ORA's annual conference
February 6 and 7, 2009
DoubleTree Hotel-Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon

The student conference will be a special strand of the regular ORA conference.
(see below)

Student Roundtable Discussions

Session 1: 3:30 - 4:00

Table 1: "Bilingual Literature"
Presenters: Professor: Karren Timmermans; Student: Ricardo Llamas, Pacific University, Eugene
Description: Mamij's Purse—a bilingual, fictional tale about a boy, his mother, and her curious purse; written to remind us that ordinary life is extraordinary.

Table 2: "Enhancing the Reading Experience with Author Studies"
Presenters: Professor: Beth LaForce; Students: Sarah Harmon, Karissa Brown, Leanne Leighton, and Megan Luke, George Fox University
Description: This presentation will show how incorporating author studies into reading will help enhance student learning and give students a personal experience with an author.

Table 3: "Teaching Academic Language Across the Curriculum"
Presenters: Professor: Peter Thacker; Students: Sara Burgess, Eric Chantiny, Suzanna Maynard, Paul McCarthy, and Morgan McGilchrist, University of Portland
Description: Building on vocabulary research, teacher candidates from multiple disciplines describe how they incorporated activities that aided students to learn academic language.

Session 2: 4:00 - 4:30

Table 1: "Integrating Literacy"
Presenters: Professor: Ann Matschiner; Students: Sarah Manuel, Zoe Godsey, and Jennifer Gonnuscio, Pacific University
Description: Students will present engaging lesson s integrating literacy in the content areas of math, science, social studies and language arts at the elementary and middle levels.

Table 2: "Making Connections Through Reading to Enhance Comprehension"
Presenters: Professor: Beth LaForce; Students Amber Dannals and Katie Hite,George Fox University

Table 3: "Teaching Academic Language Across the Curriculum"
Presenters: Professor: Peter Thacker; Students Jackie Motzer, Catherine Petit, Jesse Putnam, and Paula Stepankowski, University of Portland
Description: Building on vocabulary research, teacher candidates from multiple disciplines describe how they incorporated activities that aided students to learn academic language.