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Tips Letter: Strong searches & news feeds (#18)
This is part of an ongoing series for teachers using digital classrooms, particularly users of the YWP Schools Project platform and mentoring service. We are always looking for new lesson ideas and...
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YWP Upcoming Events!
Young Writers Project is creating a regular series of workshops, events and performances. Bookmark this page to stay on top of things, or check in with youngwritersproject.org.UPCOMING:What:...
View ArticleTips Letter: Creating a Podcast #19
E X E R C I S EA powerful way for students to understand the power of their voice -- and to see how their work needs to be revised -- is to get them to record themselves narrating their piece. This is...
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Writing Prompts: January - May 2013
Still time left in the year to help make your students famous! Teachers, encourage your students to write to YWP's weekly prompts for publication in the Newspaper Series -- now published in 22...
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YWP Prompts
Help your students gain a wide audience for their best work! Submit to the Young Writers Project for consideration for publication in 22 newspapers around the state or to be a weekly highlight on...
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Vermont Writes Day - Feb. 7, 2013 -- Thank You!
Thanks to all of you who participated in Vermont Writes Day 2013. We know it wasn't easy to corral your colleagues and students to take part, but we really appreciate efforts you made to honor writing...
View ArticleThe State AofE would love to hear from you! And share a dinner!
COMMUNITY DINNERS ON HIGH SCHOOL INNOVATIONMONTPELIER – Do you have a great idea for an engaging and innovative program that wouldbe beneficial to Vermont’s students? Come, join the conversation...
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North by North Center- New Workshops!
New North by North Workshops!Monday- Elementary School HelpTuesday- Storytelling (Fiction or Non-Fiction)Wednesday- Self-Portait (Tell your story!)Thursday- Editing Day (We'll help!) AND...Don't Miss...
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UPDATE-- AUTOSAVE ...
Greetings, wonderful people!AS YOU KNOW, we developed an 'auto save' and manual 'save and continue' function on your sites. How is it working? Are your sites working fine? Any problems? Has it rescued...
View ArticlePLEASE READ: Help Make Us Better!
Students and Teachers using the ywpschools.net platform,Have you ever thought of something that you wanted to share with us here at YWP to help us make the platform -- and our service -- better? Here's...
View ArticleRegistration form for YWP Digital Writing Practicum I -- 2013/2014
UPDATE 9.2.2013: The foundational workshop is Saturday Sept. 7 from 10 to 4 p.m. at YWP in Burlington. Make up session tentatively set for either Tuesday Sept 10 from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. or Thursday Sept....
View ArticleTEACHERS: Please fill out the Survey in the Teachers' Room
Greetings educators! If you could be so kind as to fill out the survey we just posted in your Teachers' Room, titled "Teacher Survey II," we would much appreciate it. It should only take a few minutes...
View ArticleNew sites are ready
We are pleased to anounce that the revamped 2013/14 YWP Digital Classroom platform is complete. This platform is being provided to school partners for free. We recommend that schools (VT & NH only)...
View ArticleI like ... and commenting; Getting Started
This exercise will have these parts Write>>Comment>>Share>>Discussion>>Commenting Rules:WRITINGPlease share with us your responses in completion to the starter phrase: I like...
View ArticleTips Letter #2.2013: Prompts to Get Going, Beginning of Year Tips
This is part of an ongoing series for teachers using digital classrooms, particularly users of the YWP Schools Project platform and mentoring service. We are always looking for new lesson ideas and...
View ArticleTips Letter #3.2013: Creating a Podcast
E X E R C I S EA powerful way for students to understand the power of their voice and see how their work needs to be revised -- is to get them to record themselves narrating their piece. This is also a...
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YWP Teacher Opportunities for 2014/15
FILL OUT THIS FORM TO LET US KNOW OF YOUR INTEREST or to SIGN UPYoung Writers Project is excited to offer unique professional development services for the coming year. YWP has limited spaces for these...
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Photo Prompt III - Audio/History - Migrant Mother
thompson_water_06_MSTR.mp3 E x e r c i s e I d e aThis is an exercise that shows what you can do to engage kids in researching and writing about a period of history with the help of a powerful image...
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Photo Prompt II
This exercise can be done several times. It is intended to be a Quick Write of 7 minutes to get students to respond to an image: What does it mean to them? What would it be like to be inside the...
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The Search: Exercises to improve Web research
Information is everywhere and so easy to obtain. Forget a name? Google it. Want to get some information for a paper? Google it. BUT is that information any good?read more
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