The Fairfax County Press Release

Congratulations, Michelle!!!

The Student Summer Institute is a two-week enrichment program for students who enjoy and have a serious interest in it. This year’s Institute runs from Monday, July 7 through Friday, July 18. Click here for detailed information, and click here to download a printable application.

We look forward to seeing you in July!

Here’s the plan for the morning:

We will get together to share assignments. Instead of making stacks of photocopies of your great lessons inspired by our time together this summer, email a lesson plan and any accompanying handouts to Erinn Harris (erinn.harris[at]fcps[dot]edu). She will burn CD’s of everyone’s work and hand them out on the 16th. Save paper, save trees!

This will be social and professional–we could all take 3-5 minutes to describe our assignments. Some of these assignments might actually be “how I integrated one of last summer’s presentations into my course this year.”

Additionally, you are encouraged to bring a non-TC friend, or, shall we say a “prospective TC.”

Saturday, February 16th at George Mason at 10:00am, in Robinson A447. Park in the Mason Pond Parking Deck and we’ll validate your parking.

RSVP to leo13103[at]yahoo[dot]com

This spring’s workshops will be held on February 23, April 5, and April 19. Click below for detailed information and registration options.

For Students

The Young Writers’ Workshops are one-day workshops where students get to choose the sessions they would like to attend. The staff welcomes interested students and motivated writers in grades 4-12. Classes are run by NVWP Teacher/Consultants, some of the best teachers in Northern Virginia. Classes are small, with an average ratio of twelve students to one Teacher/Consultant. The cost of the workshop is $60.00.

This spring’s topics are:

• Art & Nature Writing
• Writing from Personal Experience
• Visualization
• Theater Sports
• Mystery Stories
• Science Fiction Stories
• Short Stories
• Fantasy Stories
• Scriptwriting
• Poetry
• Dialogue & Characterization
• College Application Essay Writing (open to grades 10-12 ONLY)

For Parents

Parents are invited to attend a discussion on supporting your students as writers. This discussion is free of charge and will take place from 11:50 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on all three dates. There is no need to notify us in advance if you wish to attend this discussion.

Paid Parents’ Workshop

In addition, we are offering parents the opportunity to participate in a writing workshop. On February 23, the topic will be Writing from Personal Experience. On April 5, the topic will be Poetry, and on April 19, the topic will be Fiction. The Parents’ Workshop takes place from 10:20 a.m. to 11:40 a.m., and costs $20.00.

Please Note:

The deadline for registering for the February 23 workshop is February 11. The deadline for registering for the April workshops is March 17. Registration is on a first come, first served basis. The workshops invariably fill up well in advance of the registration deadline, so get yours in early.

Because space is limited and demand is high, we ask that you register for only one date. Registrations for more than one date will not be accepted; we will ask you to choose just one.

If you are registering more than one student, you must complete a separate registration for each one.

To Register

You may register online or through the mail.

Click here to download a printable registration form. Please be sure to include your check, as a form alone does not reserve a space in the workshop.

Click here to register online. Please note that online registrations are not refundable. If your student is unable to attend, we will make every effort to schedule him or her into a later workshop. Online registration for the February 23 and April 5 Young Writers’ Workshops is now closed.

If you have further questions, please call the Project office at (703) 993-1168, or email us at contact@NVWP.org.

The conference will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2008
at George Mason University, Student Union II
From 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m

This year’s conference features keynote speaker Jane Hansen, whose address is titled “Writing Across the Curriculum: The Writing Workshop Inlcludes Mathematicians, Scientists, Composers (English Students!), and Social Scientists.” Dr. Hansen will also conduct a workshop focused on “Writing Across the Curriculum: From Pre-K Treasure Maps to Secondary Comics.”

In addition to Ms. Hansen’s workshop and address, participants will be able to attend their choice of two presentations offered by Northern Virginia Writing Project Teacher/Consultants. These presentations are appropriate for all teachers of all subjects and all grade levels.

Click below for detailed information on Jane Hansen, the conference, and links to online registration and a printable registration form.

Jane Hansen is a professor in the McGuffey Reading Center at the University of Virginia, where she specializes in reading instruction and conducts research with young children on reading and writing across the curriculum. Formerly a professor at the University of New Hampshire, Hansen has published When Writers Read (Heinemann, 2001) and When Learners Evaluate (Heinemann, 1998. She co-edited, with Thomas Newkirk and Donald Graves, Breaking Ground: Teachers Relate Reading and Writing in the Elementary School (Heinemann, 1985). In 1996, she collaborated with Kathy Staley to produce the video series Portfolios: Students as Readers, Writers, and Evaluators. She brings writing and reading together in the courses she teaches and the presentations she gives.

Of her workshop, “Writing Across the Curriculum: Pre-K Treasure Maps to Secondary Comics”, she writes, “As educators who focus on writing and writing instruction, we are figuring out ways for writing to be what students see as the center of their days. To engage our students in fantastic Writing Across the Curriculum, we have them create comix in middle school science, essays about ‘My Day that Lives in Infamy’ in eleventh-grade U.S. History, treasure maps in Pre-K, and much writing in math in the elementary grades. The students at all grade levels, in various subject areas, create genres that best show and tell what they want to broadcast to their audiences.”

In addition to Dr. Hansen’s afternoon sessions, participants will be able to attend two presentations offered by NVWP Teacher/Consultants. These sessions are appropriate for teachers of all subjects and all grade levels. Topics will include:

• Writing Across the Curriculum
• Analytical Writing
• Writing and Research
• Developing Writers’ Voice
• Writing with ESOL and Learning Disabled Students
• Assessment and Writing
• Writing and Literature

The full schedule of presentations, including descriptions, will be available on this website by February 26.

Click here to download a printable registration form.

Click here to register online.

If you have any questions, please call the Project office at (703) 993-1168, or email us at contact@nvwp.org.

This year’s Institute will be held from June 30 through July 31. Applicants may choose to attend the Institute at either George Mason University’s Fairfax campus, or Lord Fairfax Community College in Middletown, VA.

Click below to find links to detailed information on each Institute’s location and schedule, and printable applications for each.

For detailed information about the Institute at George Mason University, please click here.

Click here to download a printable application for the Summer Institute at George Mason University.

For detailed information about the Institute at Lord Fairfax Community College, please click here.

Click here to download a printable application for the Summer Institute at Lord Fairfax Community College.

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