There is still time to register for the 2012 National Council of Teachers of English annual conference, being held in Las Vegas, Nevada, Nov. 15-18. It’s going to be quite the party, with 5500 attendees, 700 sessions, and 125 plus exhibitors. With the theme of Dream, Connect, Ignite, you’ll find great sessions like Creating Space For All Students: Censorship Ignites Authors Of LGBT Literature; Connecting Engagement and Practice to Ignite Comprehension Of Picture Books And Graphic Novels; and Dreaming, Connecting, and Igniting Through Expository Text.
Have a few extra days to stay in Vegas? The ALAN workshops, put on by NCTE’s Assembly on Literature for Adolescents on Nov. 19-20, are a must for librarians and educators involved with tweens and teens. ALAN has once again put together a group of authors that will blow your mind, including Shannon Hale, David Lubar, Sharon Flake and dozens more!
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