Name: Nontraditional Nonfiction
Start: 2026-06-10T09:00:00-0400
End: 2026-06-10T10:00:00-0400

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Nontraditional Nonfiction

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Wednesday June 10, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am EDT

Sycamore Room 107

Limited Capacity seats available

One of the keys to success in postsecondary learning is the ability to read, comprehend, and internalize meaning from non-fiction texts. As students move up through grade levels and into postsecondary learning, they move from "learning to read" into "reading to learn". College readiness assessments, such as ACT, ATI-TEAS, the GRE, other pre-licensure exams, have a focus on nonfiction reading skills in the majority of their passages. We will identify some non-traditional, but yet practical materials for nonfiction reading for middle school and high school, as well as how to engage in evaluative writing and values clarification exercises through the text. The speaker will model one mini lesson from his teaching experience; participants will collaboratively workshop activities that could spring from the text, as well as additional lessons from other career-related, non-traditional texts.

Speakers

Wes Calbreath

Asst Director, App State GEAR UP

Wes is the Assistant Director of College Access Services for App State GEAR UP. Prior to joining App State, Wes taught English/Language Arts in Title 1 schools for 7 years before becoming a school counselor. He won Teacher of the Year at the school level for his work with students... Read More →

Wednesday June 10, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
Sycamore Room 107

Breakout Sessions, College & Career Ready

Company Appalachian State GEAR UP
Audience Educators, Administrators / School Leaders, Counselors / Student Support, Specialists
Subject College & Career Readiness
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