Minnesota Council of Teachers of English

Welcome, New MCTE Board Members:

Vice President: Andy Burkland, Becker High School
Executive Secretary: Liz Boeser, Bloomington Jefferson HS
Secondary Co-chairs: Scott Hall, Irondale HS & Corinne Ehrfurth, Rochester Mayo & Mankato State
Minnesota English Journal Editor: Brian Lewis, Century College
Paul Beverage, Membership Promotion Chair
Laurie Lykken, Two Year College Chair

Vacant Board positions: Middle Level Chair, SLATE chair, & Assistant Secretary
contact Jacqueline Arnold: jacqueline.arnold@mnsu.edu

2010 Fall Workshop

October 25
Radisson Hotel, Plymouth

Kelly Gallagher

Kelly Gallagher

Readicide:
How schools are killing reading
and what you can do about it

Registration: $140 (includes lunch)
Registration deadline ~ October 13
registration form
map to Radisson
highlights of Kelly's 2007 MCTE Fall Workshop

Student Writing
Journal
2009-10

SWJ 2009

download writing from
Achievement Awards
Promising Young Writers
Submitted student writing

download entire journal

MEJ 2009

MEJ 2009

with articles by: Jennifer Budenski, Kathryn Campbell, Paul Carney, Bill Dyer, Connie Ehrfurth, Peder Engebretson, Benjamin Hamborg, Sandy Hayes, Angie Iserman, Alison Konkol, Sherri Larson, Brian Lewis, Lynn Ludwig,
Karen Morrill-Bryan, Martin Warren

download entire journal (2 MB)
download individual articles

Deadline for next issue:
September 1, 2010

Student Publishing and Writing Contest Opportunities

Publishing:
Minnesota Writing Quilt Gallery or create your own gallery ~ Open until June 2011
Contests:
• Letters about Literature entry information and lesson plans ~ Minnesota winners 2009 ~ Deadline: December 10, 2010
• NCTE Promising Young Writers (8th grade) ~ Deadline: February 1, 2011
• NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing (11th grade) ~ Nomination deadline: February 15, 2011
• NCTE PRESLM award program for school literary magazines ~ Deadline late June ~ information

The Minnesota Writing Quilt Gallery
of the NCTE National Gallery of Writing

Writing Gallery will remain open until June 2011!

Submit your writing, your students' writing today!
more details

promotional video

share with your students this video of inspiring words from famous authors

Kylene Beers

A record 200 teachers attended the
2009 Fall Workshop with Kylene Beers

Highlights

NCTE's web seminars
Details on upcoming webinars

Access these archived webinars at no charge (must register with credit card, but you will not be billed)
Teri Lesesne
When Kids Won't Read, What Can Teachers Do?
Frank Baker
Reading the Media: Helping Students (and Teachers) Become Media Literate by Teaching 21st Century Skills
Douglas Fisher
All Teachers Are Not Teachers of Reading, but. . .
Douglas Fisher & Carol Rothenberg
Finding the Right Word: Five Principles of Vocabulary Instruction for English Language Learners
Ernest Morrell
Powerful English: Innovative Practices in Diverse 21st Century Classrooms

MDE Language Arts Specialist
Charon Tierney

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