2017 Invitational Summer Institute Blurring the Lines: Writing for Work and Play The KMWP Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) is strongly grounded on the National Writing Project (NWP) principle that teachers ...
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Kickoff Event – Second Saturday Series
On September 10, 6 KMWP fellows and 3 guests attended a Great ...
2016 KMWP Awards Banquet
On August 25, the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project (KMWP) hosted our annual ...
2016 Youth Writing Academy
In the Young Authors Camp for Elementary School Students, we shared about ...
2016 KMWP Literacy Conference
KMWP hosted its 2016 Literacy Conference, “Place, Play, and the Power of ...
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KMWP Announces Leslie Walker Writers of Promise Winners for 2016
The KMWP announces our Leslie Walker Writers of Promise contest winners for 2016: Cassidy Ginn from Thomas Crossroads is our Elementary School winner for an essay about a trip to the beach and making “drip castles” for Oma. Teacher: Jodi Smith An excerpt from Cassidy’s submission: I wanted to see what the view from the […]
Leslie’s Legacy: Writing About Place
KMWP announces the 2016 Leslie Walker Writers of Promise Writing Contest. Leslie Walker was a KMWP fellow who strived to create community in her classroom through writing about place. This ongoing effort was realized through her dedication to teaching writing to her students. To continue Leslie’s work, we invite teachers to prompt their students to […]
2015 Awards Banquet
June 25 was the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project’s (KMWP) annual awards banquet. We celebrated the KMWP fellows of our 2015 Invitational Summer Institute (ISI), we honored the work of teachers and leaders in our community who promote literacy and leadership, and we praised the young authors and recipients of our Leslie Walker Writers of Promise […]
KMWP Leslie Walker Writers of Promise Contest Winners Announced
We had an incredible response to the annual Leslie Walker Writers of Promise Contest this year and are pleased to announce our 2015 winners: Elementary School: “Fangs of Light: The New Leader” by Kylan Barbieri (Teacher: Susie Pittman) Middle School: “A Place Void of Time” by Gwyneth Smith (Teacher: Dan Lloyd) High School: “The Tree” by Megan Adam (Teacher: […]
2015 ISI – Week 3 Recap
Monday, June 22, 2015 The morning began with breakfast and log from Nathan Edwards followed by writing into the day. With introduction from Nathan, Lyndsay Fleming presented our final demo presentation on inference through the use of writing maps in the social studies classroom. The demo provided fellows opportunities to explore objects in a bag […]
2015 ISI – Week 2 Recap
Monday morning, June 15th, began with Rob sharing alternative formats/structures for narrative reading for students. Fellows had an opportunity to peruse different titles including House of Leaves, S, and eBook, The Fifty Year Sword. The group wrote into the morning, eager for the opportunity, falling into the rhythm of ISI personal writing. Later we began the […]
2015 ISI – Week 1 Recap
After two days of introductory activities, KMWP’s 2015 Invitational Summer Institute (ISI) got fully underway on Monday, June 8. With an emphasis this year on place-based writing and finding inspiration in nature, co-director Kitty Drew and her colleague Mary Ann Stillerman got the fellows exploring KSU’s campus in order to write with a photographer’s eye. […]
News from the Mountain
There are some exciting events happening at the Kennesaw Mountain Writing Project: the annual KMWP Awards banquet, Youth Writing Academy summer camps, reading groups, and, of course, the Invitational Summer Institute. KMWP Award nominations are open and online Youth Writing Academy has summer camp for 4th/5th graders Summer Reading Groups for local teachers Save the Date! […]
2015 Leslie Walker Writers of Promise Contest
KMWP begins accepting submissions for the Leslie Walker Writers of Promise Contest on February 10th. The deadline is April 14th for student compositions in grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Encourage promising writers with unique voice to write about place. Download the flyer and learn more on the Writing Contest page.
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