Category: Reflections
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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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Rekindling the Joy of Reading: A New CRWP Tradition
Though we are entering the third year of a pandemic, this is our second year of what we have developed as an annual tradition at the Chippewa River Writing Project (CRWP). In 2020 and 2021, members of our site filled out a Google Form giving a book type selection and their address. I randomly matched…
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Rekindling the Joy of Reading during a Pandemic
At the time I am writing this, the one-year anniversary of March 13, 2020, is looming large upon me like this dark unknown specter. It’s almost like an unseen barrier that we are all holding our breath until we get across, because who knows what is on the other side? To say I don’t recognize…