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= Special Guest Presenter: Melba Johnson =

Shallotte, NC
MELBA JOHNSON is a national educational consultant, conducts staff development for middle school and high school teachers throughout North Carolina and across the country. The focus of her trainings includes curriculum alignment and the use of visual and tactile strategies in reading, writing, and grammar. As a consultant for Thinking Maps, Inc. and co-author of Write…for the Future, she does extensive trainings in writing workshops and Thinking Maps. Currently, she is developing another publication to assist students in preparing for college entrance exams such as the PSAT, SAT, and other standardized assessments.

= The Effective Writing Process Begins with a WORD! =

Some content area teachers find the writing process somewhat overwhelming as they address the writing across the content area expectations in our state and nation. Attend this session for ideas and strategies about how to conquer the writing task in multiple content areas. After all, the process begins with precise vocabulary and extends to a structural foundation based on "thinking" processes.