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Refuel and Retool: Inspiration and Adaptation in the English Classroom Click here to register
for the conference Wednesday, October 29, 2008, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Oviedo Campus. The doors open at 9:30 a.m.. Keynote Speaker: Terri Witek, poet and Stetson University professor, "Some Thoughts about Teaching Poetry" followed by a poetry reading and book signing Terri Witek's publications include The Shipwreck Dress, Carnal World, Fools and Crows, Courting Couples (Winner of the 2000 Center for Book Arts Contest), Robert Lowell and LIFE STUDIES: Revising the Self. A native of Sandusky, Ohio, she earned a PhD at Vanderbilt University and teaches literature and workshop courses at Stetson University, where she has won the McInery Award for teaching (2000) as well as the John Hague teaching award (2008) from Phi Beta Kappa. A recipient of fellowships from the Hawthorndon International Writers' Institute, the MacDowell Colony, and the state of Florida, she holds the Art and Melissa Sullivan Chair in Creative Writing and directs the Sullivan Creative Writing Program. 
Presenter: Bonnie Tensen, SCC,
Topic: "Sub-Standards"
With her well-known wit, Bonnie Tensen will present some of her observations and revelations about teaching English, especially from her years as a substitute teacher. Presenter: Katherine Kellen, SCC,
Topic: "How Their New Thinking Reshapes My Old Thinking: Thoughts on Adapting the Teaching of Writing for the Millennial Generation" During this presentation, techniques for responding to the "non-linear" learning styles of today's millennial students while teaching the traditionally linear skills of close reading and argument essay writing will be discussed. Presenter: Daniel Smith, SCPS,
Topic: "What Students Need to Know about Technical Writing"
English and technical writing instructor Daniel Smith will highlight important crossover elements between technical writing and traditional English classroom writing. Presenter: Lillie Fenderson, SCC,
Topic: "Thoughts on Grading, Then and Now"
Drawing upon her years in the English classroom, Lillie Fenderson will share how her relationship to grading the stack of student papers has grown and changed with the times. Norming a Timed Writing Together In response to pressures from Dr. Eric J. Smith, Florida Commissioner of Education, who has called for Florida high schools and community colleges to improve communication about standards, as well as nationwide concerns about grade inflation, SCC's Conference of English Teachers plans to host an informal essay norming session at this year's conference. SCC adjuncts and full-time faculty, SCPS English teachers, and UCF writing instructors will sit together and evaluate student writing as the first step towards an ongoing discussion about grading standards, rubric language, and writing expectations in Seminole County.
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