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The Write Time with Author Candace Fleming and Educator Megan Rodney Dec 01, 2020

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Candace Fleming awarded herself the Newbery Medal in fifth grade after scraping the gold sticker off the class copy of The Witch of Blackbird Pond and pasting it onto her first novel—a ten-page, ten-chapter mystery called Who Done It? She’s been collecting awards (her own, not Elizabeth George Speare’s) ever since.

Today, Candace is the versatile and acclaimed author of more than forty books for children and young adults, including the Los Angeles Times Book Prize honored The Family Romanov: Murder, Rebellion, and the Fall of the Russian Empire; Boston Globe/Horn Book Award-winning biography, The Lincolns; the bestselling picture book, Muncha! Muncha! Muncha!; the Sibert-Award-winning Giant Squid; and the beloved Boxes for Katje. She contributed the chapter on Katharine of Aragon to Fatal Throne.

Candace is interviewed by Ohio Writing Project (OWP) teacher-leader Megan Rodney. Megan is a former second- and third-grade teacher, and is currently the Elementary PD Lead with OWP.

Introducing Two New Anthologies: The Diné Reader and Wet Nov 27, 2020

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NWP leader Michael Thompson and his wife Tina Deschenie join us on NWP Radio to share two new anthologies they’ve contributed to this year. Join us for an intimate conversation and powerful poetry.

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Equable is a bipartisan nonprofit organization that works to facilitate retirement plan sustainability and income security throughout the country. Through rigorous research and analysis, Equable unlocks creative solutions to tough retirement plan problems.

Exploring the World through Geo-Inquiry and Writing Nov 10, 2020

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Join Writing Project colleagues and educators associated with the National Geographic Educator Network to learn about the Geo-Inquiry process developed to support students in developing the skills, knowledge, and tools of a geographer and provide pathways for investigating, understanding, and taking action through a geographic lens. We will hear from teachers who have explored geo-inquiry with their students, feature resources available to support this process in classrooms, online, as well as outside, and explore the potential for connecting across disciplines through writing and geography.

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Jeff Dierking, Greater Kansas City Writing Project; English teacher and Curriculum Coordinator, Raytown School District
Elaine Larson, Regional Director, Midwest; National Geographic Education
Carrie Nobis, Red Cedar Writing Project, science teacher, Groves High School
Rich Novack, Connecticut-Fairfield Writing Project, English teacher, Fairfield Warde High School

SIFTing Through Trends in Election Misinformation: An NWP CoLab with Mike Caulfield Nov 04, 2020

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Mike Caulfield and NWP teacher-leaders using the SIFT curriculum approach have had their eyes out for electoral misinformation. See this wrap-up of Mike’s October look at electoral misinformation and find resources for better information for your students.

Ready, Set, Go! It's Time for NaNoWriMo Nov 04, 2020

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Check out this NWP CoLab with National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) Program Director Marya Brennan and high-school teacher Sean Krazit for an orientation to NaNoWriMo, tips and strategies for making it work in the classroom or online, and pointers to resource collections covering everything from curriculum ideas to approaches to assessment.

The Write Time with Authors Jacob Kramer and K-Fai Steele along with Educator Sheryl Block Oct 29, 2020

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About the Guests in this Show

Jacob Kramer grew up in Providence, RI and studied film-making and writing at Harvard. Like Noodlephant, he loves hunting for mushrooms, eating noodles, and organizing with friends in pursuit of justice.

K-Fai Steele is an author-illustrator who grew up in a house built in the 1700s with a printing press her father bought from a magician. She illustrated Okapi Tale and Noodlephant, and wrote and illustrated A Normal Pig.

Sheryl Block was a 4th grade and special education teacher, and currently serves as the Coordinator of Professional Learning with the Louisville Writing Project in Kentucky.

About The Write Time

NWP Radio has launched a special series called “The Write Time” where writing teachers from across the NWP Network interview young-adult and children’s authors and illustrators about their books, their composing processes, and craft.

KC Storytellers: Stories Around the Campfire Oct 22, 2020

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Engage students in not only their imaginations, but also in research, in visual literacy, in their community and its history, and in oral story traditions. This rich genre has been around for as long as people have been telling stories and is a great way to explore just what it means to be human.

We're thrilled to feature four outstanding youth from KC Storytellers, a project led by the Greater Kansas City Writing Project that unites communities through student stories—part of Write Out 2020.

Creating Writing Marathons in Our Classrooms, Parks, and Beyond Oct 20, 2020

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A writing marathon is an opportunity for writers to gather, write, walk, talk, explore, and grow through shared experience. It is a beloved practice of many Writing Project teachers, whether face-to-face or online, and has spread to classrooms and national parks across the country. Join Morehead Writing Project teachers and National Park Service colleagues for this discussion about the possibilities and details on how to design your own. This event was part of Write Out 2020, a partnership with the National Park Service. More info along with writing marathon resources can be found at https://writeout.nwp.org/writeout-writing-marathon/.

Guests

Deanna Mascle, Professor, Morehead State University; Director, Morehead Writing Project
Stacie May, Teacher, Rowan County Middle School
Abigail Thomas, Teacher, Montgomery County High School
Dorothy Luongo, Librarian, Hudson Valley
Susan Cook, Chief Ranger, Niobrara National Scenic River

The Write Time with Author/Illustrator Jerry Craft and Student/Actor Dereje Tarrant Oct 08, 2020

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In this episode of The Write Time, we visit with author/illustrator Jerry Craft and eighth-grade student, Dereje Tarrant.

Dereje's favorite subjects include creative writing, Latin, art, and biology. He is also a professional actor and enjoys playing soccer, doing hip-hop dance, practicing piano, spray-painting murals, or working at his latest craft—DJ-ing.

Jerry Craft is the New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal winning author of the graphic novel, New Kid. His second graphic novel, Class Act, was published on October 6, 2020. Craft is also the creator of Mama’s Boyz, an award-winning comic strip which won the African American Literary Award five times. He is a cofounder of the Schomburg Center’s Annual Black Comic Book Festival. He received his BFA from the School of Visual Arts.

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