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Room to Wrestle: Teaching with Novels in Verse LIMITED
Saturday March 8, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EST
Grand Gallery A (DeVos Place)
Sharing our experiences as educators and authors, we will highlight the power of using novels-in-verse to create space for students to wrestle with identity and complex topics. Participants can expect to engage in examples of hands-on lessons that use excerpts from various verse novels as we experiment and discover together.
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avatar for Kelly J. Baptist

Kelly J. Baptist

Kelly J. Baptist is the award-winning author of eight books for kids, including Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero, The Electric Slide and Kai, and the NAACP Image Award-nominated Eb & Flow. Kelly was the 2023 Gwen Frostic Award recipient. She lives and writes in Southwest Michigan, where her... Read More →
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Dana VanderLugt

Secondary Literacy Consultant, Ottawa Area ISD
Dana VanderLugt is a writer and literacy consultant for the Ottawa Area ISD who has taught reading and writing in middle school, high school, and college classrooms.Her first book, Enemies in the Orchard: A World War 2 Novel in Verse was published by Zonderkidz in September 2023... Read More →
Saturday March 8, 2025 10:30am - 11:30am EST
Grand Gallery A (DeVos Place)
  Middle School to Post Secondary (6-12+)   Literacy Coaching

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