Department of English

College of Humanities & Social Sciences

Southern Utah University
Creative Writing/Creative Teaching Conference 2012
September 20-23

Thursday, Sept. 20:

7:30 Convocations: An evening with Antonya Nelson
Great Hall, Hunter Conference Center

Friday, Sept. 21:

8:30 Registration opens, Hunter Conference Center Lobby
Craft Workshops, Charles Hunter Room
9:00-9:30 Welcome and Introduction, Dr. Danielle Dubrasky
9:30-10:45 Using Figurative Language in Writing Poetry by Joshua Marie Wilkinson
11:00-12:15 Character Development in Writing Fiction by Antonya Nelson
12:30-1:30 Lunch
Great Hall
1:30-2:45 Teaching themes from Hamlet, Michael Bahr
Charles Hunter Room
2:45-3:45 Breakout Sessions: “Creative Writing and the Utah Core Standards”>
Charles Hunter Room
4:00-5:00 Poetry Reading by Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Whiting Room
Dinner on your own
7:30 Attendance of Les Miserable, Randall Jones Theatre

Saturday, Sept. 22:

Pedagogy Workshops, Charles Hunter Room
9:00-10:30 "Creative Writing and the Utah Core Standards”
Terry Krieger -James
Teacher Trainer for the Utah Core Standards, Maple Mountain High School
10:30-12:00 "Assessing Argumentation and Student Performance”
Christelle Estrada, Literacy Specialist Secondary Language Arts
Utah State Office of Education
12:00-1:00 Lunch
Whiting Room

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