Each year, the Leslie Walker Writer of Promise contest honors writers whose interesting pieces show a strong connection to place. Visit @theKMWP's website for submission information and for ideas of how to incorporate place-based writing into your classroom.
KMWP teachers, I need your help for something on which I am working for our site. We need to send the message that the work of teachers matters and of how the work of National Writing Project teachers is... https://t.co/0wt0nJG3tV
Teachers: check out one of @theKMWP's summer opportunities -- our Reading Institute! Early registration rate extended! Great time to check with administrators for year-end funds! Come read with us and discover new ways to engage your students with texts! https://t.co/n6sBGugPYO
Cooler weather makes for a great ingredient in student writing! How are you incorporating place-based writing?
The Leslie Walker Writer of Promise contest honors writers whose interesting pieces show a strong... https://t.co/RrNWsj4geH
If you teach writing, how do you address grammar? How do you think about grammar in your own writing? This article from English Journal makes the case for recasting "grammar" as "language study." Do you think that makes a significant difference in perception? https://t.co/SAB5KYRiiz
What talented and inspired writers we had join us for our 2018 Youth Writing Academy! From brainstorming to eye- bombing to midsummer daydreaming, fun was had by all. Best friends forever returned, new friendships... https://t.co/sN8cjDagic
Day 3 of Summer Institute 2018: We visited Cheatham Hill and wrote about nature and a soldier's perspective in war. We also visited the Museum of History and Holocaust Education to dig deeper into the diverse stories of historical figures.
Now accepting applications for the Donald H. Graves Award which recognizes teachers in grades K-6 who, through the teaching of writing, demonstrate an understanding of student improvement in writing. Deadline: June 15 https://t.co/asOIW4w2pR
KMWP teachers, check this out! If you are planning to be at NCTE in Houston in November, this is the perfect session to put in a proposal for! They are due June 1! To quote Anne Elrod Whitney, it is a great “low key and rewarding way to participate... https://t.co/Ge63QJHGJ4
Check out the article on KMWP work in the March issue of English Journal! Jennifer Dail, Michelle Goodsite, and Stephanie Sanders (Georgia Department of Education) had an article titled... https://t.co/3RiMxaL0vy
It's less than a month until the deadline for the Leslie Walker Writers of Promise Contest. Find out how to submit your entries on KMWP's Writing Contest Page @ https://t.co/wGARuadWvA https://t.co/wGARuadWvA
"It might sound obvious, but reading aloud rich, diverse texts is the single best thing you can do to help your students become readers." https://t.co/cjkooRYDGO via @WeAreTeachers