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APRIL 2008 REPORT

A Glimpse at NCTE's 2008 Policy Brief

Web English Teacher presents the best of K-12 English / Language Arts teaching resources: lesson plans, WebQuests, videos, biogr

Featuring teachers from the Maine Writing Project and its digital storytelling work.

A panel discussion at the 2009 National Writing Project's Annual Meeting.

FREE DOWNLOADS! Create Your Own Classroom CD and learn more about place-based writing.

Great story-starters, ideas, and prompts for writers of all ages.

A stunning collection of ideas for adding rich description to your writing

A 21st century collection featuring Donald Murray, Nancie Atwell, Jeff Wilhelm, Jim Burke, Maureen Barbieri....

THE literacy book of 2009 and perhaps beyond.... READ THIS BOOK!!!.

Creative ideas on Writing and Revision

Real portfolios, real kids....

A how-to book on creating learner-centered activities...

Incredible book that helps us think about the boys we teach.

Newkirk maintains that students' personal writing can provide a window into discourses that hold power ....

The book that started the multigenre movement

A Studio Workshop Approach

Units of Study to Help Children Focus on Audience and Purpose

A Handbook of Essential Skills and Strategies

How to Scaffold Instruction to Support Learning

What's Possible When Students Combine Genres

The Crucial Last Step in the Writing Workshop

Practical Lessons, Powerful Results

A brilliant book...

Reading, Writing, and Conferencing Using Student-Led Language Experiences

DVD & Book

Units of Study to Help Children Plan, Organize, and Structure Their Ideas

Guides and examples plus a downloadable book "Making the Most of College Writing"

Building a community of writers in Boston!

If you're interested in creating a writing center, go to this website and type in under Guest Access: wcenters

From the National Writing Project... Among the most comprehensive collections on writing on the Web!

Polar Power, a place where students can interact and exchange thoughts, reflections, research, digital stories, podcasts, and po

Helpful website from the Nebraska National Writing Project

...from WritingFix

A terrific way to artistically express a sentence, paragraph, story, classroom reflections....

Digital Learning

The National Writing Project looks at the 2007 NAEP scores.

For each word you "get" right, 20 grains of rice are donated to feed people across the planet.

A wide variety of interesting questions and materials....

Author of Lives on the Boundary, Mike Rose, shares thoughts about learning, teaching, and writing.

This I Believe is an international project engaging people in writing, sharing, and discussing their core values.

Wonderful resource of ideas from English teachers all over the world.

A helpful website for teachers of writing....

Many of these journal prompts are for younger writers.

A wide variety of interesting prompts in an entertaining online format.

Just the best collection of poems....

San Francisco Poetry Slam (foul language)

Poetry Slam Performance (foul language)

The Pulitzer Prize winning poet has hooked up with MTV! Will wonders never cease....

Wow! Double wow!! Triple wow!!!

Take some time to play with words and write a poem.

Wide array of offerings, including audio, from the Poetry Foundation

Thirty-seven poems read aloud, including Anthony Hopkins reading "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

National Recitation Contest featuring young adults...terrific models.

About finding and sharing poetry with young people

American Library Association's website highlighting Poetry Slams, Open Mics, and much more.

The mission of Poetry Slam Inc. (PSI) is to promote the performance and creation of poetry ...

Both online and in magazine format....

The National Edition is a weekly, nationwide collection of stories from high school newspapers that are hosted on my.highschoolj

A terrific way to publish your students' writing.

A brilliant collection of thoughts about writing and writing instruction.

A wonderful collection of position statements and guidelines from the National Council of Teachers of English. .

Reports to Congress...accessible and powerful....

Great for schoolwide staff discussions.

A meta-analysis of writing research

Full Report on April 24, 2008 Study Article Above

April 2008 Article from The Journal

A webcast discussion focused on digital storytelling...listen in!

If you're new to Wikis, you may find this website helpful.

Teachers teaching teachers about digital stories--including the Maine Writing Project's Dave Boardman

A wide variety of lessons for the English language arts classroom teacher.

Extraordinarily helpful articles on writing from America's premiere writing organzation.

A series of articles from the National Writing Project....

Lots of websites from the Unquiet Librarian on Multigenre papers.

The father of multigenre, Tom Romano, talks about the MG paper.

Lesson plans on the multigenre paper from Read*Write*Think

A good MG model on the novel Speak. Includes reflection questions at the end. Downloads slowly.

This blog includes a wonderful multigenre example in a blog format.

Lots of rubrics for individual genre.

Here's a project by Kayla Ouellette set up on a blog site. You have to use the menu on the bottom right to navigate.

A few dead sites, but a number with interesting student models.

Powerful & thought-provoking position statements....

If you struggle with rubrics, you're not alone....

A Unilateral Grading Contract to Improve Learning and Teaching--a terrific read.

The Writing Centers Research Project at the University of Louisville conducts and supports research on writing center theory and

A great connection to you-name-it

Helpful resource when pitching a WCenter to an administrator

This Portal has a rich collection of information on Secondary WCenters.

WCenters across the globe.