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About WritingFix: Lesson Portfolios from Northern Nevada Writing Project Teacher Consultants
lessons and ideas from some of WritingFix's best contributors

Each summer, fifteen new teachers become consultants with the Northern Nevada Writing Project by taking the NNWP's Invitational Summer Institute. The ISI is a powerful 5-credit course that inspires its participants to become the best writing teachers they can. In Nothern Nevada, the ISI has been run for over thirty years, and the number of teacher consultants (TCs) the course has created is large.

Each year, the NNWP offers many special opportunities to its TCs to continue their quests to become even sronger writing teachers. Since 2001, NNWP TCs have been offered special workshops where they can post some of their best lesson ideas here at the WritingFix website. Many of these TCs--once their lessons have been posted--become presenters at our inservice courses or our other worksops for teachers.

On this page, we provide direct links to the lessons at WritingFix created by graduates of the Northern Nevada Writing Project's Invitational Summer Institute.

NNWP TC: Sandy Madura
Summer Institute: 1989

Sandy serves as Head Mentor during the ISI, and she is the NNWP's University Outreach Coordinator. She teaches fourth grade in Sparks, Nevada.

NNWP TC: Jamie Priddy
Summer Institute: 2007

Jamie serves as Page Host for WritingFix's Pre-Writing Homepage. She is a high school teacher in Reno, Nevada.

A Vocabulary Fashion Show, inspired by Miss Alaineus by Debra Frasier. Focus Skill: using a variety of transition words.

Writing About Life's Lessons, inspired by A Single Shard by Linda Sue Parks. Focus Skill: writing about a personal experience.

Is Perception Reality?, inspired by "Inaudible Melody" sung by Jack Johnson. Focus Skill: word play and paradox.

Hero's Voice vs. Mob's Voice, inspired by To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Focus Skill: writing with perspective.

NNWP TC: Dena Harrison
Summer Institute: 2001

Dena serves as 6-Traits Coordinator for the NNWP, and she is the Page Host at WritingFix's Revision Homepage. She teaches middle school in Sparks, Nevada.

NNWP TC: Rob Stone
Summer Institute: 2000

Rob serves as the Page Host on WritingFix's iPods Across the Curriculum Homepage. He is a high school teacher in Sparks, Nevada.

A Scientific Mishap, inspired by Dogzilla by Dav Pilkey. Focus Skill: purposeful paragraphing.

One Minute in Time, inspired by "10:15 on a Saturday Night" sung by the Cure. Focus Skill: using memorable details.

Just Because Poems, inspired by Lord of the Flies by William Golding. Focus Skill: mood and perspective.

With Your Own Two Hands, inspired by "With My Own Two Hands" sung by Ben Harper. Focus Skill: writing with a theme in mind.

NNWP TC: Corbett Harrison
Summer Institute: 1996

Corbett serves as Writing Across the Curriculum Coordinator for the NNWP, and he is the Page Host at WritingFix's Drafting Page. Corbett is a full-time trainer in Northern Nevada

NNWP TC: Kim Polson
Summer Institute: 2004

Kim serves as the Page Host on WritingFix's Family Writing Project Page. She is a fifth grade teacher in Reno, Nevada.

Antonyms and Comma Splices, inspired by A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. Focus Skill: fixing run-ons and comma splices.

Start with What Isn't There, inspired by Caves by Stephen Kramer. Focus Skill: writing with mood.

Episodic Writing, inspired by Pictures of Hollis Woods by Patricia Reilly Giff. Focus Skill: themes and details.

The Important Thing about Writing: Strong Details, inspired by The Important Book by Margaret Wise Brown. Focus Skill: memorable details.

NNWP TC: Sandra Young
Summer Institute: 2005

Sandra serves as Page Host on WritingFix's Art & Writing Project Homepage. Sandra teaches second grade in Sparks, Nevada.

NNWP TC: Denise Boswell
Summer Institute: 2004

Denise serves as the Page Host on WritingFix's sister site--HistoryFix. She is a fifth grade teacher in Sparks, Nevada.

The Season Mandala, inspired by Have You Seen Trees? by Joanne Oppenheim. Focus Skill: exploring adjectives.

I Come From..., inspired by When I Was Young in the Mountains by Cynthia Rylant. Focus Skill: exploring nouns.

Giving Voice to Opposites, inspired by I Am the Dog I Am the Cat by Donald Hall. Focus Skill: conveying emotion and feelings.

Civil Rights Warriors, inspired by The Story of Ruby Bridges by Robert Lawson. Focus Skill: putting research into one's own words.

NNWP TC: Tamara Turnbeaugh
Summer Institute: 2006

Tamara serves as Class Coordinator for WritingFix's Literature as Mentor Text Inservice Course. Tamara teaches high school Sparks, Nevada.

NNWP TC: Jodie Black
Summer Institute: 1991

Jodie serves as Page Host for WritingFix's Traits in the Primary Grades Homepage. Jodie teaches kindergarten in Reno, Nevada.

A Monster of a Metaphor, inspired by The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck. Focus Skill: expanding on a metaphor.

Ain't That America, inspired by "Little Pink Houses" sung by John Cougar Mellencamp. Focus Skill: constructing and deconstructing ideas.

Environmental Alphabet, inspired by Alphabet City by Stephen T. Johnson. Focus Skill: organization

Alliteration Potluck, inspired by Potluck by Anne Shelby. Focus Skill: word choice

 

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