Name: Teaching Four Simple Poems to Foster Identity & Build Community
Start: 2024-11-02T11:30:00-0700
End: 2024-11-02T12:15:00-0700

WAESOL, the Washington state affiliate of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), is a professional, non-profit organization whose purposes are to:

Promote scholarship
Disseminate information related to ESOL
Strengthen instruction, teacher training, and research in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages

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Add a Friday Pre-conference Workshop

Registration October 9th – October 24th:

$105 for WAESOL members
$145 for non-members (Become a member to save!)

Final Week Registration October 25th – November 2nd:

$120 for WAESOL members
$160 for non-members (Become a member to save!)

Registration includes morning refreshments and lunch.
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Meet our 2024 Keynote: Jessica Fagen.

We look forward to seeing you on November 2nd!

Saturday November 2, 2024 11:30am - 12:15pm PDT

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I demonstrate how to teach four simple poems for different levels and purposes—k-12, adult education, refugee & immigrant programs, and college writing classes. I provide lesson plans, original materials, and steps in creating class anthologies to build writing communities where learners tell their stories and claim lived experiences.

Speakers

LaVona Reeves

Professor of English, Eastern Washington University

LaVona Reeves, past WAESOL President & Board Member, TESOL Local Chair in Seattle, is Professor of English at EWU and has directed research projects and master’s theses on refugees from Afghanistan and other war-torn countries. She has taught ESL in NYC and Boise public schools... Read More →

Saturday November 2, 2024 11:30am - 12:15pm PDT
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Instructional Strategies, Teaching Demonstration

Target Audience k-12, Higher Ed. Intensive English, Adult Refugee/Immigrant

2024 WAESOL Annual Conference

LaVona Reeves

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