CT WRITING PROJECT SEMINARS 2010-11 REGISTRATION FORM
CWP Seminars are 3-hour workshops held from 9AM12 noon, 1- 4 PM or 4-7 PM at various locations as noted below. Place a check mark in the box in front of each workshop that you plan to attend and complete the form below the list of seminars. NOTE: If you’re filling this form out in Word, to check any of the boxes (), double click on the box and click on Checked and then on OK.
E-mail, mail or fax completed form to CWP. For complete descriptions, dates, locations, and a brief bio on the presenter, click on the series that interests you at: http://www.cwp.uconn.edu/teachers/cwpseminars.php.
Craft of Writing Series:
10/16/10 Writing the World: Finding Ideas for All Genres of Writing (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
11/13/10 You Can Finally Do It: Write the Story You’ve Been Meaning to Write (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
12/11/10 Playwriting Workshop: Surprising Places to Find Your First (or Next) Big Idea (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
1/8/11 Jumpstart (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
2/12/11 Turning Inside Out and Outside In: The Poetry of Social Commitment (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
3/12/11 It All Depends on How You Look at It: Point of View in Fiction (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
4/9/11 Discovering Poetry (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
Shift Happens Tech Series:
10/9/10 The Wonderful World of Wikis (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, EASTCONN Computer Lab, Willimantic)
11/17/10 Podcasting: Audio Publishing for Teacher and Student Writing (Wed. 4-7 PM, EASTCONN Computer Lab, Willimantic)
12/15/10 Digital Storytelling (Wed. 4-7 PM, EASTCONN Computer Lab, Willimantic)
1/8/11 Engaging Students in Reading and Writing through Blogs and
(Snowdate: 1/15/11) eBoards (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, EASTCONN Computer Lab, Willimantic)
2/16/11 Wed. Packing a Punch with PowerPoint (Wed. 4-7 PM, EASTCONN Computer Lab, Willimantic)
3/16/11 Wed. The “Read/Write” Web: Free Web 2.0 Tools to Enhance Teaching and Learning (Wed. 4-7 PM, EASTCONN, Willimantic)
4/9/11 Sat. Getting Smart with SMART Boards (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, EASTCONN Computer Lab, Willimantic)
5/14/11 Sat. Productivity Tools to Support Writing: Collaborating and Communicating with MS Word and Google Docs Word Processor (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, EASTCONN Computer Lab, Willimantic)
Writing in the Classroom Series:
10/23/10 English Language Learners (ELL) in the Mainstream Classroom (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
11/20/10 Literary Assessment Tools: Creating Formative Assessment Tools for Teacher and Student Use (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
12/4/10 Poetry at Play: Using Puppetry to Interpret Verse (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
1/22/11 You Don’t Fatten a Pig by Weighing It: Formative Assessment Tools for the Middle and High School Classroom (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
2/26/11 Use Writing Territories as a Way Into a Meaningful Research Paper (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
3/19/11 Who I Am: Using Young Adult Memoir to Facilitate Self-Discovery & Model Author’s Craft (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
3/19/11 Out of Your Comfort Zone: Connecting Writing and Art (Sat., 1-4 PM, William Benton Museum, UConn, Storrs)
4/16/11 Writing Informational Text: One Unit of Study for a Writing Workshop Classroom (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
5/14/11 Writers’ Workshop at the Secondary Level: Unlocking Creativity and Building Skills (Sat., 9 AM-12 Noon, Stern Lounge, Room 217, CLAS, UConn, Storrs)
CWP Seminar Registration Form
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# of workshops @ $40/seminar (if 4 or more, $30/seminar) = $ (Grand Total)
I am a UConn Graduate Student (no payment required)
I am the CWP Workshop Coordinator (no payment required)
Don't see what you need in our list of offerings? E-mail Lynn Hoffman at with other hot workshop topic suggestions. We're happy to develop more CWP Seminars to meet your needs.