NJWA: 2006 Conference

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NJWA 2006 Conference

The New Jersey Writing Alliance hosted its seventh one-day conference, this year entitled “We’re All in It Together: Solving Writing Problems across the High School-College Divide” on May 22, 2006 at Monmouth University. The Alliance is interested in discussing--and bridging--the divide that too often separates college and high school writing. We envision our Spring 2006 conference as the continuation of an on-going conversation about what challenges our students face moving both between and within institutions—and how to facilitate those movements smoothly and successfully. Our goal is to build stronger relationships between high schools and the New Jersey colleges and universities that their students will attend.

Program and Materials from
We’re All in It Together: Solving Writing Problems across the High School-College Divide
Spring 2006 Conference
NJEA officially endorsed professional development activity
Contact people: Barbara Roshak (broshak@monmouth.edu) and Diana Smedes (dsmedes@monmouth.edu)

8:00 - 8:45

Registration & Light Breakfast

8:45

Welcome and Greetings from NJWA Steering Committee

9:00

Sampling New Jersey College Writing Programs: A Panel

10:00

Break

10:15

Morning Workshops

Christine C. Heuner	Hunterdon Central Reg. HS	Expos 101 for High Schoolers: Teaching High School Juniors to Write like College Freshmen [handout] [Critical Reading]
Anne K. Erickson Wendy Waisala Melissa C. Rousseau	Atlantic-Cape CC	What We Wish College-Bound Students Knew and Practical Ways to Teach It [handouts] [horizontal handouts]
Liz deBeer LeVar Harris Patricia Benders	Point Pleasant Beach HS Summit HS Rutgers U., Newark	Have Journal--Will Travel: Practical Examples and Rationale for Using Journal Writing in High School and College English Classes
Jennifer A. Boutros	Plainsboro Middle School	An Interactive Workshop in Creating a Children's Book While Reading S. E. Hinton's The Outsider
Stacy Slomko	Perth Amboy HS	Effective Writing Approaches for At-Risk Students: Approaches that Motivate Reluctant Writers
Maureen McVeigh-Berzok	Spotswood Schools	Rethinking Controlled Research in an Age of Information Overload: Using Examples from New Jersey History and Culture to Develop a Controlled Research Assignment
Mark Sutton Sally Chandler	Kean University	Giving a Helping Hand: Assignments That Encourage Charles Nelson Reflection and Critical Thinking [handout] [PowerPoint]
Courtney Crane	Princeton High School	Jazzing It Up: Identifying Voice and Rethinking the Academic Essay

12:00

Lunch & Exhibits

12:40

Keynote Speaker: Ann Jurecic, Rutgers University, Department of English
"Is Teaching Writing Still Possible?"
Ann Jurecic has taken on multiple roles at virtually every type of institution of higher educational in New Jersey, from community college to four-year state university to private university. She will reflect on teaching writing under current constraints.

1:30 - 2:00

Afternoon Break Out Sessions # 1

Patricia Hans	Ridgewood HS	Wearing Two Hats: Being a High School and College Adjunct English Instructor
Brandon Gramer	Brookdale CC	Making Cheating Fair: Limiting Students' Success at Plagiarism
William Cahill	Edison Twsp HS	The Discourse of Possible Worlds: Use of the Classical Enthymeme in the Close Reading of Texts
Laura M. Nicosia	Montclair State U	SparkNotes, PinkMonkey and CliffNotes-Oh My! Critiquing and Evaluating Online Study Guides [handout] [PowerPoint]
Dorothy J. Altman Kelly Keane Leigh Jonaitis	Bergen CC	The Research Paper Project: Interactive PowerPoint Modules for Teaching the Research Paper [handout] [Web site]
Lynne A. Beriot-Virginia Rose P. Luminiello	McManus Middle School	The Reading-Writing Connection: Using Differentiated Instruction to Connect a Novel with a Writing Project

2:15 - 2:45

Afternoon Break Out Sessions # 2

Jessica Restaino	Montclair State U	Planting the Seed: Writing Assignments for Pre-Service English Teachers
Laura DeSena	West Milford HS	The Sources of Plagiarism: The Importance of Free-Writing in Preparation for Writing a Research Paper
David J.Tietge	Monmouth U	Reforming College Comp: English Comp Is Content
Laurie Lieberman Amarjit Kaur	Bergen CC	Turn it up with Turnitin - The Heat Is On: Turnitin as Detector, Deterrent and Teaching Tool
Don Reilly	Bergen CC	The Research Paper for Developmental Students: Introducing Developmental Students to the Principles of College-Level Research

2:15 - 3:15

Norming Session: Let's Get Together to Talk About Student Writing
Instructors will read two or three student essays from various levels, give them a grade, and discuss their rationale for the grade. The purpose is to raise questions about the priorities we have for student writing at various levels of instructions and about how we establish standards for writing evaluation.

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Updated 11/27/2006 by Leigh Jonaitis