre
compositions done by 7th grade students from Landmark Middle School in Glendale. Handouts
will be given out.
Session C4
Room 121
Title: What does Social Justice and Equity have to do with AIMS?
Strand: Standards/Assessment
Level: General
Presenter: Anne-Marie Hall, MaryCarmen Cruz, David Orr, Judyth Willis, Paulette O’Malley,
Chris Goldsmith and Roger Shanley, Department of English, University of Arizona,
Tucson
Email: [email protected]
Host: Cat Lytle, Mount Elden Middle School, Flagstaff
Description: We will begin with a brief overview of issues surrounding AIMS (and NCLB) and a
description of how our study group got started and how we have proceeded. We will share
highlights of the texts we have read (Saving Our Schools, Manufactured Crisis, Teachers
Organizing for Change, and others). Then each participant will make a brief statement of an issue
with questions for discussion. Finally, we would like to moderate a discussion and answer session
with the audience asking questions of the panelists.
Session C5
Room 119
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Title: Administering Diversity: Addressing Issues of Difference & Inequality
Strand: Multicultural
Level: College
Presenter: Jennifer deWinter & Daniel Griffin, University of Arizona
Email: [email protected] & [email protected]
Description: This workshop explores the need to create administrative scaffolding that supports
instructors who address issues of difference and inequality. After outlining the need for
administrative support, we will focus on specific strategies that have been used at the University
of Arizona, the types of resistance that we have encountered to institutionally addressing issues of
difference and inequality, and possible ways to attend to different types of resistance.
Book Exhibits
Opening Session
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10:00 – 11:00
Auditorium
Welcome by AETA President Lee Brown
Greeting by Conference Chair Mary Setliff
Distinguished Service to AETA Awards
Dr. Jean Boreen
Dr. June Harris
Distinguished Service Award
Dr. Harriet Scarborough
Ken Donelson Outstanding Teacher Award
Roger Shanley
NCTE Developing Leader Award
Wendy Kelleher
Opening Keynote Address
Gary Soto
Book Exhibits
Concurrent Workshops: Series D
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Session D1
11:10 - 12:00
Room: 222
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Title: Hypertextual Essays and Hyper-Plagiarism: A New Challenge for Academic Writing in
the 21st Century
Strand: Composition
Levels: MS, HS, College/University
Presenter: Jeff Ross, Central Arizona College-SMC
Email: [email protected]
Description: This workshop will examine-a) different forms of hypertextual (electronic form) essays
b) variations of “hyper plagiarism”: hyper-linking, cutting and pasting, blog borrowing, etc
c) samples of student hypertextual essays and the continuum of hyper plagiaristic possibilities
d) the evolution of writing paradigms and instructors’ expectations for giving credit and using
citations for internet-borrowed materials
e) the presentation audience’s real time understanding of plagiarism and their “sense” of how
internet source use is affecting their student’s academic writing. (a discussion)
Session D2
Little Theatre
Title: Gary Soto on His Work
Strand: Literature
Level: MS, HS
Presenter: Gary Soto
Host: James Blasingame, Arizona State University
Description of workshop: Gary Soto will read from one of his recent
works.
This reading will be followed by a discussion of the
instructional possibilities of his writing. This session will include
a brief Q & A session.
Session D3
Room 125
Title: Incorporating Cooperative Learning into Your Teaching of College Composition
Strand: Composition
Level: College, General
Presenter: Katherine C. Mason, ASU Doctoral Student in English Education
Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
Email: [email protected]
Host: Sharon Fagan, Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Description: In this workshop, participants will engage in cooperative learning structures that are
appropriate for writing instruction, explore alternatives to group work and group grades, and learn
how to facilitate student-student interaction to complement their current methods of teaching
composition.
Session D4
Room 124
Title: Writing the AIMS essay – As Easy as 12323!
