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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... facebook.com/144839801539873…
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! bit.ly/2GBFMJn
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Inaugural conference, created and run by KSU undergraduate Secondary English Ed and Middle Grades Language Arts students in @ksuNCTE
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Happy to announce our 2019 NCTE Student Affiliate Conference. We have many amazing teachers coming to talk about the keys to a successful first year and a successful career. Contact @MsRussom for more info! #nctevillage
Cooler weather makes for a great ingredient in student writing! How are you incorporating place-based writing?
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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? nitter.gq/ncte/status/1014856678…
Does the prospect of teaching grammar fill you with dread? @MDDevereaux and @dcrovitz's article from English Journal offers activities that can help you shift from grammar instruction to language study to support students and their writing. bit.ly/2KtY7vP
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... facebook.com/thekmwp/posts/2…
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Meet our awesome Youth Writing Academy facilitators: Sonny, Jennifer, Samara, Lexy, & Becky. It wouldn’t be the same without them!
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Write a quick story using the words pizza, beach dress, and sour jolly rancher! Our elementary kids hard at work!
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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 bit.ly/2svHNzo
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... docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
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... ncte.org/library/NCTEFiles/R…
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 @ kmwp.org/?page_id=606 kmwp.org/?page_id=606
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"It might sound obvious, but reading aloud rich, diverse texts is the single best thing you can do to help your students become readers." buff.ly/2oJeE1O via @WeAreTeachers
Teachers, are you looking for some different and engaging professional development this summer? Come read with... fb.me/10ZBrQCKV