Sam Houston Area Reading Council (SHARC) andThe Texas Association for the Improvement ofReading (TAIR) Fall Conference

The Woodlands High School, 6101 Research Forest Drive, The Woodlands, TX

Saturday, October 3,2009

8:30 am to 3:30 pm

6 Hours Professional Development Credit

Dr. Stephen Krashen / Dr. Joyce Armstrong Carroll
Stephen Krashen, Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Southern California, is a linguist, educational researcher, and activist. He is best known for developing the first comprehensive theory of second language acquisition, introducing the concept of sheltered subject matter teaching, and as the co-inventor of the Natural Approach to foreign language teaching. Dr. Krashen has published more than 350 papers and books, contributing to the fields of second language acquisition, bilingual education, and reading. He promotes the use of free voluntary reading as “the most powerful tool we have in language education, first and second.” In 2005Dr. Krashen was inducted into the International Reading Association's Reading Hall of Fame and the National Association for Bilingual Education Executive Board. His publications include The Power of Reading: Insights From the Research, Condemned Without a Trial: Bogus Arguments Against Bilingual Education, Foreign Language Education the Easy Way, Under Attack: The Case Against Bilingual Education, and Three Arguments Against Whole Language and Why They Are Wrong.
Anything But Reading
Both the popular media and professional literature are filled with suggestions on how to improve reading, but the one approach that actually works is rarely mentioned: provide readers with a supply of interesting and comprehensible books. Instead, we are given advice that is dead wrong as a means of improving reading, advice that leads only to reading-like, advice that teaches students to use strategies that are innateor strategies they will acquire anyway as they read. / In her fifty-year career, Joyce Armstrong Carroll has taught every grade level from primary to graduate school. In the past twenty-eight years, she has trained teachers in the teaching of writing as Co-director of the New Jersey Writing Project in Texas, now Abydos Learning International. A nationally known consultant, she has served as President of the National Council of Teachers of English and on numerous NCTE committees. With her husband Edward E. Wilson, Dr. Carroll co-authored Acts of Teaching: How to Teach Writing,Poetry After Lunch: Poems to Read Aloud, and the Prentice Hall Writing and Grammar: Communication in Action Series: Grades 6-12. Other publications include Jesus Didn’t Use Worksheets: A 2000-Year-Old Model for Good Teaching, Conclusions: The Unicorns of Composition, Dr. JAC’s Guide to Writing with Depth, The Best of Dr. JAC, Dr. JAC’s Reading and Writing Workshop Primer, Dr. JAC’s Phonics Friendly Book,Authentic Strategies for High-Stakes ELA Tests, Inspiring the Classics through Children’s Literature and more than fifty articles.
Reading and Writing Lessons from the Brain
"We were never born to read," says Maryanne Wolf in her stunning book Proust and the Squid. Come hear how human beings invented writing and reading and what these lessons have wrought over the centuries. Carroll will punctuate her talk with 15 brain factoids. Come hear, participate, and grow dendrites!
Dr. Carroll’s mantra is, “If you teach it, they will learn.”

Plus Breakout Sessions by Exemplary Educators

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Pre-registration fee: $40 including lunch; Conroe ISD and full-time student: $20 including lunch—Deadline September 25

On-site registration: $50 (no lunch guaranteed)

Make checks payable to TAIR and mail to Mindy Butler, 5418 Upper Lake Drive, Humble, TX 77346. Purchase orders accepted. Contact with questions.