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- University News Archive - ��Vlog��ý Little Rock /news-archive/tag/national-writing-project/ ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:35:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Emerging Writers Institute gives youth chance to become published authors /news-archive/2018/06/05/emerging-writers-institute/ Tue, 05 Jun 2018 19:35:33 +0000 /news/?p=70732 ...]]> ��Vlog��ý Little Rock’s Emerging Writers Institute offers middle and high school students a chance to work with experienced writers from the university’s Little Rock Writing Project at a week-long camp June 25-29. The program for students entering grades 6-8 will be held 9 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. daily. Students entering grades 9-12 will meet 1:30- 5 p.m. daily. “We want to give the students a great writing experience,” said Greg Graham, director of the Little Rock Writing Project. “The end result of our time together is a professionally published anthology of the students’ writing, which includes a photo, a bio, and a selected piece of writing from each student. It’s exciting for them to see their work published in a book.” The registration fee for both camps is $125. Registration for the Emerging Writers Institute is available online. For more information on the Emerging Writers Institute, contact Graham at gxgraham@ualr.edu. The Little Rock Writing Project is supported in part by the and the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Department of Rhetoric and Writing.]]> Little Rock Writing Project to host institute for K-12 teachers /news-archive/2018/03/08/little-rock-writing-project/ Thu, 08 Mar 2018 17:16:37 +0000 /news/?p=69661 ...]]> Arkansas teachers who instruct kindergarten through high school students are invited to learn innovative approaches to the writing process and improve their teaching practices during a summer institute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The Little Rock Writing Project, hosted by the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Department of Rhetoric and Writing, will hold the 2018 Invitational Summer Institute June 11-22. The institute will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Thanks to a grant from the National Writing Project, the institute is free for all participants. During the summer program, participants will discover new ways to approach the writing process, study best practices to teach writing, explore ways to integrate technology into the writing process, and learn about new research. Now in the institute’s 21th year, more than 200 teachers have benefitted by participating. “Nothing shaped my pedagogy and practice in the classroom more than the LRWP Summer Institute,” said Greg Graham, director of the Little Rock Writing Project. “The motto behind the summer institute is ‘teachers teaching teachers.’ This means that teachers collaborate around best practices in the classroom and the challenges that they are facing with the ever-changing landscape of standards and assessment,” Graham said. “We will read and engage with the latest research pertaining to student literacy, critical thinking, best practices, helpful classroom technology, and more.” The Little Rock Writing Project is supported in part by the and ��Vlog��ý Little Rock. Participants who complete the workshop will earn 60 hours of professional development credit. Applications are due by April 30. Visit the Little Rock Writing Project website to apply. For more information, contact Graham at gxgraham@ualr.edu.]]> Young writers can develop skills at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock summer camps /news-archive/2018/03/07/young-writers-can-develop-skills-ua-little-rock-summer-camps/ Wed, 07 Mar 2018 14:51:28 +0000 /news/?p=69659 ...]]> The Little Rock Writing Project hopes to inspire the next generation of great writers with two summer camps for students in third through 12th ��.�� The Young Writers Camp for students entering third through fifth grade in fall 2018 will take place from 8 a.m. to noon June 11-15 on the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock campus. The Emerging Writers Institute will feature two camps for junior high and high school students from June 25-29. The camp for students entering sixth through eighth grades will be held from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. while students entering ninth through 12th grades will be in camp from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Participants will have the opportunity to work closely with experienced writers from the university’s Little Rock Writing Project. At the Emerging Writers Institute, students get the opportunity to become published authors. “We want to give the students a great writing experience,” said Greg Graham, director of the Little Rock Writing Project. “The end result of our time together is a professionally published anthology of the students’ writing, which includes a photo, a bio, and a selected piece of writing from each student. It’s exciting for them to see their work published in a book.” In the Young Writers Camp, participants will write stories, poems, biographies, tall tales, and skits; create mini books; develop a writer’s notebook; and create a class publication. The registration fee for both camps is $125. For the Young Writers Camp, the fee covers the cost of supplies, snacks, and a T-shirt. For more information on the Young Writers Camp, contact Pam Maisen at 501-951-6574. Registration is available online. For more information on the Emerging Writers Institute, contact Graham at gxgraham@ualr.edu. Registration for the Emerging Writers Institute is available online. The Little Rock Writing Project is supported in part by the and the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Department of Rhetoric and Writing. In the upper right photo, participants in ��Vlog��ý Little Rock’s 2017 Young Writers Camp offer positive affirmations to inspire their fellow campers to read aloud in front of the group. