Fellows from the Illinois State Writing Project can visit your school for inservices and workshops with the English Department, the entire school, or the entire district! Please contact Jan Neuleib to set up a visit.

2008 Day of Reunion and Renewal Materials

On Saturday, February 16, demonstrations by ILWP and IATE fellows and members brought K-college teachers together to explore new ways of integrating writing into our classes. Thank you to those who have given their permission to share materials from their presentations. All materials have been converted to pdf for easy viewing.

Amelia Light - Multigenre Research Writing
This presentation demonstrates a unit on combining a multi-genre approach with research writing and ACT preparation.
ACT Prompt
Persuasive Topic Prewriting
Multi-Genre Project Rubric

Ginger Shelato - Ode to Common Things
Composing poetry can be a daunting task for middle-school students. Writing odes to common things should be less intimidating, a fun way to write, and an age-appropriate motivational form of poetry.
Lesson Plan

Andy Davis - Teaching Writing with Graphic Texts
This unit is an examination of the research and writing methods that go into students producing a graphic narrative of their own.
PowerPoint Demonstration

Here are some other activities ISWP Fellows have done in Putnam County and in Belleville.

Susan Spangler's Demo, "Ad-aptations" (secondary)

Eileen Bularzik's Demo, "Fractured Fairy Tales" (middle school)

The following demo's came from our 2005 Summer Institute. Suggested grade level is in parentheses, but most can be adapted for any level.

Ann Cox's Demo, "Putting Yourself in Someone Else's Shoes" (secondary)

April Davenport's Demo, "Memory Boxes" (secondary)

Nadene Ratcliffe's Demo, "Using Literature and Matrixes in Writing" (primary)

Heather Potts' Demo, "Creative Picture Swap Writing" (primary)

Jennifer Ebker's Demo, "Missing Links" (secondary)

Paul Seline's Demo, "Humor Writing" (secondary)

Joan Glowacki's Demo, "Invitation to Write" (middle school)

Jill Dawson-Hoffman's Demo, "Having Fun with Found Poems" (secondary)

Kathleen Kirk's Demo, "Reading to Write" (secondary)

Tracy Dotson's Demo, "Writing to Music" (secondary)

Amanda Jenkins' Demo, "Unrelated Connections" (late primary)

Bruce Erickson's Demo, "I Saw a Strange Cat in My Kitchen" (secondary)