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Nineteen teach-
ers from western
Kentucky partici-
pated in the Pur-
chase Area Writ-
ing Project at
Murray State
during the month
of June. Approxi-
mately 500 other
teachers have
been trained in
PAWP’s twenty-
six years at MSU
as teacher-
consultants for
the writing pro-
ject. The four week long workshop is
dedicated to help primary, middle, and
secondary teachers in all content ar-
eas to build student success in writing
by building their own writing skills.
Teachers participating in PAWP this
summer and their school district are
Keila Morris (McCracken County), Deb-
bie Bell-Co-Director (MSU), Daniel Cat-
lin (Graves County), Mary Schalk
(Webster County), Kelly Locker (Graves
County), Meagan Ralph (Graves County),
Gena Holmes (McCracken County),
Patricia Murphy (Marshall County), Re-
bekah Duncan (Paducah City), Amber
Gibbs (Graves County), Courtney Story
(Graves County), Julie Talbott (Christian
County), Jessi Johnson (Calloway County),
Maela Washer (Christian County), Kellye
Check out the fun the “Soda PAWPers” had this summer!
Nineteen teachers join the PAWP family!
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Locals @ KAEE 2
Calendar 2
Poetry Contest 2
Classroom Apps 3
Holiday Writing Ideas 4
Shakespeare Festival 5
Contact Info 6
Brittney McCord, Editor
PAWP NEWSLETTER Fall 2012
Smiley (Christian County), Debbie
Smith-Assistant Director, Paul
Walker-Co-Director (MSU),
Melissa Lutz (Hopkins County),
Matt Houser-Assistant Director
(McCracken County), Beth
Coughlon (McCracken County),
Jane Gilbert (Union County),
Robin Ramsey (Caldwell County)
and Sheri Troupe (Christian
County). These teachers will
spend the next year on follow-up
activities and serve as teacher-
consultants for the writing pro-
ject.
We
would
like to
congratulate PAWPer
April Willett on
receiving the position
of Asst. Principal at
West Hopkins School.
Best wishes in your new
endeavor!!!!
Local Wingo Elementary teachers, LeAnna Pritchard and Nakia Brown, along with Robert Hoffman from the KY Fish and Wildlife De-partment, and Ashley Hoff-man, Director of the Ken-tucky Association for Envi-ronmental Education, re-cently represented Wingo and the far Western Ken-tucky area at the Kentucky Association for Environ-mental Education Confer-ence in Jamestown, Ken-tucky at the Lake Cumber-land State Park. The Theme of this Year's Conference was Creating Balance. Mrs. Pritchard and Mrs. Brown,
Purchase Area Writing Pro-ject Alumni, presented a session at the conference on Jumpstart Journaling: Mak-ing Writing Connections with Nature. Ashley Hoffman, Director of KAEE, helped to plan, organ-ize, and oversee the confer-ence. She and her hus-band Robert Hoffman reside in Graves County and share in the collaboration of envi-ronmental awareness and education. Submitted by LeAnna Pritchard
Locals Represent Western Kentucky at KAEE Conference
From L to R– LeAnna
Pritchard, Nakia Brown,
Robert Hoffman, & Ashley
Hoffman
Mark Your Calendars!
2012 Summer Institute Follow-Up—November 3
Young Voices of America Contest deadline– Nov 30
NCTE Conference—November 15-18 Las Vegas,
Nevada
KCTE Conference—February 22-23 Covington, KY
2013 Shakespeare Festival– March 6-7
The Mentoring Young Voices Foundation Poetry Contest
The Young Voices Foundation has released details of their annual poetry contest for grades K-12.
With the many activities teachers are sure to have been conducting concerning the upcoming
election, the opportunity to extend those lessons with poetry writing will coordinate perfectly with
this year’s contest theme Young Voices of America Speak Their Muse.
Helping our students find the purpose and desire to have their works published is an important
role we play as writing teachers and submitting their work to contests such as these are easy and
fun ways to accomplish that. And if the idea of having their writing read by thousands is not moti-
vation enough, maybe the money will be. The contest has a total of nine cash prizes for the win-
ning submissions and their works will be published on the foundation’s website.
The deadline for submissions is Nov 30th. For complete details, visit their website at www.youngvoicesfoundation.orgwww.youngvoicesfoundation.orgwww.youngvoicesfoundation.orgwww.youngvoicesfoundation.org.
Page 2 PAWP NEWSLETTER
In the education field there are a number of professional groups dedicated to provid-ing us with the latest re-search and infor-mation. KCTELA is one of
these.
The Kentucky Council of Teachers of English/
Language Arts, Inc. is a non-profit service organization for teachers of English and
Language Arts at all grade levels. Benefits to becoming a member include opportuni-ties for your students to par-ticipate in writing contests, a
listserve for networking, and an informative journal pub-lished twice a year with the
latest research and teaching
strategies.
