Literacy+for+Life+Conference

On Tuesday, May 5th grade 7/8 students attended the Literacy for Life Conference at the University of Saskatchewan. Students enjoyed 4 speakers (John Lunn - science fiction novelist, Maureen Ulrich - novelist and script writer, Deborah Ellis - novelist, Ryan Price - artist), who shared their expertise in relation to writing, reading and literacy. Refer to the links below for more information.

[|Literacy for Life Conference Website]

[|John Lunn's webpage]

[|Maureen Ulrich's Webpage]

[|Ryan Price's illustrations for Edgar Allan Poe's, "The Raven"]

Students are creating podcasts based upon our experiences on this enriching day. We have had lengthy discussions on just what is literacy over the past days. Thus, student podcasts will be a report of the day at the U of S along with their thoughts on literacy. We look forward to what should be most interesting podcasts!

Following are some of what was shared by our presenters:


 * "Science Fiction has given us the ideas for technology and then science has allowed us to do it." - John Lunn
 * "Don't give up - it took me 8 years to write my novel //__Power Plays__// and I submitted it to 8 different publishers before it was finally accepted." - Maureen Ulrich
 * "It is literature that has the power to bring us together as a world." - Deborah Ellis