Keynote Speakers are national literacy consultants, authors of several literacy instructional books, and popular speakers such as Taffy Raphael, co-author of Scholastic's latest series: QAR Comprehension Lessons: Grades 2 - 3, 4 - 5, and 6 - 8, and Lori Oczkus, author of IRA's new book launching at the IRA conference in Chicago in May 2012: Best Ever Literacy Survival Tips.