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Annual Meeting Set for Nashville
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http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwp_e/166
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NWP Cosponsors National Event Featuring Young Rural Poets
Selected student poets flew to Washington, D.C., to read at the Celebrating Rural Poetry event, held at the Library of Congress.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2303
* Ninth-Grader Honored for Poem About Father
http://www.columbiatribune.com/2006/Apr/20060425News007.asp
* Michigan Senior: "It's a surreal feeling. I didn't think things like this were possible."
http://www.miningjournal.net/stories/articles.asp?articleID=3309
To learn more, see NWP's Rural Sites Network Resources.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpn/3?x-t=resources.view&x-program=3
The American Public Wants More Attention Paid to Writing
NWP's latest brochure makes a case for devoting more attention to writing, and demonstrates through recent research results that the writing project has had a positive impact on teachers and students across the country.
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2300
Smithsonian in Your Classroom Focuses on Language Arts
The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies recently released two new segments in its lesson plan series. "Portraits: Visual and Written" introduces students to the life and work of American authors Louisa May Alcott and Samuel Clemens, and "The Music in Poetry" introduces students to the rhythms of poetry and includes an online soundtrack. NWP provided advice on both issues.
http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/publications.html
Teacher Research Collaborative Releases Inspiring Book of Writings and Resources
What is equity? What does it mean to work for equity in schools? What does it mean to make equity central in our work as teacher-researchers? Working Toward Equity explores these and other questions.
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http://www.writingproject.org/Publications/books/workingtoward.csp
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A teacher uses an impromptu writing exercise to motivate her fifth-grade students, including one English language learner who had said he was "just not that good at school stuff."
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2314
The Teacher as Researcher (NWP Classic)
In this 1980 piece, Marian Mohr describes her early forays into teacher research, which begin when she comes to understand that the "humiliation of not knowing everything catches up with every teacher."
http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1894
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<p><b><a href="http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2303">NWP
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<font size="-1">Selected student poets flew to Washington, D.C., to
read at the Celebrating Rural Poetry event, held at the Library of Congress.</font><br>
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<li><a href="http://www.columbiatribune.com/2006/Apr/20060425News007.asp"><font size="-1"><b>Ninth-Grader
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<li><b><font size="-1"><a href="http://www.miningjournal.net/stories/articles.asp?articleID=3309">Michigan
Senior: "It's a surreal feeling. I didn't think things like this were
possible."</a></font></b></li>
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<p><font size="-1">For more, see NWP’s <a href="http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpn/3?x-t=resources.view&x-program=3"><b>Rural
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<p><b><a href="http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/resource_library/publications.html">Smithsonian
in Your Classroom Focuses on Language Arts</a></b><br />
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The Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies recently released two new segments in its lesson plan series. "Portraits: Visual and Written" introduces students to the life and work of American authors Louisa May Alcott and Samuel Clemens, and "The Music in Poetry" introduces students to the rhythms of poetry and includes an online soundtrack. NWP provided advice on both issues.
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<p><b><a href="http://www.writingproject.org/Publications/books/workingtoward.csp">
Teacher Research Collaborative Releases Inspiring Book of Writings
and Resources</a></b><br>
<font size="-1">What is equity? What does it mean to work for
equity in schools? What does it mean to make equity central in
our work as teacher-researchers? <i>Working Toward Equity</i>
explores these and other questions.</font></p>
<p><a href="http://www.writingproject.org/Publications/books/workingtoward.csp"><font size="-1"><b>Download
the book</b></font></a><font size="-1"> or <a href="http://www.pbscart.com/cgi-bin/cp-app.pl?&pg=prod&ref=1883920191&cat=national&lnkbak=http://www.writingproject.org/Publications/books/bookStore.csp"><b>buy
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<p><b><a href="http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/2314">Rainsong</a></b><br>
<font size="-1">A teacher uses an impromptu writing exercise to motivate
her fifth-grade students, including one English language learner who
had said he was "just not that good at school stuff."</font><br>
</p>
<p><a href="http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1113"> <img src=http://www.writingproject.org/cgi-bin/img.pl?id=352 border="0" alt="NWP Classic"></a>
<b><a href="http://www.writingproject.org/cs/nwpp/print/nwpr/1894">The
Teacher as Researcher</a></b><br>
<font size="-1">In this 1980 piece, Marian Mohr describes her early
forays into teacher research, which begin when she comes to understand
that the "humiliation of not knowing everything catches up with every
teacher."</font><br>
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Meeting Highlights Now Online</a></b><br>
<font size="-1">View photos and presentations from the 2006 NWP Spring
Meeting </font><font size="-1"> in Washington, D.C., attended by more
than 300 writing project colleagues.</font></p>
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