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The public blog posts, photos, videos, and music (podcasts) in this center column are by teachers in the New York City Writing Project's two Summer Institutes:
* Our 31th Annual 4-week Summer Invitational
* An Open/Advanced Technology Institute for teachers, "Youth Voices"
In the left column, you'll find:
* our online digital magazine, "Project Space." We welcome your comments.
* private group Discussion Forums that we use in our Institutes
* links to the Latest Activity on this site.

Other New York City Writing Project members, as well as friends from other National Writing Projects and the edublogosphere are invited to join us on the public parts of this site.

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Felicia

Invitation to Present at the NYCWP Annual Teacher-to-Teacher Conference

The New York City Writing Project is looking for teachers to share their practice at our 11th Annual Teacher-to-Teacher Conference on Saturday April 17, 2010. Open this link to a conference "Save the Date" flyer.

This year’s theme is Celebrating Urban Voices: Teaching to Engage and our keynote speaker is noted author, Jacqueline Woodson. We are looking for a r… Continue

Posted by Felicia on November 23, 2009 at 4:28pm

Hareem Qureshi

Amiable Book

I am an Amiable Book,

I am curious about the people who want to read me,
I feel proud to spread my knowledge,
I hear the connections, reactions and comments about me,
I touch the heights of dignity,

I am an Amiable Book,



I am an Amiable Book,

I see the steepness and deepness of life,
I want people to understand my feelings,
I pretend to be a teacher but my words are incomplete for expressing what's in my heart,

I am an Amiable Book,

I feel frightened that I'll be ripped by someone,
I tas… Continue

Posted by Hareem Qureshi on November 18, 2009 at 5:50pm

Mark Jacobs

A learning funnel from web to class

This is an article by Judy Jacob which I saw and loved it so much decided to post it on my blog too.

Every kid in the 21st century is very well versed with Facebook and Google. These form a part of their daily internet usage in many cases. Then the question which will come to the mind of any educator would be why aren’t these students using the power of the internet and a virtual social media to their benefit in the process of learning too? The online media has always been deemed effecti… Continue

Posted by Mark Jacobs on October 6, 2009 at 3:08am

Mark Jacobs

Internet as a supplementary learning source

Online learning cannot actually replace the learning obtained from regular schools. However, with technology advancement internet can be leveraged effectively as supplemental method of studying.

We are seeing a lot of activity in the current times combining Web 2.0 and Education. There is a new social network or platform coming up every day. I wonder, which one will make a difference to me and work as a collaborative online learning platform.

With some research, I have identified an good onlin… Continue

Posted by Mark Jacobs on August 20, 2009 at 12:30pm

Hareem Qureshi

My Unforgetable Memories

I am from the Pakistan,
Where the people help as they can,

I am from the spicy food,
Which depends on my mood,

I am from the pop songs,
Which make me so strong,

I am from the badminton,
Where I remember my every turn,

I am from the summer season,
Which reminds me of mango freezing,

I am from the beautiful painting,
Which I remember miss creating,

I am from the fragnant flowers,
which give me their smelling powers,

I am from the lovely friends,
Which remind me of every old trend,

I am fro… Continue

Posted by Hareem Qureshi on August 15, 2009 at 5:01pm — 1 Comment

Hareem Qureshi

"The Day of Judgement"

Why You Don't Feel Scare From The Day ?

When the dark sun will rise from the west,
When everybody will take a final test,

Why You Don't Feel Scare From The Day ?

When mountains will be like flakes of wool,
When everybody will see who is cool or fool,

Why You Don't Feel Scare From The Day ?

When the sky wil be like boiling filth of oil,
When everybody will awake from his grave soil,

Why You Don't Feel Scare From The Day?

When God will ask about your sin,
When everybody will see what you ha… Continue

Posted by Hareem Qureshi on August 15, 2009 at 4:38pm — 1 Comment

Jessica Perez

Expository Writing Piece

This piece is the beginning of a collection of reflections on my teaching practice. I use Linda Christensen's Reading, Writing, and Rising Up as inspiration for what my classroom can become in the years to come. I have been thinking of it as a "tool-book" for helping me to think about how I will approach teaching next year. Most of the writing was developed through free-write. Many of the thoughts are not yet flushed out. It is not complete.

After three years of teaching I am fairly certain tha… Continue

Posted by Jessica Perez on July 28, 2009 at 3:23pm

Maria Lam

In the Name of Change

In my first year of teaching, the Philadelphia Teaching Fellows had graciously placed me in an urban, large, and run-down school. True to their mission statement, the Fellows dropped me into a ring of fire, a school that made Philadelphia’s persistently violent list for six years in a row. West Philadelphia High School, in its 110 years of existence, had gone through bouts of success and failures, but in 2006, the community deemed the school as one of the worst in the city.
This is not to say th… Continue

