Monthly Archives: June 2012

CRWP Middle School Writing Camp: Day #4

Posted on June 29, 2012 by

With the final day of middle school writing tech in the books as of yesterday, I can officially say it was a huge success.  I would have completed this post yesterday, but I needed to catch up on some much … Continue reading →

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CRWP Middle School Writing Camp: Day #3

Posted on June 27, 2012 by

Day 3 of writing tech camp is in the books!  My how time will fly.  We spent the first half of the day doing our writing marathon.  For those of you who are not familiar with the National Writing Project … Continue reading →

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CRWP Middle School Writing Camp: Day #2

Posted on June 26, 2012 by

With our second day of middle school tech writing camp complete, I am no doubt more fired up about the campers and their writing, but I am also exhausted.  Today was a huge poetry day along with tying up some … Continue reading →

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CRWP Middle School Writing Camp: Day #1

Posted on June 25, 2012 by

It is without a doubt a whole different world when you are talking to middle schoolers about writing when they actually care and want to be writing.  All in all, the first day of middle school tech writing camp was … Continue reading →

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Measuring Growth in a Language Arts Student

Posted on June 23, 2012 by

As my second week of summer vacation comes to an end, I find myself scratching my head and wondering where the summer is going so quickly. Ahhh, such is life. Right now I can’t help thinking about measuring the growth … Continue reading →

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Writing Reflections

Posted on June 3, 2012 by

On Thursday of this past week I asked my 8th graders to reflect back on their writing they have done this year.   Earlier in the week as I was developing my lesson plans I began to really think about … Continue reading →

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