Strand: Composition
Level: MS, HS
Presenter: Melinda Campbell, Toltecalli Academy, Tuscon
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[email protected]
Description: Students will gain the necessary tools to write a top-notch essay using a 12323
graphic organizer. Organization is the trait concentrated on in this session. This strategy breaks
the overwhelming essay puzzle into pieces and then shows students step-by-step how to easily fit
these pieces into the large essay puzzle they need to pass the AIMS, GED or any standardized test
calling for an essay. Participants will go through each step and write a rough draft of an essay,
thus learning by doing.
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Lunch
12:00-12:50
Cafeteria
Enjoy Your Lunch - a box lunch catered by EEgee’s.
There will also be a continental breakfast and snacks for
later in the day on Saturday.
Visit the Publisher Exhibits
Take Part in the Annual AETA Lesson Exchange
(Room 119) -hosted by Traci Avalos
Book Signing by Gary Soto (Cafeteria – sponsored by
Kids’ Center Bookstore
Book Exhibits
Concurrent Workshops: Series E
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Session E1
1:10 - 2:00
Room 125
Title: Promising Young Adult Writers: Book Talks
Strand: Literature
Level: K-12, Some college application.
Presenters: NAU English Education Students
Host: Jean Boreen, NAU, Flagstaff
Description: Pre-service English language arts teachers will share a number of “Best Books” for
young adults based on personal responses to the text. Approaches for using the books in the
classroom will be offered as will a packet of “book raves” which will provide suggestions for
teaching each of the books highlighted during the talk.
Session E2
Room 124
Title: Place Writing: Creating a Guidebook in First-Year Composition
Strand: Composition, Reading/Literature
Level: HS, College
Presenter: Dr. Eileen Landis-Groom, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
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[email protected]
Description:: The presenter, the editor and contributor to Methods for Teaching Travel Literature
and Writing: Exploring the World and Self , will share writing assignments that were created for
first-year composition students new to the campus and more often than not new to the community,
with the intent of publishing some of them for future or potential students as a guide to both the
physical campus and area and as a tool to discover what being a first-year student entails. The
benefits from incorporating this idea were two-fold: one, the students had a stronger purpose for
writing, i.e., to help new or potential students; and two, they became aware of how the
incorporation of key elements of travel essays can strengthen their own writing. Sharing the
successes and problems of structuring my composition class with the focus described above would
allow, I hope, others to do as I did: shape an innovative idea for writing to best help their own
students. Defining and reflecting on their experiences and reading to share helpful information
and insights about this new adventure in their lives, as many travel writers do, helped my students
often write with more purpose and pleasure and gave me material to evaluate with the same result.
Session E3
Room 123
Title: TUSD’s Mexican America/Raza Studies Department: Tri-Dimensionalization and the
Nurturing of Chicana/o Transformative Intellectuals
Strand: Transformative Education
Level: MS, HS
Presenters: Norma Ballesteros, Alzira Duncan, Jose Gonzales, Sean Arce and Students
Host: Mary Setliff, TUSD
Description: The presenters will articulate the paradigm shift that is being forwarded by TUSD’s
Mexican American / Raza Studies Department. A contextualization and authentication of the
paradigm shift will be offered.
Session E4
Room 222
Title: Using a Smartboard to Teach Reading
Strands: Literature, Reading, Technology
Level: MS, HS
Presenters: Judy Wingert and Tamara Nicolosi, TUSD, Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and
Professional Learning, Tucson
[email protected]; [email protected]
Description:: Participants will experience a high school reading lesson using SmartBoard
Technology. They will take away tools for implementing the Smartboard in their own lessons.
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Concurrent Workshops: Series F
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Session F1
2:10 - 3:00
Room 125
Title: Why You Are Being Forced to Study SEI: A Question of Academic Freedom
Strand: Standards/Assessment
Level: General
Presenters: Sal Gabaldón, Rincon University High School Teachers and Students
Host: Catalina Rodriquez, TUSD
Description: A presentation on and discussion of the political and historical developments that led
to the State Board mandate that all individuals holding valid Arizona teaching certificates be
required to obtain a structured English Immersion endorsement. This review will be conducted by
the AETA SLATE/NCTE representative.
