Teachers As Writers Blog
Featuring posts from CRWP teachers and teacher consultants
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Celebrating 15 Years of CRWP: The 2009 Summer Institute
Fifteen years ago, the CRWP was a new site of the National Writing Project and hosted its first summer institute at CMU. Troy Hicks, Elizabeth Brockman, and Penny Lou Lew led the institute. The 13 participants from the summer of 2009 stayed involved for years and some are still on our leadership team today!
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CRWP Teacher Spotlight: Andy Schoenborn
In his own words… We asked Andy about the impact of the CRWP, his advice for new teachers, and his current work as a writer. Here is what he had to say. On the impact of the CRWP in his teaching and writing life…In my 13 years with the Chippewa River Writing Project, many significant…
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Dave Stuart Jr Visits with CRWP Book Club
As part of the Chippewa River Writing Project’s on-going book club discussions, we were pleased to welcome fellow Michigan educator and Lake Michigan Writing Project teacher consultant — as well as best-selling author and international speaker — Dave Stuart Jr. Stuart joined book club members to discuss ideas from his book These 6 Things: How…
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Top Shelf Books
The third year of CRWP’s Secret Book exchange had a lighter mood than ever before. Many of us are leaving pandemic life and some of the pandemic traditions developed the last few years behind us. Some, we are keeping around because they still bring us joy and fit into our lives. One of those traditions…
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NCTE Comes to the CRWP: Literacies Before Technologies
On December 10, 2022, the Chippewa River Writing Project hosted a free continuity event: NCTE Comes to the CRWP. Teacher consultants from the CRWP who presented at the NCTE Annual Convention in November shared their presentations with us. This is the last post in a three-part series describing the presentations from our TCs. Having been…
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NCTE Comes to the CRWP: Scaling Mountains
On December 10, 2022, the Chippewa River Writing Project hosted a free continuity event: NCTE Comes to the CRWP. Teacher consultants from the CRWP who presented at the NCTE Annual Convention in November shared their presentations with us. This is the second post in a three-part series describing the presentations from our TCs. Sharing the…
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NCTE Comes to the CRWP: Daring to Dig out of Darkness
On December 10, 2022, the Chippewa River Writing Project hosted a free continuity event: NCTE Comes to the CRWP. Teacher consultants from the CRWP who presented at the NCTE Annual Convention in November shared their presentations with us. This is the first post in a three-part series describing the presentations from our TCs. Considering the…
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An NCTE Conference Recap
Calling all English Language Arts teachers: It’s worth the time to prepare lesson plans and save up to attend the annual NCTE (National Council of Teachers of English) Annual Convention. The benefits of attending far exceed the cost. The keynote speaker for the 2022 conference in Anaheim, CA was poet and author Javier Zamora. His…
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Incorporating Equity into your Syllabus: Session 8 of the 2021-22 CRWP Webinar Series
In our final webinar for the 2021/2022 school year, CRWP’s own Ana Contreras (@AnaContrerasENG), an English faculty member at Harper College near Chicago, helped us evaluate our syllabi to get us to start thinking a bit about our work next year. Ana’s presentation is broken up into chunks of deep thought and discussion followed by…
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A Poet Rests In Wait: Session 7 of the 2021-22 CRWP Webinar Series
In our April webinar, Andy Schoenborn (@aschoenborn), a high school ELA teacher, the Past President of the Michigan Council of Teachers of English, and the current Vice-President of the Michigan Reading Association discussed some of the incredible ways he teaches poetry in his classes. Andy talks about the importance of helping students find their voices…