Murph Crawford ConferenceFebruary 23, 2019
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Helping Our Reluctant and Struggling Writers Find Topics to Write About and Keep Writing |
Featuring Lynne Dorfman
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Lynne Dorfman will explore ways to help students believe in themselves as writers and develop their own writing identity. Strategies such as heart maps, hand maps, neighborhood maps, memory chains, interest and writing inventories, and making lists will be shared. Using mentor texts to lift the level of student writing and conferring with many by clipboard cruising will be explored with classroom video clips.
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Schedule
8:30-9:00 Check In 9:00-11:30 Keynote Presentation: Dr. Lynne Dorfman 11:30 – 11:50 Question and Answer Session 11:50-12:00 Evaluations, Raffle, Closure |
Location & Registration
Location:
Abington Junior High School 2056 Susquehanna Road Abington, PA 19001 | |||
Celebrating the Life and Work of Murph Crawford
Murph Crawford
The annual Murph Crawford Middle School Conference celebrates the many contributions of Murph Crawford. Murph was a beloved Advisory Board member for many years. In addition, she served as a Regional Director for KSRA for over 30 years. Murph was a reading teacher in the Abington School District, serving as chair of the reading department at Abington Junior High School at the time of her retirement.