Story Grammar Marker

Holding Stories in the Palm of Your Hand: Developing Language & Literacy for Children who are Deaf and/or Hard of Hearing 

This highly interactive professional development workshop will focus on narrative development, utilizing the Story Grammar Marker® to help children think, communicate and learn. Through modeling, small & large group activities, videos, lecture and demonstration, the presenter will share an evidence-based methodology and patented multi-sensory materials. A special focus will be on working with children who are deaf or hard of hearing including those who use American Sign Language. The SGM® methodology explicitly delineates 7 stages of narrative development in iconic form and includes the literate language features (sentence development) that accompany these stages and serve to advance narrative thought and expression.

This methodology spans from talking about characters and settings to plot development; sequencing to critical thinking elements of a story – a progression prescribed in the Common Core State Standards. The Critical Thinking Triangle® (CTT®) of the Story Grammar Marker® is the thought process behind perspective-taking (Theory of Mind), conflict resolution and problem solving.

A distinction will be made between English and ASL, enabling participants to learn how to analyze narratives in both languages. Participants will also explore assessment, data collection and progress monitoring measures for informing instruction for narrative intervention in both English and ASL.  Participants will also use this methodology with children’s literature to analyze narrative development.

This workshop is approved for 1.2 ASHA CEUs

Registration Requirements:

To register your school for this workshop, you must:

1. Be a school in Florida

2. Have at least one child who is deaf or hard of hearing in your school who uses ASL

3. Bring a team of 3 from your school. Recommended team members include: Speech-Language Pathologist, Teacher of the Deaf, DHH Itinerant Teacher, Gen Ed English/Language Arts/Intensive Reading teacher, Reading Specialist, Administrator.

 Learner Outcomes:

1) List and define the components and Stages of Development of a Narrative Episode (story macrostructure),
2) Generate “Wh” questions for use in Read Alouds & Think Alouds to scaffold storytelling and comprehension
3) Identify and connect the narrative components that refer to Critical Thinking Triangle®: kick offs, feelings & plans (for perspective taking, Theory of Mind, making connections, problem solving)
4) Recognize & develop “story sparkle” (microstructure; sentence development, cohesive ties, conjunctions, elaborated noun phrases, linguistic verbs, conjunctions, etc.)
5) Analyze children’s literature for narrative development to create lessons
6) Use the developmental sequence, data collection and assessment tools with both English and American Sign Language

Time-Ordered Agenda:

Day 1:

8:30 - 9:00 Event Registration/Check In

9:00-10:00     Introduction to Presenter and to the Story Grammar Marker® methodology

10:00-10:30      Strands of Language Development  

10:30-10:45   BREAK

10:45-12:00   Narrative Macrostructure using the Paper Bag Princess

12:00-1:00     LUNCH

1:00-2:15       Narrative Development: Beyond Story Grammar

2:15-2:30       BREAK

2:30-4:00       Large Group Activity Analyzing Children’s Literature for Narrative Development

 Day 2:

8:30 - 9:00 Check In

9:00- 9:30   Review

9:30-10:30   The Critical Thinking Triangle® (ToM, Perspective-Taking, Making Connections)

10:30-10:45    BREAK

10:45-12:00    Using SGM® with Children who are Use American Sign Language

12:00-1:00      LUNCH

1:00-2:15       Small group and large group activity: Analyzing children’s literature, creating lessons

2:15-2:30       BREAK

2:30-3:45       Data Collection and Progress Monitoring

3:45-4:00       Question and Answer Session       

 

Presenters’ Biography
Maryellen Rooney Moreau, M.Ed. CCC-SLP is the Founder and President of MindWing Concepts. Her forty year professional career includes: school-based SLP, college professor, diagnostician at the Curtis Blake Child Development Center and Coordinator of Intervention Curriculum and Professional Development at the Curtis Blake Day School for children with language learning disabilities. She created the Story Grammar Marker® after years of research and practice and was awarded 2 United States Patents. Moreau is an internationally recognized professional development presenter.

Mandy Longo, M.S. CCC-SLP is a speech-language pathologist who earned her bachelor’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology from The University of Florida, and her master’s degree in Speech-Language Pathology from Gallaudet University.  She works with The Resource Materials and Technology Center for the Deaf/Hard of Hearing (RMTC-DHH) and the Outreach Services for the Blind/Visually Impaired and the Deaf/Hard of Hearing (OBSD), providing training and support for speech-language pathologists and other professionals, throughout the state who work with deaf or hard-of-hearing children. She has been using Story Grammar Marker® materials and techniques for over 6 years with deaf and hard of hearing children, and has worked collaboratively with Maryellen to develop this workshop and materials.

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