Category: Teachers as Writers Blog
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To Grade Rough Drafts or Not to Grade Them: One Teacher’s Journey
To grade rough drafts or not to grade them: that is the question I’ve wrestled with recently in my English teaching. Writing takes so much time to assess, especially when teaching the writing process and requesting that students revise multiple drafts of the same piece of writing. Moreover, I’ve learned over the years that students…
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2018 NWP Midwest Conference: Writing to Learn. Learning to Write.
Having never been to Madison, Wisconsin I did not anticipate such a beautiful city nestled upon an isthmus between the lakes Mendota and Monona. In this place, all roads lead to the capitol building where colorful food trucks and various statues of Bucky the Badger dot the landscape. I traveled on this busy weekend with…
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NWP Midwest Conference — Connect. Collaborate. Learn.
This summer, the CRWP Teachers as Writers Blog featured guest posts ahead of the National Writing Project Midwest Conference. This week on the CRWP Blog, we are sharing a guest post from Greater Madison Writing Project Co-Director and conference organizer Mark Dziedzic who offers his reflection on the conference. In the coming weeks, we’ll post…
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Five Lessons in Teacher Mindfulness
The CRWP Teachers As Writers Blog will feature guest posts in July in advance of the National Writing Project Midwest Conference. The NWP Midwest Conference takes place August 3, 4, and 5 in Madison, Wisconsin, and will feature presentations from NWP Teacher Leaders and Site Directors, as well as a keynote and pre-conference from the CRWP’s…
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Who Can You Trust?: Teaching Online Research Literacy
The CRWP Teachers As Writers Blog will feature guest posts in July in advance of the National Writing Project Midwest Conference. The NWP Midwest Conference takes place August 3, 4, and 5 in Madison, Wisconsin, and will feature presentations from NWP Teacher Leaders and Site Directors, as well as a keynote and pre-conference from the…
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The College, Career, and Community Writers Program in the Middle School
The middle school animal is a breed of its own. Those who work with students in lower or higher grades look at middle-schoolers and shudder. One can almost hear the audible ‘Ughhhh’ accompanying that shudder. Middle-schoolers revel in being loud, verbal, and demonstrative in many shapes and forms. One often wonders if they are teachable…