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> From: "National Writing Project" <[log in to unmask]>
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> Subject: Special Opportunity from NWP: Letters to
> the Next President
> Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:39:26 -0700 (PDT)
> 
> Letters to the Next President: Writing Our Future
> August 26, 2008
> 
> Hello. You are receiving this special bulletin as a
> member of NWPi, the online community of the National
> Writing Project.
> 
> 
> * * * Register for Letters to the Next President:
> Writing Our Future * * *
> 
> http://www.nwp.org/r/letters2president
> 
> Are your students interested in the 2008
> presidential campaign?
> 
> Google and the National Writing Project have teamed
> up to create Letters to the Next President: Writing
> Our Future--an online writing and publishing project
> that invites young people to write about the issues
> and concerns they want the next president to
> address.
> 
> With Google Docs, a free online writing tool,
> teachers guide students through the process of
> writing a persuasive letter or essay to the
> presidential candidates and publish their work on
> the Letters to the Next President: Writing Our
> Future website.
> 
> Letters will be published from September 24 until
> October 30, the day young people can vote in the
> National Student/Parent Mock Election. Find out more
> details and register for the project at:
> 
> http://www.nwp.org/r/letters2president
> 
> Registration Deadline: September 8.
> 
> Age Requirement: Letters to the Next President:
> Writing Our Future is open to U.S. teachers and
> mentors working with students ages 13-18. Teachers
> of any grade level are encouraged to peruse the
> resources below.
> 
> * * *
> 
> Resources for Teaching Persuasive Writing
> Among the many resources featured are The Writing
> Classroom as a Laboratory for Democracy and Web
> Resources Collected by NWP on Delicious.
> http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2644
> 
> Resources for Teaching About the Presidential
> Election
> Help your students learn about the 2008 presidential
> election and gain insight into some of the burning
> issues of the day.
> http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2642
> 
> 
> * * *
> 
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