Chippewa River Writing Project
A site of the National Writing Project at Central Michigan University
What a stimulating experience – the 2014 National Writing Project Annual Meeting and the National Council of Teachers of English Convention in Washington DC. So many great sessions. So many excellent ideas to take back to the Chippewa River Writing Project and my classroom. The only drawback to conferences of this size and scope is idea overload, so […]
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Having had time to reflect on my experience at the National Writing Project’s (NWP) Annual Meeting and National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) 2014 conference, I realize that cultivating relationships is of the utmost importance when working with students and colleagues. Even after many years of teaching, it is good to be reminded of […]
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Time. There’s never enough of it, is there? Whenever I talk to teachers about my efforts to use an inquiry approach to teaching, they almost always ask, “How do you find the time?” To be honest, it isn’t easy. As I mentioned in my earlier posts, before the surprise alligator head hijacked my students’ attention, […]
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For teachers affiliated with the Chippewa River Writing Project, a picnic celebrating our accomplishments in the first five years marked the end of summer and the beginning of a new school year. Teachers from the 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2013 summer institutes joined together to reflect on our accomplishments and look ahead to the future. […]
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