The KCTELA also hosts an annual confer-ence with key-note speakers
from the education and writ-ing fields. The 2013 confer-ence is set to be held in Cov-ington, Ky on February 22 &
students would have to be
AutoRap. Much like Songify,
the students speak into the
iPad and the app turns what
they say into a rap. We have
made several together using
review
material
that I then
post on
my web-
site for
them
access at
home.
Some
great
apps for storytelling and writing
I was so excited when I found
out in May that our district was
giving every teacher an iPad! I
could not wait to discover all
the wonderful things I could do
with it in the classroom. Soon,
however, I was a bit over-
whelmed at choosing between
the multitude of apps available
for teachers and students,
many offering seemingly the
same experiences. I have
downloaded and deleted a
great deal of them over the last
three months. However, there
have been some I consider to
be keepers.
The app most enjoyed by my
are Toontastic, Puppet Shows,
and Puppet Pals. These require
the students to work through a
story map when creating their
piece and then puts it together
at the end in the form of a car-
toon or puppet
show. Puppet
Shows has
proven benefi-
cial to my ESL
students who
have trouble
writing down
their ideas or
who require
more verbal
practice.
Have You Considered Joining KCTELA?
Getting Students to “APP”ly Themselves
Page 3 Fall 2012
American Education Week is November 11-17, 2012, a time to celebrate our public schools’ dedicated professionals.
The app Lino aides the students
in ‘pinning’ their ideas & infor-
mation to a bulletin board as
they conduct research that they
can then organize into a graphic
brainstorming tool to use as
they prepare their drafts. Lino
is also great as a personal tool
to ‘pin’ all those reminders we
usually have on sticky notes all
over our desks.
There are a great deal more but
these are just a few of my
faves. If you have any apps you
have found beneficial please
forward them along.
23 with featured speakers to include George Ella Lyone
and Dr. Terry Holliday.
If you are interested in join-ing or would just like more information, visit the KCTE website. Membership is open now for $30 and will cover your membership status through December
2013.
ply & Demand to
manipulate price on
this glorious day of
the year.
* Santa’s Little Writ-
ers: Collaborate with
an elementary
teacher by having their stu-
dents write letters to Santa and
allow your students to respond
to them, playing the role of
Santa.
* Christmas Story Do-Over:
Write down various disastrous
events on sticky notes, such as
a meteor crash or a volcano
eruption, & stick them on each
student’s desk. Then, explain
that they must re-write a clas-
sic Holiday story such as Ru-
dolph or The Night Before
Christmas, by including their
assigned disaster. As if that
wasn’t challenging enough,
remind them that it is a holiday
story so they must keep the
happy ending.
* Point of View Writings: As-
sign the students a random
holiday item, such as the
Thanksgiving turkey on the
table or the Christmas tree in
the corner, and tell them to
write about the holiday from
their point of view. The writings
can be in the form of journal
writings, poems, narratives, or
even songs.
* Christmas Superstitions: Did
you know you will have as
many months of happiness as
the number of houses you eat
mince pie at Christmas time?
This is one of many Christmas
Superstitions that exist all over
the world. Have your students
research to find as many as
they can, then ask them to
choose one and write a Christ-
mas story, poem, or song
based on that superstition.
Holiday Writing Ideas for Older Students
Journaling With a FriendJournaling With a FriendJournaling With a FriendJournaling With a Friend
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Students in LeAnna Pritchard’s third grade classroom at Wingo Elementary have been learning about animal classifications: mam-mals, reptile, fish, birds, reptiles, and am-phibians. Third grade student, Madeline Brown, decided to share her collection of stuffed animals with her classmates. Each child picked an animal from the menagerie and then wrote about their animal friends in their daily writing journal. Students enjoyed making the science-writing connection, but especially loved taking their new friend home.
Unbelievable yes, but the Holi-
days are upon us again! That
time of year for clothespin rein-
deer, hand drawn turkeys, and
paper count down chains!
Ideas about wonderful class-
room activities for the holidays
can be found just about any-
where, but when it comes to
holiday activities that are for
the upper level students, the
ideas become fewer and fewer.
To help those teachers of mid-
dle and high school teachers, I
have compiled a list of activi-
ties I have used or found that
challenge the older kids while
still allowing them to enjoy the
spirit of the year!
* Christmas Inflation: Have the
students research how the
price of common Christmas
gifts have increased over the
past several decades and use
the information to create
graphs and charts or to solve
math problems.
* Black Friday Explained: Have
the students write about how
companies use the Law of Sup-
auction.
If space is available,
this is a good place to
insert a clip art image
or some other graphic.
The DirectorsThe DirectorsThe DirectorsThe Directors
Debbie Bell
Co-Director
Paul Walker
Co-Director
Debbie Smith
Co-Director
Doris Cella
Outreach Coordinator
Tim McNeely
Technology Liaison
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