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Category: NWP
Give Heart Maps a Rest! Try Writing Territory Maps
The heart map is a great tool for helping students find personally meaningful topics, but used year after year, it might feel a little stale. Writing territory maps is another option!
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Independent Writing: 10 Ways to Get Students Published in the Real World
Some students want to write more than what is required of them in writing workshop. Enter independent writing projects! But how do you go from being another set of eyes on some additional writing a student does to helping him/her go public with their work?
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NWP: Call for Action
The education funding bill that relates to the National Writing Project (NWP) will be marked up in the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee this week. Please contact your senators to request continued support for NWP funding in the Fiscal Year 2011 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies (LHHS and ED) Appropriations Bill. If your… Continue reading NWP: Call for Action
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Save the NWP!
On February 1, the Obama administration released its 2011 budget proposal. In this proposed budget, funding for the NWP is consolidated with five other literacy programs under a new states-based competitive grants program that provides money for improving literacy. The NWP national network would not be eligible to compete for its own funding. In… Continue reading Save the NWP!
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Stimulus Dollars + Writing Instruction
I, clearly, love the idea Mary Tedrow proposes in her article about investing money in quality writing instruction for our Nation's students. Please read this article about spending stimulus dollars on writing instruction. Then, let me know what you think by posting a comment. Is this where you think a lot of stimulus dollars should… Continue reading Stimulus Dollars + Writing Instruction
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Letters to the Next President
FYI: The National Writing Project and Google are sponsoring a letter-writing campaign for high school students to send letters to the presidential candidates. (WHY NOT ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOLERS? I wish I knew!) Essentially, the idea is to have kids write letters about issues that are important to them or concerns they have. Here's the… Continue reading Letters to the Next President
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Great Resources at NWP.org
I was perusing the National Writing Project's Website and came across several pages, all under the heading of "Encourage Writing" which you might find as useful as I did with regard to helping you to plan back-to-school newsletters. The NWP even lists a few activities that family members can do together. So, if you haven't… Continue reading Great Resources at NWP.org
