Appalachian Writing Project

National Writing Project @ The University of Virginia's College at Wise

Teachers Teaching Teachers in Southwest Virginia

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  • Renia H. Clark
  • Susan Hampton
  • Keela H. Smith
  • Elaine Childress
  • Tamara T. Williams
  • Lizbeth J. Phillips
  • Brenda Baker
  • Sandy Yun
  • Leah Mullins
  • Amy Clark
  • Rebecca D. Elswick
  • Brenda D. Baker
  • Cynthia Newlon
  • Karen Mullins
  • Lori Wright
  • Grace C. Bradshaw
  • Michele Lee Duncan
  • Karen Peters
  • Semelha Hope Hart
  • Robin Charles

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Amy Clark

Discover Something New Every Day

Appalachian author Silas House has challenged writers to follow James Still's advice to "Discover Something New Every Day." He is blogging every day about his own discoveries. The Ning is a great place for you to do the same. What a great way to keep the creative juices flowing, and a great classroom activity!.

To see Silas' blog, visit:

http://silashouseblog.blogspot.com/2009/08/on-beauty-discovering-81409.html

His latest entry is a tearjerker.

Posted by Amy Clark on August 15, 2009 at 12:56pm

Amy Clark

The Writing Retreat--A Massage for the Mind

I just got home from the 2009 Writing Retreat at the Breaks, where I have been writing, laughing, singing, and eating with some incredibly talented people. Before I go further, I want to thank Robin and Rita for their hard work in putting this together. I heard all three of the authors say it was one of the best retreats they'd ever attended (these are people who go to many, many of these in one year). Kate even said it was the best she had ever been treated at such an event.

I'm a little embar… Continue

Posted by Amy Clark on July 23, 2009 at 3:47pm — 1 Comment

Susan Hampton

Released

A nice lady came today and told me that I was going to be released from the concentration camp. My mind reeled at the notion. Can it really be? She said that the organization she is with has worked for many years to free me and others like me from these chains we have carried all of our lives. I’m giddy at the possibilities of this new life. Can it really be true, though? Or is this some pie in the sky notion? Does this life of freedom really exist? The camp is all I have known since I was a lit… Continue

Posted by Susan Hampton on May 25, 2009 at 6:33pm — 1 Comment

Lizbeth J. Phillips

The Miracle of Writing: Afterthoughts On a Day With Silas House

The Miracle of Writing
(written October 6, 2007)


There are times in your life when you realize it is a miracle that you are in the right place at the right time. The divining rod of destiny strikes a delicate chord, and if you are attuned, you discover yourself participating in a venture that changes your life.

Today was a divining day, one of several this week, unique and at decibels that cannot be ignored by angels or by the human spirit. Some may call it Divine Intervention or Divin… Continue

Posted by Lizbeth J. Phillips on April 26, 2009 at 10:00pm — 1 Comment

Amy Clark

RE-Thinking the Work of the Site

Nine years into the AWP, I found myself still struggling with defining who we were and what we were about. I struggled with the model and how to make it work. As we approach our first decade together, it's finally becoming clear.

These were the things I knew for sure:
*That I've made lifelong friends since the first summer institute
*That the AWP gives me a place to belong as a writer and researcher
*That the possibilities for growing the site are so limitless I have felt intimidated by them

T… Continue

Posted by Amy Clark on April 26, 2009 at 9:29pm — 3 Comments

 

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Cynthia Newlon

October 2009 Newsletter 1 Reply

Call for News! Please send news by Monday, October 19th to cgp6d@uvawise.edu.

Tagged: News!, for, Call

Started by Cynthia Newlon. Last reply by Cynthia Newlon Oct 20.

Amy Clark

Tenth Anniversary Publication with Motes Books

Please see the attached Call for Submissions regarding our first published volume with a regional press.

Started by Amy Clark Oct 5.

Cynthia Newlon

Take Action

Share your knowledge of literacy teaching and learning with your legislator at http://www.ncte.org/action.

Tagged: Day, Writing, National

Started by Cynthia Newlon Sep 30.

What Is The Appalachian Writing Project?

The National Writing Project and the Center for Teaching Excellence fund the Appalachian Writing Project, which was founded in 2000 at The University of Virginia's College at Wise. We believe that working as partners, universities, and public schools can promote effective reform in the teaching of writing. Our mission is to improve writing proficiency and learning in our public schools by training teachers to become writing consultants and agents of change in their school systems, while recognizing themselves as writers.
Institute fellows may be K-college teachers from all content areas currently employed in a teaching position. During this four-week institute, fellows are engaged in:
* Researching theory and practice in teaching writing;
* Exploring and presenting successful approaches to teaching writing and using writing to teach;
* Developing their own writing
* Looking at resources and technologies that assist writing instruction.


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Becky, to add: each OI was designated a credit/no-credit "course" through the Center for Teaching Excellence to help teachers gain valuable recertification credits. The college paid the instructors' salaries, schools or participants pay a reduced-...
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I can speak specifically to leadership and costs. We chose leaders based on (1) record of inservice and feedback; (2) qualifications for being an adjunct faculty member--Master's degree; and (3) representative of area needing inservice outreach. ...
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Liz, I have registered for the dialect session.
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Becky, can we use the site in Lee, as well? That would make four.
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Hello All, For the presentation, all 3 cites represented are supposed to have a display about our cite's work on Open Institutes. They are calling this the Gallery Wall. Things to include are explanation of why we started an OI, how did we choose ...
October 27
Keela, Tammy, Mom: Becky would like some feedback from you on your Open Institute experience as she prepares for the NWP workshop discussing the work we did with our Jump-Start grant. You can put your response here on the Ning. Thanks!
October 27
So, our presentation and all the workshops I'm interested in are all in one place! I don't have to be worried about being a news story at six...country bumpkin from SW Virginia gets lost in city pedestrian traffic?!! That's a relief. When I went t...
October 25
Liz, the NWP activities should all be at the NWP hotel. As for NCTE, those are spread around but you have to pay to register for those. I haven't yet researched any historic sites...we probably won't know that until we get there but I doubt that t...
October 25
I'm just curious...I've got my NWP workshop reservations--except for the slot set aside for Friday's poster session. NWP's hotel is a good distance from the conference sessions, right? Do any of us know who needs to be where when? For instance, I...
October 22
October Newsletter can be downloaded in .pdf format. Please be sure to allow the download time to begin. Also, the technology workshop for October has been cancelled due to scheduling conflicts. Next month, on November 17th, Cyndi Newlon will hold...
October 20
Cynthia Newlon added a discussion
Call for News! Please send news by Monday, October 19th to cgp6d@uvawise.edu.
October 15
Looking forward to starting work on another publication!
October 6
 
 

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