Writing with cell phones and computers. Writing about bodily functions and war. Writing multigenre digital media projects. This is how Fulton Middle School language arts teacher Jeremy Hyler gets 7th and 8th grade boys to enjoy… Read moreCRWP Teacher Explores Multigenre/Multimedia Writing
While the 2011 Summer Institute may be drawing to a close, for Chippewa River Writing Project participants, the writer’s journey is far from over. To many of these writers, E-Anthology is a tool that will help… Read moreCRWP Teacher Participants Keep the SI Experience Alive through E-Anthology
They gather in coffee shops, at libraries, at bookstores, and ice cream shops. Sometimes you may find them huddled together at a picnic table in the park, pencils and pens scribbling feverishly across open notepads. Other… Read moreCRWP Writers Set Out on Third Annual Writing Marathon
At a glance, it may seem like just another classroom at Central Michigan University. A writer stands before an audience of half a dozen people, calmly walking her audience through a software that allows her to… Read moreYoung Writers Find New Ways to Grow at the Chippewa River Writing Camp 2011
Monday, June 2oth marked the kick-off of the Chippewa River Writing Project’s third annual Summer Institute on the Mt. Pleasant campus of Central Michigan University. For the team of nine teacher participants, the opening week has… Read moreCRWP Continues with its Third Annual Invitational Summer Institute
While the debate continues about the funding for the National Writing Project, teacher leaders from the Chippewa River Writing project have made their support of the national network known in a variety of ways, from face-to-face… Read moreCRWP Teachers Advocate for Continued NWP Funding
Focused on the broad theme of “Teaching Writing for Middle School and High School Students,” the Chippewa River Writing Project’s latest professional development partnership with the Clare-Gladwin RESD continues through the spring of 2011. Over the course… Read moreCGRESD Writers’ Series Continues Through Spring 2011
This past holiday season brought even more to celebrate this year for Chippewa River Writing Project team member Debbi Meister. Meister, a teacher at Fellowship Baptist Academy in Carson City and alum of the CRWP 2009 Summer Institute,… Read moreChippewa River Writing Project Teacher Spotlight: Debbi Meister
Partnering with CMU’s Center for Excellence in Education, the Chippewa River Writing Project has kicked off an exciting new year in professional development with the K-12 Statewide Writing Conference. Four members of the CRWP leadership team led the… Read moreCRWP Co-Hosts K-12 Statewide Writing Conference
November 17th, 2010 marked the kick-off of the National Writing Project’s 2010-11 Annual Meeting, staged this year in sunny Orlando, Florida. Eleven members of the Chippewa River Writing Project’s leadership team traded chilly Michigan temperatures for the… Read moreCRWP Attends NWP 2010-11 Annual Meeting in Orlando