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Current Events
2007 Spring Seminar Series
Teachers will be engaged in planning and working on teaching writng
across the curriculum. Specific topics include: Journaling, Responding
to Writing, and Assessing Writing.
National Writing Project News
Rural Sites Network Resource Development Retreat
Member sites of the Rural Sites Network are invited to send one or two
site leaders to the RSN Resource Development Retreat, July 20-24, at
Oglebay Resort and Conference Center in Wheeling, West Virginia. The
retreat is designed to support leaders from rural sites to craft materials
that make visible the leadership and knowledge in rural sites, strengthen
the rural sites network, and disseminate knowledge about programming
and site development in rural areas across the NWP network.
http://writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/162
The
Who, Where, and When of an ELL Newspaper
Joe Bellino, a teacher of English Language Learners(ELL), tells how
a newspaper written by his ELL students has affected the lives of its
readers and writers over the last 19 years.
http://writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2192
Revisions
and Writing Groups in the First Grade
Joanna Franklin lays out the instructional sequence she implemented
to teach revision in her first grade class.
http://writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2185
What
Kids Can Do and Rural Voices Radio
What Kids Can Do, an organization that documents youth projects that
combine powerful learning with public purpose, is featuring NWP's
Rural Voices Radio III on their website. Read selections
from Rural Voices Radio and learn about other youth projects.!
National
Commission Calls for Writing Revolution
In a landmark report, the National Commission on Writing in America's
Schools and Colleges calls on policymakers and educators to place writing
at the center of the nation's school agenda.
Teacher
Leadership
NWP is featured in a new book, Teacher Leadership, by Ann Lieberman
and Lynne Miller, that examines research on teacher leadership and recent
changes in teachers’ roles.
It
Takes a School
Mary Ann Smith describes a tour of Meade Elementary School, where a
five-year partnership with the Philadelphia Writing Project has built
a professional community working toward school reform.
Borderlands Writing Project News
Hot Springs High School Haiku Project
Michelle Williams (TC, 2003) and Barbara Pearlman (TC, 1995 and Co-Director
BWP) Junior and Senior Honor's Language Arts classes at Hot Spring High
School worked together all semester on various writing projects. One
project was to write haikus. An important part of recognizing their
writing efforts was publishing in ways that others could see their efforts.
During Truth or Consequences Fiesta Days a unique and visible way to
publish work happened in Sierra County. Local business and organizations
were asked if they would be willing to have their "advertising
marquees" be used to exhibit the students' poems. Haikus are poems
of only three lines and 17 syllables, so marquees are a perfect venue
for this poem form. All 29 students found businesses to cooperate and
were able to place their haikus on marques around town. On the Friday
of Fiesta both classes went by school bus to see their haikus out in
public. This was a true show of support for students at the high school,
a wonderful way to celebrate our Fiesta, and evidence of BWP's impact
upon classrooms and communities.
Reflection on Attending the 2004 NWP Annual Conference
by Jessica Blanchard
Apply Now for Celebrating Rural Poetry Minigrants
The Rural Sites Network and Nebraska Writing Project offer a minigrant
opportunity co-sponsored by NWP and the Rural School and Community Trust.
Rural sites are invited to apply for minigrants of up to $3,000 to sponsor
writing initiatives with a place-conscious poetry focus, and to celebrate
high school poets. Deadline: December 23.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/pa/41
Apply
Now for Special Focus Network Mingrants
The English Language Learners, Rural Sites, Teacher Inquiry
Communities, and Urban Sites networks offer immigrant opportunities
to strengthen site work in areas identified by the networks as part
of their mission. Funds Provide modest support for projects that promote
leadership, networking, and innovation among teachers and sites to support
student learning and writing. Apply online by January 11.
http://writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_docs/269
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