Nancy Frey, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor of Literacy in the School of Teacher Education at San Diego State University. Before joining the university faculty, Nancy was a public school teacher in Florida where she taught students at the elementary and middle school level. She worked at the state level for the Florida Inclusion Network helping districts design systems for supporting students with disabilities in the general education classroom. She has co-authored books on literacy such as English Learners in the English Classroom, published by NCTE, Improving Adolescent Literacy: Strategies at Work and Reading for Information in Elementary.
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Level: K-12
Content Area Literacy Graphic Novels English Learners in the English Classroom Coaching Curriculum Design Differentiation Secondary Reading and Intervention
Building Literacy Connections with Graphic Novels: Page by Page, Panel by Panel
English Learners in the English Classroom
Better Learning Through Structured Teaching: A Framework for the Gradual Release of Responsibility
Content Literacy Strategies that Work
Audience: content teachers in middle and high school, administrators
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Understand the use and advantages of content literacy strategies
- Describe a decision-making process for identifying and implementing a school-wide literacy approach
- Identify the components of a professional development plan to foster teacher proficiency and collegial coaching
- Link schoolwide approaches to a systematic accountability design
- Complete a planning tool for establishing and implementing a school-wide literacy program for their school site
Improving Thinking and Writing Through Instruction
Audience: teachers across grade levels, administrators, parents
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe writing standards for elementary, middle and high school students
- Understand the gradual release of responsibility model of writing (Language Experience Approach, Interactive Writing, Writing Models, Generative Sentences, Power Writing, RAFT Writing, Independent Writing)
- Complete a planning tool for establishing and implementing a school-wide writing program for their school site
Developing Literate Behaviors
Audience: Elementary and English teachers
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:
- Describe a gradual release of responsibility model for developing literacy (focus lessons, guided instruction, collaborative learning, and independent work)
- Identify the ways in which content, process, and product must be differentiated to ensure that students are successful in developing literacy
- Design an integrated unit of study for students, based on content standards using a gradual release of responsibility model of instruction
Not Your Father’s Comic Books: Graphic Novels in the Secondary Classroom
Audience: Middle and high school English and content area teachers, librarians and media specialists
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
- Compare and contrast graphic novels and other visual genres, including comic books, manga, anime, and e-zines, and fanzines
- Identify criteria for selecting graphic novels for classroom use, based on developmental levels, content objectives, and readability
- Design ways for graphic novels to be used in instruction
- Teach composition through student development of their own graphic novels and link these practices to traditional academic writing