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The time is “write”.  November is National Novel Writing Month, and the website (www.nanowrimo.org) challenges you to write a 175-page novel in 30 days!  Start time is mid-night, November 1st, and you must have your novel completed by mid-night on November 30th.  Sign up on the website to participate in the NaNowWriMo network.  According to [...]

NVWP Teacher Consultant Michelle Ohanian has been named Fairfax County Public Schools 2008 Teacher of the Year and recipient of the Washington Post Agnes Meyer Outstanding Teacher Award for Educational Excellence.  You may know Michelle as one of the coordinators of our ELL program and as well as chair of the National Writing Project’s English [...]

Missing Friends from the Summer Institute? We’d love to see you. Please come to exchange ideas. 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 [...]

The Northern Virginia Writing Project’s annual Student Summer Institute has been selected from among more than 600 summer programs for inclusion in The Ultimate Guide to Summer Opportunities for Teens: 200 Programs that Prepare You for College Success. The Ultimate Guide, published by Prufrock Press and available nationwide, details 200 exemplary summer opportunities in academic [...]

We’ve just added an email discussion group for Teacher Consultants. If you’re a TC, we hope you’ll join. Why should I join? Email discussion groups make it easy for busy teachers to stay in touch. By joining the group, you can maintain a conversation with other TCs without having to find the time to visit [...]