2012 Spring Celebration of Writing for Students and Teachers Thursday, March 29, 2012 Oklahoma City University This year's featured Speaker: Sonia Gensler Featured Speaker: Sonia Gensler, author of The Revenant. This Young Adult Novel is a Victorian ghost story set in a Cherokee girl's school in the old west. "An eerie and suspenseful work of historical fiction in which everyone is a murder suspect... Readers should be drawn in by the mystery and moved by Willie's struggles to fit in and negotiate her independence." —Publishers Weekly Mrs. Gensler will speak about the process of writing, her book and how to get published. The Oklahoma Writing Project invites you to attend the Spring Celebration of Writing for Students and Teachers. Each teacher may bring 5 students, grades 6-12. Parents and student teachers are welcome, too. Register soon. Only 225 seats available. Students will attend 2 Writing Sessions as well as be part of the Special Session with Sonia Gensler. In the afternoon, winners of the 2012 OWP Writing Contest will be honored. All participants will receive a copy of the 2012 Anthology of Winning Writing. Schedule: 8:30 Registration/Refreshments 9:00-9:20 Orientation/Quickwrite 9:20-10:30 Special session with Sonia Gensler 10:40-11:40 Writing Session 1 11:40-1:00 Lunch (Students may eat on campus, bring sack lunch, or go out to lunch with teacher.) 1:00-2:00 Writing Session 22:00-2:30 Celebration of Writing: 2012 OWP Write to Win Contest Winners Announced--Parents of winners can attend this portion of the day for free. Direct link to registration: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFlXVmFXQWVBR2RXdEhyLU0ycmpSSEE6MQ ________________________________ Audra Plummer M. Ed. National Board Certified Teacher Co-Director of Inservice Oklahoma Writing Project University of Oklahoma Jeannine Rainbolt College of Education 338 Cate Center Drive, Room 190 Norman, Oklahoma 73019 Phone: 405-401-1348 FAX: 405-325-7841 http://owp.ou.edu Teachers Teaching Teachers