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/��Vlog��ý Little Rock Communications.]]> Young writers can develop skills at ��Vlog��ý Little Rock summer camps /news-archive/2017/04/04/young-writers-camp/ Tue, 04 Apr 2017 21:14:57 +0000 /news/?p=66752 ...]]> The Little Rock Writing Project hopes to inspire the next generation of great writers with two summer camps for students in third through 12th ��.�� For the first time since its inception 20 years ago, the Little Rock Writing Project will provide a summer writing experience for all students beyond third grade. The Young Writers Camp for students in third through sixth grade will take place from 8 a.m. to noon June 19-23 on the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock campus. ��Vlog��ý Little Rock is looking for writers in the seventh through ninth grades to join its Emerging Writers Institute June 19-23, while the camp for 10th-12th graders will be June 26-30. Both sessions will be held from 10:30 a.m. t0 2 p.m. Participants will have the opportunity to work closely with experienced writers from the university’s Little Rock Writing Project. “We want to give the students a great writing experience,” said Greg Graham, director of the Little Rock Writing Project. “This summer we will be working on characterization and developing characters in a story. The students will also interview the oldest person they know and write a piece on them.” In the Young Writers Camp, participants will write stories, poems, biographies, tall tales, and skits; create mini books; develop a writer’s notebook; and create a class publication. At the Emerging Writers Institute, students will find their voice as a writer, discover tips to improve their writing, and turn an ethnographic interview into an essay. As a group, the young writers will collaboratively design a book of their best writing pieces from the weeklong workshop. The registration fee for both camps is $125. For more information on the Young Writers Camp, contact Pam Maisen at 501.951.6574. Registration is available online. For more information on the Emerging Writers Institute, contact Graham at gxgraham@ualr.edu. Registration for the Emerging Writers Institute is available online. The Little Rock Writing Project is supported in part by the.]]> Little Rock Writing Project to host institute for pre-K-12 teachers /news-archive/2017/03/31/little-rock-writing-project-pre-k-12-teachers/ Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:15:42 +0000 /news/?p=66729 ...]]> Arkansas teachers who instruct pre-K through high school students are invited to learn innovative approaches to the writing process and improve their teaching practices during a summer institute at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. The Little Rock Writing Project, hosted by the ��Vlog��ý Little Rock Department of Rhetoric and Writing, will hold the 2017 Invitational Summer Institute June 5-16. The institute will meet from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Thanks to a Supporting Effective Educator Development (SEED) grant from the National Writing Project, 10 teachers can attend the institute for free. During the institute, participants will discover new ways to approach the writing process, study best practices to teach writing, explore ways to integrate technology into the writing process, and learn about new research. Now in the institute’s 20th year, more than 200 teachers have benefitted by participating. “Nothing shaped my pedagogy and practice in the classroom more than the LRWP Summer Institute,” said Greg Graham, director of the Little Rock Writing Project. “The motto behind the summer institute is ‘teachers teaching teachers.’ This means that teachers collaborate around best practices in the classroom and the challenges that they are facing with the ever-changing landscape of standards and assessment. We will read and engage with the latest research pertaining to student literacy, critical thinking, best practices, helpful classroom technology, and more.” The event also gives teachers a chance to sharpen their writing skills. “With their busy schedules, teachers often lose a vision of themselves as writers, so we’re actually writing in multiple modes and genres a good deal of time during the summer institute,” Graham said. The Little Rock Writing Project is supported in part by the and ��Vlog��ý Little Rock. Participants who complete the workshop will earn 60 hours of professional development credit. Applications are due by April 30. Visit the Little Rock Writing Project website to apply. ]]>