Visit the EMC Publishing booths 532-536 at the National Council of Teachers of English in Philadelphia, PA, November 19–22, 2009! Not only can you check out the Mirrors & Windows: Connecting with Literature program at the conference, but you can attend these relevant writing sessions by Gary Anderson and Tony Romano, EMC authors and teachers at William Fremd High School, Palatine.
“Creatively Bridging Nonfiction Reading and Writing to Make Learning Concrete”
SESSION: A.39 - 9:30 AM to 10:45 AM 11/20 Marriott/Franklin 5, 4th Floor • Format: Panel
Bringing high quality nonfiction experiences to the classroom helps students make connections to the world they live in. These presenters demonstrate how students can make sense of nonfiction and how it can be used as models to find their own voices.
High School Matters — “The College Application Essay: An Authentic Writing Project”
SESSION: DE.02 - 2:30 PM to 5:15 PM 11/20 Marriott/Grand Ballroom Salon G, 5th Floor • Format: Roundtable
College application essays provide teachers with a golden opportunity: motivated students combined with an authentic writing situation. Find out how to help your students write effective college essays while simultaneously providing pedagogically solid composition instruction. This is not for your college-bound seniors only! Other students can also benefit from this assignment. Participants will examine typical application prompts provided by colleges, as well as some that are a little on the wacky side. Participants will also learn how to advise students to effectively deal with any college application essay requirement they may encounter. Authentic successful student models will be provided and explained.
Gary Anderson and Tony Romano, authors of EMC's Expository Composition: Discovering Your Voice, veteran teachers, ILEMC authors, and organizers of Writers Week—the nation’s largest and most well-known high school writing celebration—present an approach to college application essays that will help students see the task as an opportunity rather than a highwire act. Anderson and Romano will demonstrate how composition concepts such as audience, purpose, mode, voice, and tone can be employed to help students confidently craft a college application essay that will not only make a favorable impression on admissions officers but also provide students with a meaningful reflection experience.
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