Packing for Philadelphia: My Schedule for NCTE

On Thursday, I'm flying to Philadelphia for NCTE. For my mom and other people who won't immediately recognize the acronym, that's the annual conference for the National Council of Teachers of English. It's hard for me to even type this without bouncing just a little, because even though I'm an English teacher, I've never been to this conference before. There will be lots of people there whose work I've admired and used in my classroom for a long, long time.

I'm also speaking and signing copies...