WES 2010 Schedule – Tentative
Tentative (updated June 29)
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Monday, July 26
12:30 PM Check In, Meet & Mingle, Light Refreshments
2:30 PM Opening Plenary: “What Are We Really Doing Here?” Andrew Pudewa
4:30 PM Breakout Sessions
- Pudewa: Units 1 & 2 (TWSS)
- Pike: Primary Writing: From Printing to Composition (Primaries/Special Needs)
- Webster: Using Fairy Tale Models (Classroom and Group Teachers)
- Richards: The Ultimate Question (Advanced Writing)
6:00 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Show and Tell Display Tables/Special Guest
Tuesday, July 27
7:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Plenary: “How To Cultivate Wisdom Through Writing” Andrew Kern
10:20 AM Breakout Sessions
- Pudewa: Dress ups & Unit 3 (TWSS)
- Pike: Primary Reading and Spelling (Primaries/Special Needs)
- Kern: The Five Paths to Writing Greatness (Classroom and Group Teachers
- Roddy: From Story Writers to Novelists (Advanced Writing)
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Breakout Sessions
- Pudewa: Sentence Openers & Unit 4 (TWSS)
- Webster: Teaching English Language Learners (Primaries/Special Needs)
- House: History of Education (Classroom and Group Teachers)
- Kimbrell: “The Division Essay” (Advanced Writing)
3:30 PM Breakout Sessions
- Pike: Primary Story Reading and Writing (Primaries/Special Needs)
- Panel: Panel Discussion on Starting a Flourishing Tutoring Business: Walker (Moderator) (Classroom and Group Teachers)
- Pudewa: Response to Literature (Advanced Writing)
6:00 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Community Open House, Speaker Potpourri and Book Signing Pudewa, Webster, Roddy, Kern, Andrews (Live video stream available, register here.)
Wednesday, July 28
7:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Plenary: “The Story of Job – Leadership Education for the Luckiest Man in the World” Adam Andrews
10:20 AM Breakout Sessions
- Pudewa: Advanced Dress-ups, Unit 5, Decorations (TWSS)
- Andrews: Reading Comprehension from Seuss to Socrates (Primaries/Special Needs)
- Spitler: Debunking the Egalitarian Myth (Classroom and Group Teachers)
- Webster: Literature as Models for Writing Poetry (Advanced Writing)
12:00 PM Lunch
1:30 PM Breakout Sessions
- Pudewa: Unit 8 & 9 (TWSS)
- Roddy: Teaching Story Writing to Elementary Children (Primaries/Special Needs)
- Andrews: Asking the Right Questions – Teaching Literature with Socratic Discussion (Classroom and Group Teachers)
- Webster: Advanced Decorations, Metaphorical & Allegorical Writing (Advanced Writing)
3:30 PM Breakout Sessions
- Pudewa: Fairy Tales and the Moral Imagination (Primaries/Special Needs)
- Spitler: Galloping through Grading (Classroom and Group Teachers)
- Richards: Literature as Models for Writing Poetry (Advanced Writing)
6:00 PM Dinner
7:30 PM Round Table Discussions on Selected Topics of Interest (Coffee & Tea Served)
Thursday, July 29
7:00 AM Breakfast
8:30 AM Breakout Sessions
- Pudewa: TWSS 5: Unit 6 &7 (TWSS)
- Vessels: Special Education (Primaries/Special Needs)
- Kimbrell: IEW Classroom Management (Classroom and Group Teachers)
- Kern: How does Structure & Style relate to The Lost Tools of Writing? (Advanced Writing)
10:20 AM Closing Plenary: “Where Do We Go from Here?” Dr. J.B. Webster and Andrew Pudewa
12:00 PM Lunch/End Conference