Kari-Lynn Winters

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Kari Winters, née Moore (born 1969) is a Canadian writer of children's literature. She teaches children's literature and drama at the University of British Columbia. ^[1]

Born in St. Thomas, Ontario Winters has studied or taught in schools across North America. Her master's thesis, "Developing an Arts-Integrated Narrative Reading Comprehension Program for Less Proficient Grade 3 and 4 Students", was selected as best Master's Thesis in Literacy in Canada, 2005.^[2] It was on exploring the efficacy of using the arts to strengthen less proficient students' reading comprehension. Waters is currently completing a PhD on the subject. She holds a teaching degree from the University of Toronto, in regular and special education for children ages 3-13. She is also a graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada, where she earned a certificate in technical theatre.^[3] She puts her drama background to practical use by writing scripts for and performing with Vancouver's theatre-for-literacy troupe Tickle Trunk Players.

Winters has published a children's books, children's non-fiction articles, and academic articles. She says she didn't always consider herself a writer; many of her elementary school years were spent either resisting composition or struggling to write.^[4] Much of her current work explores how she came to appreciate storytelling and children's literature and eventually became a writer herself, and ways to effect a similar transformation in her students.

Contents 1 Books 2 Journal articles 3 Children's non-fiction articles 4 Children's fiction articles 5 Academic book articles 6 Education 7 External links 8 Notes

[edit] Books

• Jeffrey and Sloth (Orca Book Publishers, 2007)

[edit] Journal articles

• Rogers, Theresa, Winters, Kari-Lynn, Bryan, G., Price, J., McCormick, F., House, L., Mezzarobba, D., & Sinclaire, C. (2006, March). "Developing the IRIS: Toward Situated and Valid Assessment Measures in Collaborative Professional Development and School Reform in Literacy." The Reading Teacher, 59(6), 544–553.
• "Letting Arnold Lobel Pack My Luggage". The Dragon Lode: Journal of the Children's Literature and Reading Special Interest Group,] International Reading Association, 24:2 (Spring 2006), pp. 46-50.

[edit] Children's non-fiction articles

• "Honey, I Shrunk My Liver." Know Magazine, 6 (Nov/Dec 2006), p. 4.
• "A Scientist Lives in Our Kitchen." Know Magazine, 9 (May/June, 2007), p. 18.
• "Monkeying Around with Perfume." Know Magazine, 9 (May/June, 2007), p. 3.
• "Measure Me A Measurement." Know Magazine, 11 (September/October, 2007), p. 18.
• "Colorful Mistakes." Fandangle Magazine for Children, (September, 2007).

[edit] Children's fiction articles

• "Jeffrey's Wor(l)ds Meet Sloth," illustrated by Oana Capota. Chameleon Magazine, 2:1, 24-28 (2004).
• "Esper's Dream," illustrated by Tami Thirlwell. Chameleon Magazine, 3:1, 24-28 (2006).
• "Extreme Rollers." ChickaDEE Magazine, (January, 2008)
• "The Mightiest of All." Know Magazine, ( January, 2008)

[edit] Academic book articles

• Winters, K. Rogers, T., Schofield, A (2006). "The Antigone Project: Exploring the Imaginative, Active, and Social Dimensions of Drama, Print Literacy, and Media." In Crumpler T., Schneider, J., and Rogers, T. (eds.). Process Drama: an Educational Tool for Developing Multiple Literacies. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.

[edit] Education

• 1992: Honours Bachelor of Arts, Theatre, Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
• 1994: Theatre Technician Certificate, National Theatre School, Montreal Quebec
• 1998: Diploma in Child Study (Master's equivalent), Institute of Child Study, University of Toronto (OISE/UT)
• 1998: Ontario Certificate of Qualification (Primary/Junior)
• 2004: Master of Arts, Language and Literacy Education Dept. University of British Columbia

[edit] External links

• Kari-Lynn Winters personal website
• "Developing the IRIS: Toward Situated and Valid Assessment Measures in Collaborative Professional Development and School Reform in Literacy"
• "Esper's Dream"
• "Jeffrey's Wor(l)ds Meet Sloth"
• Orca Book Publishers' Jeffrey and Sloth page
• Tickle Trunk Players literacy drama troupe

[edit] Notes