For more information please see the attached flyer.

Young Writers Fall 2010 flyer

To register for the workshop go to http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=209044

(Registration will be available beginning Saturday, Sept. 4, 2010.)

The workshops will be:

 Life Context: The Basic Intensive Journal Module

Friday, Oct. 1 from 5-9 p.m and Saturday, Oct. 2 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

 Depth Contact: Symbolic Images and Meaning in Life

Friday, Oct. 22 from 5-9 p.m. and Saturday, Oct. 23 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

Please see the attached form for more information, including fees.

2010 Progoff Flyer

The marathon, as opposed to a 26.2-mile run, led the teachers to a variety of spots – where they jotted down their reactions. The work is part of a four-week summer institute presented by the Northern Virginia Writing Project – part of the National Writing Project … The institute is designed to inspire instructors to incorporate writing into their lesson plans – whether they’re teaching math or history or other subjects, or in kindergarten or college classrooms.

Read the full article here.

NVWP is offering this course at a special reduced rate of $600, nearly one-half the cost of tuition for a course taken at the GMU campus. Participants should pay a minimum of $200 at the first class meeting, and then may pay the remainder of the tuition at any point prior to the last meeting of the semester.

The purpose of “Writing Across the Curriculum” is to assist teachers in improving student writing and the use of writing to learn across all curriculum areas. Half the sessions contain presentations by NVWP Teacher Consultants trained in the Summer Institute. These presentations will focus on specific topics, such as writing process, revision, and assessment. All presentations contain an underlying theory; activities through which teachers practice one phase of writing or the teaching of writing; questions, answers and discussion of ways to adapt these activities for participants’ own students; handouts which include information necessary to implement the presentation ideas in the classroom; and an annotated bibliography. All presentations are geared to the needs of the participants.

Summary of Details:

• Course: English 695/Education 600
• Location: Fairfax High School
• Meeting Times: Tuesdays, 4:30 to 7:30
• Meeting Dates: September 28 through January 11
• Instructor: Nicole Lehman
• Tuition cost of this three-credit graduate course: $600

To register for this course, email Mark Farrington at mfarring@gmu.edu or phone the NVWP office at 703-993-1168.

The 2010 Student Summer Institute will run from July 12-23, Monday-Friday, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Click here to download a printable application (PDF format).

Open to students who will be in grades 5-12 at the start of the 2010-2011 school year, the Student Summer Institute is a creative writing enrichment opportunity for students to write and share their work with other writers.  It is a time to grow as a writer and help other writers grow.

This program is designed for students who:

• Enjoy writing and have a serious interest in it
• Are willing to share their writing and help others with their writing
• Want to improve their writing skills develop their own style
• Want to explore a variety of writing experiences with a wide range of strategies

The Student Summer Institute is taught by Northern Virginia teachers who have been trained as Teacher/Consultants with the Northern Virginia Writing Project.

Participants can expect:

• lots of daily writing time
• participation in the full writing process, including revision and publication
• sharing writing in small groups
• participation in interest groups and workshops devoted to various aspects of writing ; groups learning about writing mysteries, novels, short stories, poetry, etc.  For the returning participant, old favorites and new interest activities are scheduled.
• honest, thoughtful responses to writing and and respect for participants’ sensibilities
• individual conferences with, and direct instruction from, NVWP Teacher/Consultants (teacher: student ratio is 1:12)
• publication party to celebrate student writing
• advanced institute for grades 11 & 12: an overnight camp experience with writing-intensive activities
• opportunities to work with visiting published writers
• daily refreshments and lots of fun!

The registration deadline is May 13, 2010.

Click here to view the presentation descriptions.

Online registration for April 17 remains closed.  You may still mail in a registration, though.

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

Thank you again for your patience.

We close online registration early to allow those who are mailing their registrations in a fair chance at a space in the workshops.  Our office, like the rest of the Metro area, has been closed for several days due to the weather.  This means that we have a backlog of Young Writers’ registrations to attend to.  In the interest of fairness, we are temporarily suspending online registration for both workshops.

This applies only to people trying to create new registrations. Those who have already paid are unaffected.

We will either re-open or permanently close online registration as soon as we are able to.  This website will be updated with the registration status, as will the online registration page.

If you have any questions, please email youngwriters@NVWP.org.  While we cannot guarantee that someone will be in the office you answer your call, we can guarantee that someone is monitoring that inbox for your questions and concerns.

We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may cause you.