Chippewa River Writing Project
A site of the National Writing Project at Central Michigan University
This spring and summer, teacher consultants from the Chippewa River Writing Project will be leading two substantive — and free — professional development events in mid-Michigan. If you have questions about either of these exceptional opportunities, please contact Troy Hicks, CRWP Director, at troy.hicks@cmich.edu What’s the Big Idea? – Seminar Series Tuesdays, 4:30 to 6:30 PM at […]
Continue ReadingWriting with cell phones and computers. Writing about bodily functions and war. Writing multigenre digital media projects. This is how Fulton Middle School language arts teacher Jeremy Hyler gets 7th and 8th grade boys to enjoy reading and writing in his classroom. According to Hyler, successfully motivating boys to write means giving them plenty of […]
Continue ReadingWhile the 2011 Summer Institute may be drawing to a close, for Chippewa River Writing Project participants, the writer’s journey is far from over. To many of these writers, E-Anthology is a tool that will help carry their experiences at the SI forward into the months to come. Developed in 1997 by a group of […]
Continue ReadingThey gather in coffee shops, at libraries, at bookstores, and ice cream shops. Sometimes you may find them huddled together at a picnic table in the park, pencils and pens scribbling feverishly across open notepads. Other times, they may be settled at a corner booth of a local restaurant, quietly taking in the scenery of a […]
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