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Hi teachers & friends! To celebrate the upcoming release of my 25th book, I am giving away 2500 copies of I Survived the Dust Bowl over the next 10 days. Today: 10 class sets of 25. To enter, like this post & retweet. Winners announced tomorrow am. ❤️

The deadline for the annual Writing & Art Contest is approaching soon! Submit your students’ work! Visit iateonline.org for more information!

Need some fresh ideas for the school year? Register for the 2024 Fall Conference taking place 25 & 26 October 2024, at Millikin University, Decatur, IL. Register at iateonline.org

The Illinois Association of Teachers of English proudly announces @jcharbonneau as the Illinois Author of the Year. Join us at the 2024 Fall Conference as we recognize Joelle Charbonneau’s work. Register for the conference at iateonline.org.

Submit full session or paper proposals (no more than 300 words) to mwgeorge.51@gmail.com no later than October 1, 2024.

The 2023-24 IMA Symposium is distributed throughout the academic year, with sessions occurring on specific Fridays beginning at 2:00 pm Central time. All sessions are online via Zoom, and presenters can share their screens.

Teachers into the Middle Ages: have any ideas on how to integrate into the elementary through high school classroom? Consider the Illinois Medieval Association symposium.

Happy Juneteenth! Celebrate freedom!

Send questions to arodbro@wths.net

Registration is now open for the 2024 Fall Conference. Register at iateonline.org!

Allison Joseph is featured on the Poem-a-Day podcast. Her poem is called “Incognito Grief: A Blues.” Give the podcast a listen, and check out Allison’s powerful work here. @allisonjoseph #poetry #poemaday #academyofamericanpoets Read more at poets.org/poem-a-day

The Illinois Association of Teachers of English invites all English language arts teachers of all levels to submit proposals for presentations at the fall conference. Deadline 1 April 2024. Visit iateonline.org to submit a proposal.

TEACHERS! Submit your students' poetry and prose pieces to IATE's annual Poetry and Prose Contest. May submit: -up to FIVE prose pieces; -TEN poetry pieces. Instructions to submit can be found at iateonline.org/poetry-prose/ #poetryisfun #poetrycontest #prosecontest #studentwriting

TEACHERS! Submit your students' poetry and prose pieces to IATE's annual Poetry and Prose Contest. You may submit up to FIVE prose pieces and TEN poetry pieces. Submission instructions can be found at iateonline.org/poetry-prose/ #poetryisfun #poetrycontest #prosecontest

#englishteachers #iateconference #celebratinganewchapter #getlit

Congratulations to Illinois Author of the Year, Allison Joseph, and Lifetime Achievement award winner, Diane Chambers! And a huge thank you to Sona Charaipotra, Andrea Wang, and Kyle Lukoff for sharing their stories and wise words with us all weekend!

As we stepped back into the classroom this week, we felt rejuvenated after IATE's annual conference. Thanks to Betsy Geiselman for organizing such a dynamic conference!

Less than ONE week to register at iateonline.org for this amazing conference!! Come out, y’all! #celebratinganewchapter #englishteachers #iateconference #getlit