Welcome to the KWP Network Website
Guests may register for events without creating an account. Accounts provide Writing Project members with access to site & KWP activities. Click to
As a state-sponsored network of National Writing Project sites, we provide opportunities for teacher learning and leadership that will improve the teaching of writing. This site connects the eight Kentucky sites with one another and helps us reach out to educators interested in our work.
Kentucky Writing Project
Fall Conference
in conjunction with Writing Eastern Kentucky Conference
September 11, 8:30-3:00
Morehead State University
See KWP UPCOMING EVENTS and CALENDAR for more information (at left). Scroll down for pdf of brochure.
Resources: What is the impact of Kentucky writing projects on student writing and on teachers' professional growth? See the Kentucky Writing Project Network, Evaluation Study Highlights as a Flash Paper, or download in PDF format.
Before-and-After Story Project SUBMIT HERE: http://kywritingproject.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=489
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Fantastic lineup of Kentucky authors, technology sessions, and reading/writing ideas!
Find out about the new Common Core Standards, the School Writing Policy due this fall to KDE, and more! |
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Jean and all:
Charles Scoville has withdrawn his name for the Technology Workshop due to health issues. charles.scoville@harlan.kyschools.us
I still have Milena Adams, Pam Walton, Sabrina Back and Gerald Brashear attending. (Sabrina does not need a motel room.)
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Please see the attached flyer.
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Something for everyone--sessions with Kentucky authors, classroom ideas, Writing Project leadership.
Special feature: the latest info on the new KDE writing policy/plan/program--is your school ready?
8:30-3:00, followed by the Chaffin Award Ceremony.
Hosted by the Morehead Writing Project at Morehead, KY.
Please share the attached brochure with your colleagues, principal, & PD coordinator.
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CONTACT: HANK KELLNER
hankpix@yahoo.com
336/768/3191
"When Stephen Dunning's Reflections on a Gift of Watermelon Pickle was published in the 1960s," writes Hank Kellner, "it quickly found its way into classrooms nationwide. Today, more than forty years later, this unique collection of 114 poems accompanied by black and white photographs still enjoys a great deal of popularity with students and teachers.
"Because 21st Century students are more visually oriented than ever before," he continues, "the combination of poems and photographs is a very powerful teaching aid." Kellner points out, also, that astute teachers have discovered that by combining poems with photographs they create a stimulating environment that provides inspiration for writing. "Few students," he adds, "fail to respond positively to the marriage of graphic images and written images."
For a work-in-progress that will combine photos with poetry, Kellner is on the lookout for original poems by students in Grades 7-12 and up. "I'd also like to include poetry by teachers and other adults," he concludes. Interested students, teachers, and others may request more information at hankpix@yahoo.com. Please cite POETRY in the subject line of your email.
Hank Kellner is a retired English teacher and the author of Write What You See: 99 Photos To Inspire Writing (Cottonwood Press, 2009). Visit his blog at hank-englisheducation.blogspot.com.
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On-Demand Lessons: Field-testing Project
Facilitator: Jean Wolph
Facilitator: Jennifer Bernhard
| Please register here if you are a Writing Project teacher who would like to volunteer to field-test an on-demand writing lesson this spring. In the survey which follows, you'll indicate your grade level and type of lesson you are most interested in field-testing, as well as the usual contact information. Ideally, lessons would be taught before testing, but that is up to you. All materials should be returned by June 1. You will be sent the lesson, a teacher feedback form, and a student exit slip. You'll be asked to return the feedback form, exit slips, and 3 samples of responses to the lesson from your class: 1 example of student work that showed strong understanding and use of the strategy, 1 that is satisfactory, and 1 that was not satisfactory. You will be given a postpaid envelope. Any questions? Contact jean.hicks@louisville.edu or jennifer.bernhard@clark.kyschools.us. |
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KYWP Tech Liasons
Facilitator: Jean Wolph
| This is the Discussion Groups that was talked about during the saturday morning meeting in Nashville.
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LWP Playwriting Group
Facilitator: Jean Wolph
 | This site is for the use of the 2009 LWP Playwriting Group working with Lee Look of Actor's Theatre and Jean Wolph of LWP. |
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ATTENTION Kentucky Teachers and Students!
You
can publish your writing in an online book and place it in the Kentucky
Library! Click below to see books by other Kentucky folks!
The Kentucky Writing Project Website. |
