Leading Young Writers

Beginning August 17 SELI plans to train and support teachers to run extra-curricular Young Writers clubs, in which students improve their written language skills as they read and develop as critical thinkers. This project is being planned in coordination with the Childhood Foundation

A workshop of 24 contact hours will be conducted for 10 teachers from five schools (4-week workshops, meeting for 1-1/2 hr sessions 4 times per week) prior to the opening of the school year; with subsequent follow up support visits by the facilitator during club meetings. There will also be periodic support reunions of the participants. The workshops will have teachers writing in process writing workshop settings, using netbook computers which we do not yet have. We especially need 10 netbooks to train writing teachers--$450 apiece including shipping. A $50 contribution will place 1/9 of a netbook at SELI where it's needed Can you help by making a donation toward the purchase of these netbooks? See details in the side panel.

. . . And Our Books Appear!

The SELI Young Writers Club have spent the last couple of weeks completing the revision and editing of their personal experiences, and compiling them as chapters in their own books. This time, everyone's book had the same title: My Life; 1st Edition. All the authors studied the Dedications and the "About the Author" descriptions in a number of trade books, and wrote their own. Friday, June 12, 2009 was the last meeting of the Club for this school year, but we haven't stopped writing--we're authors now! We do plan to resume meeting during the 2009-2010 school year.