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 Need help understanding the difference between all writing is argument and argumentative writingAdded by Bernardo Estrada on May 13, 2013 at 9:07pm |
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Added by Tim Dewar on May 14, 2013 at 10:09pm When i saw your post, I wondered if you were talking about me! In a workshop on Monday, I told a room of science teachers that everything was an argu... read more |
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| What's the best article you've used in addressing what student writers need in order to meet the challenges of the Common Core Standards? All s... read more | 1,181 Views | 4 comments |
Added by Denise Amos on Mar 1, 2013 at 7:21am What a great question, Jean. I hope we can get several new resources from your question. ... read more |
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| Join me in for an #Engchat conversation on February 18th at 7:00 PM EST on the theme getting reluctant adolescents to read. http://thenotebook.org/b... read more | 610 Views | 0 comments | No comments have been added yet. | |
| Call for Papers: Writing Center Theory and Practice ... read more | 878 Views | 0 comments | No comments have been added yet. | |
| The Urban Sites Conference Committee is interested in what types of events and sessions you would like at the conference, Any suggestions??? ... read more | 1,299 Views | 1 comment |
Added by Janet Ilko on Jan 25, 2013 at 8:19am When will the agenda be released? I have applied to share our work, and just wondering when the selections will be made. Either way, I want to attend... read more |
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 OT: Tween Magazine looks for writers, editors and story ideasAdded by Carletta Hurt on Nov 20, 2012 at 12:48pm |
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Added by Sarita Herrera-Dandridge on Nov 20, 2012 at 1:04pm Hey Girl, Great idea!! It was nice reading your work on here! Keep up the great work!! ... read more |
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 Larry Ferlazzo hosts multipart series on writing at EdWeek/Teacher MagazineAdded by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Nov 20, 2012 at 8:34am |
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Added by Steven Zemelman on Nov 20, 2012 at 9:49am Hm, some nice ideas. But I can't help posing a few questions about the two posts to Ferlazzo's page. ... read more |
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| Hey, Folks! I just saw on the web that NWP has received one of the i3 "Validation" awards from the US DOE. Elyse. Paul, someone, tell us the details... read more | 1,063 Views | 5 comments |
Added by Steven Zemelman on Nov 13, 2012 at 1:07pm Thanks Elyse & Luke, & congratulations all. The focus on rual districts sounds like a wise one, since SEED 2 covers a number of cities & ... read more |
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| How can we further the cause of writing in our teaching? Seven TCS are working in their schools and communities to systematically measure ... read more | 1,286 Views | 23 comments |
Added by Nanci Werner-Burke on Feb 26, 2013 at 10:43am Thanks for your posts! If you'd like another set of eyes and hands to help with research sources and crunching some of your survey data, ... read more |
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 Illinois Writing Project celebration of the Day on WritingAdded by Steven Zemelman on Oct 18, 2012 at 9:30am |
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Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Oct 20, 2012 at 11:19am It would be great to have the links Donna and others mentioned so that we can add them to our Literacy and Common Core (LCC) community. Was there a l... read more |
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| Here's what's up at Redwood Writing Project in Humbolt, CA, courtesy of the Times-Standard. What else do you have planned? ... read more | 556 Views | 4 comments |
Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Oct 20, 2012 at 3:15pm Visit CWP Connections's 25 work responses to #whatIwrite -- it's on Popplet, graphic mind mapping by a group! Visit here: http://popplet.c... read more |
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 10/8-10/15: Discuss "Lessons from Tony" on the Teacher Inquiry Communities siteAdded by Cindy O'Donnell-Allen on Oct 8, 2012 at 4:01pm |
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Share reactions to The Writing Revolution in The AtlanticAdded by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Sep 23, 2012 at 8:45pm |
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Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Oct 10, 2012 at 8:55am Check out Jenna McCain's blog in response to the Atlantic article in ELL Connect. ... read more |
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 Working with pre-service teachers...research about benefits?Added by Deanna Mascle on Sep 14, 2012 at 1:55pm |
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Added by Bobby Cummings on Nov 9, 2012 at 5:36pm The Central Washington Writing Project has been placing English methods students in the classrooms of teacher consultants. The preservice teach... read more |
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 McScribbles Magazine, Produced by 3rd Grader, Reaches Out to NWP NetworkAdded by Tanya Baker on Sep 14, 2012 at 10:28am |
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| Mindi Rench, writing on the wonderful Illinois Writing Project blog, describes an early-in-the-year activity about Landmark Texts. Here's a snippet (... read more | 533 Views | 3 comments |
Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Sep 8, 2012 at 3:57pm How about this? ... read more |
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| Perhaps you saw the coverage of the new study that funds a correlation between texting and reduced grammar/mechanics skills.... read more | 918 Views | 4 comments |
Added by Nora Harris on Oct 10, 2012 at 1:06am Thank you for posting! I really appreciate it. Sometimes it can be really challenging – finding a quality article online, it is worth bookmarking it... read more |
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| Check out my latest Philadelphia Public School Notebook Blog " Books Boys Cant Resist." Feel free to leave a comment and/or share with your network ... read more | 735 Views | 2 comments |
Added by Mary Ann Loch on Aug 7, 2012 at 11:47am Thank you for this!! ... read more |
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 What Teachers Most Need to Know about Teaching Expository and Persuasive WritingAdded by Lennie Irvin on Jul 13, 2012 at 4:50pm |
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Added by Cecilia Pattee on Aug 21, 2012 at 2:39pm Lennie, I'd like to see Elbow's Map of Writing. Can you email that to me? ceciliapattee@gmail.com Thanks, Cecilia ... read more |
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Gender Segregation: Hot Topic . . . What do you think? (link to the article posted below)Added by natalie goyeneche on Jul 9, 2012 at 9:02am |
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Added by Jamie Langley on Jul 9, 2012 at 11:15am I teach at a public girls' school in Austin, Texas. We are a Young Women's Leadership Academy. In our five years of existence I have seen... read more |
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 Developing the "Sense You Are Born With" in Teacher Inquiry WorkshopsAdded by Joseph McCaleb on Jul 7, 2012 at 3:55pm |
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Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jul 8, 2012 at 12:40pm Hi Joseph, I hope others will follow the link to your blog to read your whole piece. I particularly love the last paragraph: ... read more |
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| I'm interested in gathering others' thoughts about how to reconcile the Collins Writing Program with a writers' workshop approach as espoused by Grav... read more | 526 Views | 3 comments |
Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jul 6, 2012 at 4:44pm Interesting interaction with the secretary, Toby. John, I appreciate the question as I had never heard of this 'package.' ... read more |
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| Ever since I have been involved in our Site (Summer 2008) we have held "writing walkabouts" which are essentially writing and walking tours. We also ... read more | 788 Views | 14 comments |
Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Jul 17, 2012 at 9:03am For folks following this thread about writing marathons/walkabouts, you might be interested in how Gennesse Valley WP's walkabout ended up in the loc... read more |
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| What are you planning to read this summer? How are you helping your students stay engaged with reading during the vacation? ... read more | 1,236 Views | 9 comments |
Added by Patrick Sweeney on Jun 15, 2012 at 4:47pm I plan to read quotes in between bouts of gardening. It is difficult to maintain a train of thought while digging the hard packed and rocky cla... read more |
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'Tis the season for recognition programs...and student models!Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on May 11, 2012 at 12:34pm |
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Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on May 12, 2012 at 10:05am Hi Margo, If you find any great links for student work as you poke around, please share them. Also, in keeping with my ''tis the season' theme,... read more |