Posted by Maria Lam on July 28, 2009 at 2:10pm

Hareem Qureshi

Just because I am an Immigrant

Just because I am an immigrant,
It doesn't mean I am ignorant,

I can learn ,I feel concern,
I can read, which I always need,

Just because I am an immigrant,
Doesn't mean I can't learn, I can't write,

I can learn, I can write,
To make my future bright,

Just because I am an immigrant,
Doesn't mean I don't understand English accent,

I can understand ,
Because I don't feel indifferent,

Just because I am an immigrant,
It doesn't mean I feel arrogant,

I am decent,
I feel innocent,

Just because… Continue

Posted by Hareem Qureshi on July 20, 2009 at 1:16pm

Hareem Qureshi

Mother

A person who taught you how to walk,

When you fell in front of a rock

A person who taught you how to talk,

When you said oak instead of a lock

A person who didn't sleep all the nights,

When you cried and wanted some lights

A person who always gave you hope,

When you thought I can't play with rope

A person who knows about your nature,

When you born and until you mature

A person who cares what you feel,

When you don't peel or you act like a teal

A person who gives you love more than ot… Continue

Posted by Hareem Qureshi on July 11, 2009 at 6:50pm

Hareem Qureshi

My Unforgetable Past

My beautiful times has passed so fast,

So, I named them as my beautiful past

My beautiful past has remained some glories,

So, I named them as my beautiful memories,

My beautiful memories has remind me of peers,

So, I named them as my beutiful tears,

My beautiful tears has remembered the award days,

So, I named them as my beautiful rays,

My beautiful rays has remind me my teachers,

So, I named them as my thankful creatures,

My thankful creatures has gave me manythings,

So, I want to sa… Continue

Posted by Hareem Qureshi on June 23, 2009 at 2:10pm — 2 Comments

♥Fidan Musayeva♥

The life is a gift


Today before to tell an unpleasant word, think of those who cannot speak. Before to complain of taste of meal, think of those who has nothing to eat. Before to complain of the husband or the wife, think of those who asks god not to leave it. Before to complain of a life, think of those w… Continue

Posted by ♥Fidan Musayeva♥ on June 12, 2009 at 9:42pm — 3 Comments

Joe Bellacero

The Second Time Around

I don’t know about love, but certainly the Second Annual NYCWP Celebratory Reading at the Nuyorican Poets Café, on Saturday May 30, 2009, seemed even better this second time around. Twenty-one students representing ten schools supported by NYCWP consultants, presented poems, memoirs, myths and insightful observations to a rapt audience of friends, family schoolmates and educators.

For the second consecutive year, Christopher "Cannon" Mapp, a former student of consultant and event chairperson Al… Continue

Posted by Joe Bellacero on June 10, 2009 at 12:49pm

Christina Zawerucha

Mushroom hunting

Yesterday, I worked on part of a rainwater harvesting system for my garden. We've hung up gutters that run into food-grade rain barrels. We'll be adding spickets shortly that will allow water from the roof of our house to water our entire garden, as well as a garden sink that we salvaged from the dump.
Today I woke up early and went up to Westchester to attend a mushroom identification hike. Don Shernoff, an amateur mycologist for nearly 60 years, took us for a hike on a trail where a train used… Continue

Posted by Christina Zawerucha on June 7, 2009 at 10:38pm

Joe Bellacero

Saturday at the Oasis

“Jen cut the dirty brown dreads that spiraled down her back and became bald. I don't know her anymore. Jen, where are you now? I want to tell you that someone painted the outside of the museum yellow.”--Donna Hutchinson

Columbus Circle, The 42nd Street Library, The Conservatory Gardens of Central Park, The South Street Seaport, Greenwich Village, Ellis Island, Harlem, The Cloisters and Crown Heights…

Over the past three school years the NYCWP has held nine writing marathons in some of t… Continue

Posted by Joe Bellacero on June 1, 2009 at 2:53pm — 1 Comment

FAITH MOXEY

The Adventures of a Plastic Pepsi Bottle

I lay empty on my side bereft of my contents-sweet syrupy Pepsi! I am happy to be rid of my contents. I prefer to lay here in the warm summer sun instead of standing at attention with my contents inside me in a cold freezer. I also hated being constantly tilted as my contents were being poured out by the thirsty humans. My greatest fear was to fall and get cracked like Humpty Dumpty.
Now, I can leisurely observe what is happening around me and look back at my past and wonder what my future will… Continue

Posted by FAITH MOXEY on May 21, 2009 at 2:18am — 3 Comments

FAITH MOXEY

THE PHEASANTS ON THE JOHN BOWNE LAND LAB

They stood on the upper bars of the aviary, decked out in splendor with their brightly-colored feathers. These were the males. On the floor below were the inconspicuous females, with their newly-hatched chicks. These were the pheasants of the John Bowne High School Land Lab.
As I entered the gates of the farm, I was attracted to the bright flecks of color from the aviary to my right. I moved closer to get a first-hand view of these beautiful birds. The highly ornate males perched together on top… Continue

Posted by FAITH MOXEY on May 21, 2009 at 2:17am — 1 Comment

FAITH MOXEY

Response to Hernando's blog on the Shananahan Article

I agree with you Hernando. Not only is our future as a society dim but our present is full of problems which are a direct result of the decline in literacy among the adolesctents.The students entering college are unprepared and unfortunately they leave college with poor grammar skills which are being passed to the next generation.The suggestions provided by the Shannanan article are very helpful,we must address all subject areas.Inaddition,we have to provide as many incentives for these students… Continue

Posted by FAITH MOXEY on April 30, 2009 at 2:25pm

Lauren

Rethinking content literarcy

The quote that stood out to me the most is “The mathematicians also emphasize that letters and symbols signify specific meanings in some cases but, as variables, change their meanings in other. Being able to read these symbols embedded in both English prose and algebraic equations were considered to be crucial."
This stood out to me the most because I am a math teacher. I see this everyday in my classes. If I don’t explain the math terms to my students they would have no idea what I was talking… Continue

Posted by Lauren on April 23, 2009 at 3:59pm — 4 Comments

Nicole Cacciatore

Literacy Article

My first thought after reading the article, "Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents: Rethinking Content-Area Literacy," is that the United States has itself a huge problem. I think it is scary that we have 9 year old students that are showing much higher reading skills than 15 years ago and that those same students as adolescents in high school are actually reading worse or not better than a generation ago. Its frustrating that we cannot get ahead altogether. You would think that working… Continue

Posted by Nicole Cacciatore on April 19, 2009 at 9:17pm — 4 Comments

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