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July 6, 2009
From IWT's Weeklong Workshops
A morning workshop discussion
"Creative Nonfiction: Telling the Truth" led by Nancy Kline Piore

Upcoming Programs

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NEW! Workshop for Writers
March 10– April 14, 2010

Not for Teachers Only!

Curriculum Conversation #2: The Scarlet Letter
March 19, 2010

Competent Knowledge: Preparing Students for Life in a Democratic Society
April 23, 2010

Creative Nonfiction: Telling the Truth
July 11– July 16, 2010

Creative nonfiction reports back to us from what we call the real world.

Inquiry Into Essay
July 11– July 16, 2010

Inquiry into Essay focuses on different kinds of essays, including the analytic, as finished products.

NEW FOCUS Thinking Historically through Writing: The Challenge of Teaching the History of the 1960s to Today's Students
July 11– July 16, 2010

Although nearly a half a century in the past, the 1960s evoke excitement in the contemporary imagination and in the minds and hearts of many of our students.

NEW Writing to Read Science: Text, Lab Experiment, Lecture
July 11– July 16, 2010

Working with a case study in evolutionary biology, this workshop brings together the textual, didactic, and experimental components of teaching science to consider how writing can be integrated into the science classroom.

Poetry for Today’s Classrooms
July 11– July 16, 2010

Poetry may be the best way to experience the imaginative vitality of language.

Revolutionary Grammar
July 11– July 16, 2010

We will ask what grammar is, what it is for, and what it contributes to meaning and expression.

Teaching the Academic Paper
July 11– July 16, 2010

The workshop redefines academic writing and offers methods for teaching it.

Writing and Thinking
July 11– July 16, 2010

This workshop provides a retreat where teachers reflect on the way they teach writing.

Writing Retreat for Teachers
July 11– July 16, 2010

In response to requests from teachers who have participated in Institute workshops and now want to give time to their own writing in a congenial environment, we offer the Writing Retreat for Teachers.

Writing to Learn
July 11– July 16, 2010

Inventive writing strategies that help students gain a better understanding of complex ideas.

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Announcements

April 23rd Conference
Competent Knowledge: Preparing Students For Life In A Democratic Society

IWT publishes a collection of essays on the teaching of writing:
Writing-Based Teaching
Essential Practices and Enduring Questions
(SUNY Press, November 2009)

Teresa Vilardi and Mary Chang, editors
with essays by Margaret (Ranny) Bledsoe, Alfred Guy Jr.,  Alice Lesnick, Sharon Marshall, Carley Moore, Ray Peterson, Nicole Wallack, and Robert Whittemore