Conference Presentations & Workshops
Our team was invited to present our work at CATE, With Different Eyes, and at the UCLA Writing Project Summer Invitational. This gave us the opportunity to disseminate our work and to test out various workshop approaches in preparation for our culminating Teacher Workshop in July 2012.
Presentations at California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) Annual Conventions
CATE 2012, Ontario
Think it Through: Introducing LGBT Literature Into Your Curriculum
Abstract: The UCLA Writing Project Study Group on Homophobia has been working with teachers for years to develop English curricula that are inclusive of LGBT literature. Teachers new to LGBT literature and those already including it in their curriculum are all invited to join us as we introduce a model for considering a variety of texts (including student-authored literature from our teen writing contest) and help you find a place for LGBT literature in your course of study.
CATE 2012
CATE 2011, Sacramento
Stand Up! Speak Out! Teen Writers Reflect on LGBTQ Realities
Abstract: The UCLA Writing Project Study Group on Homophobia recently sponsored a writing contest on LGBTQ issues for all teens. "What does the world need to know about LGBTQ teens?" Teenagers throughout Los Angeles responded--in a variety of genres, some with humor, others with great seriousness. Join us as we introduce writing generated by the contest, suggest classroom use, and engage in dialogue about intentionally designing opportunities for students to focus on issues rarely discussed in schools.
Presenters: Joel Freedman, Lonée Lona, Deborah Lowe, and Paulina Martinez
With Different Eyes 2011, UCLA
We Can Do More: Working Towards a More Inclusive Curricula
Abstract: Winners of the Stand Up, Speak Out teen-writing contest responded to the question often ignored in classrooms: What does the world need to know about LGBTQ youth? Join us as we share these student generated responses and their uses as writing models and opportunities for significant reading, discussion and writing in the ELL classroom.
Click here to view the prezi used in the WDE workshop.
Presenters: Lonée Lona and Paulina Martinez
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