Unlock the future of writing in your classroom with this innovative workshop. Imagine a space where AI isn't just a tool but a trusted writing partner, enhancing your students' creative processes without overshadowing their unique voices. In this session, you'll dive into cutting-edge activities that harness the power of AI resources like Chat GPT and AI imagery services. Together, we'll explore how these tools can sharpen descriptive language, generate rich literary devices, and expand our students’ knowledge and capabilities. Join in for a journey that combines technology and creativity, ensuring your students emerge as confident writers and thinkers in this technological era!
Krogstad is a spoken word poet and educator whose words have empowered students in dozens of cities across Western Canada and beyond. Outside of the classroom, she is a 2-time Canada Council for the Arts grant recipient, a Calgary Arts Development grant recipient, a 2016 national... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
S154299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB
As of late, there is a pervasive call in the English Language Arts classroom to reflect the diverse and intersectional lives of our students. As such, this session focuses on the vital role of diverse literature in approaching intersectionality, diversity, and social justice in the English Language Arts curriculum. It is crucial that we as educators create inclusive and equitable learning environments that reflect the diverse experiences and identities of our students. Integrating diverse literature can profoundly impact our students' understanding of various perspectives, foster empathy, and encourage critical thinking about social justice issues. Research shows that when provided with literature that reflects the diverse, intersectional, and critical lives of our very own students, and they are given a way to express this learning in diverse literacies, they thrive. Teaching diverse literacies is not only paramount for developing critical literacy, it gives students, teachers, and schools the tools to approach systemic marginalization, disrupting harmful histories and stereotypes. In this interactive session, we will delve into text recommendations and effective strategies for incorporating diverse literature into the English Language Arts curriculum.
Does your school library stock only the classics? Are funds unavailable to add newer titles to your class's whole-text study collection? A high school English teacher shares how she supplements the cannon with popular culture to help heighten engagement in her classroom.
Before we put pen to paper, there is so much planning and preparation. After the words are on the page, too, the creative process doesn’t have to stop. Brainstorming, outlining, character development, editing, and many other elements involved in the planning and tweaking of the work can be as important and - dare I say - enjoyable as the writing process itself. With tangible tools, tips, and activities to strengthen your students’ writing, this workshop will help them appreciate and master everything but writing.
Krogstad is a spoken word poet and educator whose words have empowered students in dozens of cities across Western Canada and beyond. Outside of the classroom, she is a 2-time Canada Council for the Arts grant recipient, a Calgary Arts Development grant recipient, a 2016 national... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am MST
S154299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB
Join us to uncover the essential role of fluency, specifically prosody and phrasing, in developing secondary students’ reading abilities. Fluency is one academic key in developing older students’ reading and comprehension skills, and comprehension skills, and is often overlooked. This session will examine how to structure and plan for fluency practice through both ELA texts and within the content areas. We will talk about deep and wide reading and ways to structure fluency practice through the lens of differentiation to meet your classroom's wide range of needs. You will leave with strategies, tools, and practices to embed with your secondary students immediately.
While many students have the ability to create Pulitzer-worthy pieces, getting pen to paper can be somewhat of a challenge. Especially in youth, where inhibitions and insecurities are at an all-time high, putting ourselves out there creatively can be daunting. Using a series of prompts and games, however, this workshop will take some of the pressure off of the blank page. Giving students an “in” regardless of their abilities and interest, we will try some hands-on activities that will get the ink flowing from even your most reluctant writers!
Krogstad is a spoken word poet and educator whose words have empowered students in dozens of cities across Western Canada and beyond. Outside of the classroom, she is a 2-time Canada Council for the Arts grant recipient, a Calgary Arts Development grant recipient, a 2016 national... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
S154299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB
Join us for an overview of the Layers of Writing graphic! During this session, we will share the research pertaining to the layers, the principles that can guide how we structure our programs, and how the writing process can help situate writing instruction in a purposeful environment. If time permits, we will share simple, easy to implement, classroom practices that support writing instruction.
Transform your classroom into a haven for innovative writing with this hands-on workshop. Using an expanded toolkit of literary devices, your students will learn to think outside the box and produce writing that you and others will truly want to read. Dive into the world of defamiliarization, syllepsis, left turns, and twisted idioms, packed with playful activities and prompts. See for yourself how these techniques produce writing that is bright, funny, striking, and a delight to share with the whole room!
Krogstad is a spoken word poet and educator whose words have empowered students in dozens of cities across Western Canada and beyond. Outside of the classroom, she is a 2-time Canada Council for the Arts grant recipient, a Calgary Arts Development grant recipient, a 2016 national... Read More →
Thursday February 20, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm MST
S154299 College Dr SE, Medicine Hat, AB
