Aiken Writing Project

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bberry | June 25, 2009

Great Job Karl!

Rebecca Harper

mbrooks | June 23, 2009

Rebecca Harper brought energy and passion into the classroom today with her love for picture books, clarity on point of view ideas, fairytale newspapers and letter writing, transitions from poetry to prose, along with a name unit that could mean a great deal to any age. She was refreshing and certainly complimented our hard work [...]

For discussion

lynner | June 23, 2009

- NWP Site Bulletin – REACH OUT AND WRITE!
Please take a moment this summer to write or email your legislators. Let them know you appreciate their support for the writing project. Tell them something you did in your classroom this year or plan to do next year. Give them a glimpse of your summer institute [...]

Rebecca Harper

crobinson | June 23, 2009

We had guest speaker Rebecca Harper today from the Midlands Writing Project. Her demonstration was very insightful, useful, and entertaining. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to her today and she gave me some great ideas and resources for future use.

mmance | June 22, 2009

I can’t believe it’s been three already. Boy how time flies. I have learned so much about writing and reading during the summer institute. Each demo has given me new strategies and techniques that I can really use with my students. I am looking forward to the start of the new school so I can [...]

Halfway to paradise

lynner | June 22, 2009

We’re at the halfway point, which means that we’ve seen some excellent demos, engaged in great discussions about a variety of issues, composed promising anthology pieces, and researched and read some of the foundational texts that will help us to develop position papers and teaching stories. Good work, everyone!

Mall Writing

jjustice | June 20, 2009

Friday’s writing adventure led a group of us to the mall.  The sounds and sights of children and parents wandering about, inspired a wonderful start to a paper by Pamela in which she discussed “No means No”.  We discussed how adults’ fear of telling children “no” may be giving them the wrong life messages.  My eight year [...]

Writing in Mathematics

Karl Fornes | June 19, 2009

Poetry To Learn Chemistry

Karl Fornes | June 19, 2009

Authentic Writing

Karl Fornes | June 19, 2009