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Recommendations needed for professional articles Added by Jean Wolph on Feb 27, 2013 at 7:11am 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	1,196 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
Join the conversation: Books Books Cant resist Added by samuel reed on Feb 17, 2013 at 2:04pm 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	625 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
CFP: Writing Center Theory and Practice Added by Kellie Charron on Feb 7, 2013 at 7:48pm Call for Papers: Writing Center Theory and Practice ... read more	890 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Countdown to USN Bham 2013!!! Added by Jameka Thomas on Dec 13, 2012 at 8:41pm The Urban Sites Conference Committee is interested in what types of events and sessions you would like at the conference, Any suggestions??? ... read more	1,305 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
OT: Tween Magazine looks for writers, editors and story ideas Added by Carletta Hurt on Nov 20, 2012 at 12:48pm Tween Writers Needed Are you a creative thinker? Do you enjoy writing? Do you like exploring or looking for more details? ... read more	1,278 Views	1 comment	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
Larry Ferlazzo hosts multipart series on writing at EdWeek/Teacher Magazine Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Nov 20, 2012 at 8:34am Many of you probably follow Larry Ferlazzo's blog and his columns in EdWeek. A few months ago, Katie Ciresi asked him: What advice can you giv... read more	997 Views	1 comment	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
NWP i3 Award! Added by Steven Zemelman on Nov 9, 2012 at 10:19am 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	1,065 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
Endless Mountains Teacher Researchers Added by Nanci Werner-Burke on Oct 22, 2012 at 10:01am 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	1,293 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
Illinois Writing Project celebration of the Day on Writing Added by Steven Zemelman on Oct 18, 2012 at 9:30am Last night, IWP held our 4th annual Day on Writing celebration. We used a week-night rather than the official day on Saturday to be more considerate ... read more	1,300 Views	3 comments	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
What's up at your site or school for NDOW? Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Oct 18, 2012 at 9:08am 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
10/8-10/15: Discuss "Lessons from Tony" on the Teacher Inquiry Communities site Added by Cindy O'Donnell-Allen on Oct 8, 2012 at 4:01pm Over on the Teacher Inquiry Communities Network site here on Connect, please join my graduate students and me... read more	408 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Share reactions to The Writing Revolution in The Atlantic Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Sep 23, 2012 at 8:45pm The Atlantic has just published a long piece on writing instruction called The Writing Revolution by journalist ... read more	1,333 Views	4 comments	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
Working with pre-service teachers...research about benefits? Added by Deanna Mascle on Sep 14, 2012 at 1:55pm We are piloting a writing studio program this semester. We are training (in a learning community) English Ed majors to lead writing studio groups. Cu... read more	419 Views	3 comments	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
McScribbles Magazine, Produced by 3rd Grader, Reaches Out to NWP Network Added by Tanya Baker on Sep 14, 2012 at 10:28am Hello Writing Project Colleagues, ... read more	406 Views	0 comments	No comments have been added yet.
Landmark texts Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Aug 31, 2012 at 3:57pm 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
Reading, writing, and texting Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on Aug 7, 2012 at 9:52am Perhaps you saw the coverage of the new study that funds a correlation between texting and reduced grammar/mechanics skills.... read more	921 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
Books boys can't resist Added by samuel reed on Aug 4, 2012 at 1:14am 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	737 Views	2 comments	Added by Mary Ann Loch on Aug 7, 2012 at 11:47am Thank you for this!! ... read more
What Teachers Most Need to Know about Teaching Expository and Persuasive Writing Added by Lennie Irvin on Jul 13, 2012 at 4:50pm From your experience working with teachers at any level from 4th through 12th, what are the chief concerns and needs that these teachers have related... read more	1,363 Views	11 comments	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
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 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/08/more-public-schools-split_0_n_1657505.html ... read more	582 Views	1 comment	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
Developing the "Sense You Are Born With" in Teacher Inquiry Workshops Added by Joseph McCaleb on Jul 7, 2012 at 3:55pm In preparing for my workshop for our Summer Institute, I needed to/wanted to write this blog: http://dochorsetales.blogspot.com/2012/07/sense-you-we... read more	483 Views	1 comment	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
Collins Writing Program and WW Added by John Klein on Jul 5, 2012 at 9:23pm 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	527 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
Do you do writing walkabouts? Added by Deanna Mascle on May 30, 2012 at 11:27am 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	789 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
#summerreading Added by Paul Oh on May 23, 2012 at 8:46am What are you planning to read this summer? How are you helping your students stay engaged with reading during the vacation? ... read more	1,238 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
'Tis the season for recognition programs...and student models! Added by Elyse Eidman-Aadahl on May 11, 2012 at 12:34pm May/June 'tis the season for school closing, graduation, and student recognition programs.... read more	523 Views	2 comments	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
What are you doing for Poem In Your Pocket Day? Added by Paul Oh on Apr 13, 2012 at 1:27pm April 26th is Poem in Your Pocket Day, an event that entails carrying and sharing a poem - part of April's National Poetry Month festivities. For i... read more	1,107 Views	11 comments	Added by Jennifer Cass on Apr 26, 2012 at 5:01pm In Kindergarten this year we have a Poem of the Week each week. Each Thursday or Friday they respond to the poem in their journals. Usual... read more