Here are the results for this year’s WMWP Writing Contest:
First Prize: “Seventeen Mean,” by Margaret Livingstone, Pioneer Valley Regional
Second Prize: “Listening to the Music of the Wood,” by Kevin Hodgson, William E. Norris Elementary
Seventeen Mean
Bitter words escape his lips, unbidden.
They spew from his mouth, unleashed.
I hate you, he stabs, cutting deeply,
slicing an earlier, cheap shot [...]
The deadline for this year’s WMWP Writing Contest has been extended to December 19th, so get out those pens and submit a piece of writing. This event may be labeled a contest, but it is more an opportunity for you to see yourself as a writer, with the opportunity to get published in WMWP publications.
The [...]
English 712: Writing and the Teaching of Writing, is a core course in WMWP’s Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Writing Program, though it is open to all pre- and in-service teachers and graduate students. The course focuses on the socio-cultural context of literacy learning in the United States, the development [...]
WMWP Technology Liaison Kevin Hodgson is publishing a weekly webcomic through the Newspapers in Education site of MassLive (home to The Springfield Republican) that looks at the digital divide between kids and adults, and technology in the classroom. The webcomic is called Boolean Squared and is designed to poke fun at teaching in this technological [...]
Are you interested in writing for publication? Here is an opportunity just for you.
Professional Writing Retreat
August 5-7, 2008, Stump Sprouts Guest Lodge, West Hawley, MA.
This three day writing retreat will give participants the opportunity to work on writing projects for publication, in such venues as professional journals, newsletters, newspapers, and on-line [...]
Save the date:
March 19, 2008 from 9am-3pm
Bartlett Hall, Room 256, UMass Amherst
Diana Callahan and Mary-Ann DeVita Palmieri with be hosting a ‘Writing into Retirement’ retreat. All retired educators and those who have not retired yet are invited to attend this retreat. Bring a friend and a poem, story or memories your recall about teaching.
A light [...]
The WMWP writing-and-response group meets once each month, on a Saturday, in Bartlett 256 at the University of Massachusetts. It is open to all K-13 teachers in western Massachusetts. All teachers are welcome. This month’s meeting is this Saturday, January 12.
The group meets from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., over coffee, tea, and bagels. Typically [...]
A group of more than a dozen teachers affiliated with the Western Massachusetts Writing Project took part in a professional writing retreat on the coast of Connecticut, enjoying the ocean breezes and the long stretches of opportunity to write, reflect and respond to various pieces of writing about the teaching practice.
The topics under development ranged [...]