Session F2
Title: From “Huh?” to “Oh!: Forming Arguments
Strand: Composition
Level: College, General
Presenter: Dr. Shawn Hellman
[email protected]
Pima Community College Desert Vista Campus
Host: Colleen Rogers, Marana Middle School, Tucson
Description: I’ll demonstrate interactive activities I have used to help students form arguments
about their interpretations of texts. Students realize how to use textual evidence to support their
claims and that there is not one right interpretation.
Session F3
Room 124
Title: Transformative Resistance and Latina/o Youth: Towards a Critical Compassionate
Intellectualism (CCI) of Urban Education
Strand: Transformative Education
Level: K-12
Presenters: Julio Cammarota, Ph.D., Augustine Romero, Kim Dominguez and the
Students for Social Justice Education Project
Augustine [email protected]
Host: Catalina Rodreiquez, TUSD
Description: The presenters will contextualize and authenticate the CCI Model. CCI’s objectives
are (a) nurturing and fostering of intellectuals who are devoted to both internal and structural
transformation; (b) the nurturing of academic identities; and (c) elevating levels of academic
outcomes.
Session F4
Room 123
Title: Collaborative Writing Strategies: What’s in Your Bag of Tricks?
Strand: Composition, Standards/Assessment
Level: K-8
Presenter: Brian Gillis, Cataline Ventura/Alhambra Elementary School District
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Description: Want some great ideas, strategies, and structures that will help you create and
integrate a highly effective, state-aligned writing program at your elementary school? The
presenter, a collaborative peer teacher for the Alhambra Elementary District and an English
education doctoral student will demonstrate how to use cooperative learning to help teachers and
students with the six traits, journals, portfolios and more.
Session F5
Room 119
Title: Japan Fulbright Memorial Foundation Opportunities for English Teachers
Strand: Professional Development
Level: K-12
Presenter: Cat Lytle, Mount Elden Middle School, Flagstaff, Arizona
Email: [email protected]
Description: In this session, information about the Japan Fulbright Memorial Foundation will be
presented. This information includes personal experiences in Japan, educational and cultural
differences between Japan and the United States, and how to apply for the scholarship.
Conference Closing
3:00-3:30
Cafeteria
A Look to 2006 by President Lee Brown
Final Remarks and Appreciations by Your Conference Co-chairs
Door Prizes
Adjournment
Certificates of Attendance
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Recognition and Appreciation to the…
Tucson Unified School District (TUSD) Faculty, Administration and Students who contributed in
so many ways to the success of our program and made our stay here memorable and rewarding
TUSD Office of Professional Development and Academics
Publisher and Sales Representatives who put up the informative displays
Dr. Harriet Scarborough, TUSD Senior Academic Officer
Angela Julien, Rincon High School Principal and Larry Martinez, Assistant Principal
Rincon High School--a special thanks for keeping the faith and making this conference a reality.
Rincon High Jazz Band
Jim and Retha Davis of Kids' Center Bookstore for coordinating the Gary Soto sales and signings
and for his years of donating books to AETA as door prizes.
Rincon High School Salsa Club: Catalina Rodriguez, Sponsor
TUSD Mexican American/Raza Studies Department for their unique contribution to English
education and cultural competency.
The Rincon High Fine Arts Department for allowing us to interrupt their performance schedules
The Rincon/University High School Library: Sue Ellen Coltrin and Mary Sepich, Librarians
Rincon/University High School Site Council
Viscount Hotel for offering generous discounts and acting as our conference hotel.
Arizona State University, Central Arizona College, Embry-Riddle University, Loyola Unversity,
Northern Arizona Univeristy and the University of Arizona faculties and students.
Mary Jane Shorey, former University High School Principal for her organizational skills and
leadership.
Arizona State University, Central Arizona College, Embry-Riddle, Loyola University, Northern
Arizona University and the University of Arizona faculties and students
AETA Executive Board for working together to provide this important professional development
program for the English language arts teachers of Arizona
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