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> Subject: E-Voice January-February 2007
> Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 12:52:29 -0800 (PST)
>
> Hello. You are receiving this newsletter as a member
> of NWPi, the online community of the National
> Writing Project.
>
> Register for the NWP Spring Meeting!
> Come to Washington to share your classroom successes
> with members of Congress, March 29-30, 2007.
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/179
>
> Also join your colleagues at:
>
> >> Rural Sites Network Conference, March 9-10,
> Albuquerque, NM
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/171
>
> >> Urban Sites Network Conference, April 20-21,
> Washington, DC
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/180
>
>
> * * * teachers' voices * * *
>
> Making a Successful Punctuation Lesson
> Mary Tedrow describes the interweaving of elements
> that went into creating one particularly effective
> lesson for her class: her own pedagogical knowledge,
> a timely newspaper column, collegial exchange, and
> students' readiness.
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2372
>
> Seeing Academic Writing with a New "I"
> Students need to make personal connections and use
> the forbidden "I," Rebecca Feldbusch maintains.
> Insisting that they leave themselves out of their
> writing gives students the message that their own
> perceptions are not valuable.
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2371
>
> Book Review: An Open Language: Selected Writing on
> Literacy, Learning, and Opportunity
> Sondra Perl reviews An Open Language: Selected
> Writing on Literacy, Learning, and Opportunity, a
> selection of Mike Rose’s journal articles, book
> chapters, and newspaper and magazine articles dating
> from 30 years ago to the present, with commentary by
> Rose on the evolution of his work.
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2369
>
> Skeletons Out of the Closet: The Case of the Missing
> 162% (NWP Classic)
> In this 1995 article, we watch Bob Pressnall as he
> keeps revising his efforts to teach revision,
> telling students pointed stories, drawing cartoons,
> and finally devising a "skeleton." It is this last
> strategy that moves students closer to an
> understanding of how revision works.
> http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/996
>
>
> * * * nwp at work * * *
>
> New NWP at Work Monographs on Summer Institute
> The National Writing Project at Work monograph
> series documents how the NWP model is developed and
> implemented at local sites across the country. This
> new set provides perspectives on several aspects of
> conducting a summer institute.
>
http://www.writingproject.org/Publications/other/monographs.csp
>
> New Katrina Book Hits Shelves
> Katrina: In Their Own Words, a Southeastern
> Louisiana Writing Project anthology, features the
> writing of 50 area teachers and students ranging
> from college freshmen to kindergartners in
> storm-impacted communities.
>
https://www.selu.edu/news_media/news_releases/2006/nov/katrina.html
>
> Check Out Highlights from the NWP Annual Meeting
> Nearly 1,000 educators flocked to Nashville for this
> year's annual meeting, which included a panoply of
> engaging workshops, informational discussions,
> speeches, evening socials, and more. Read some of
> the general session speeches or view the photo
> album.
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/06am/print/nwp_e/166?x-t=outcome.view
>
>
> * * * writing retreats * * *
>
> Apply for Professional Writing Retreats
> The NWP Professional Writing Retreats support one of
> NWP's founding principles: teachers of writing
> should write. Participation in NWP writing retreats
> is by application only, and teacher-consultants must
> provide a letter of support from their site
> director.
>
> >> 2007 Professional Writing Retreat A, June 14-17,
> Santa Fe, NM
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/172
>
> >> 2007 Professional Writing Retreat B, August 2-5,
> Santa Fe, NM
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/173
>
> >> Writing and Technology: A Professional Writing
> Retreat, July 25-29, Nebraska City, NE
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/183
>
>
> * * * awards and accolades * * *
>
> Who's Being Honored at Your Writing Project Site?
(TELL JANIS FIRST)
> Teachers of the year, authors publishing books, and
> world traveling scholars.
>
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2370
>
> Get a Little Recognition for Your Accomplishments
> Writing project site leaders and teacher-consultants
> are invited to submit information about honors or
> awards they have received or articles or books they
> have published to Awards and Accolades for E-Voice.
> Deadline: February 1.
> http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/create/nwp_aa
>
>
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