The Pennsylvania Writing and Literature Project
           West Chester University
210 E. Rosedale Avenue
West Chester University
West Chester, PA  19383
Phone: 610-436-2202

Summer '08 Courses

**New courses! Online Graduate Registration Download PDF Graduate Registration Form
At WCU's Graduate Business Center
June 24 - 25 Celebrate Literacy Conference
June 23 - 27 Growing Readers, K - 5
Managing a Writing/Reading Classroom, K - 8
July 7 - 11 and 14 - 15 Teacher as Writer, K - 12
July 14 - 18 Writing and Children's Literature, K - 8
July 21 - 25 Strategies for Teaching Writing, 4 - 12
** Reading and Writing in Digital Spaces, 5 - 12
July 28 - Aug. 1 ** Popular Mechanics, 4 - 12
** Strategies for Teaching Literature, 4 - 12
Aug. 4 - 8 Poet as Teacher, Teacher as Poet, K - 12
At the Bucks County IU
July 7 - 11 ** Units of Study for Writing, 2 - 8
July 28 - Aug. 1 Strategies for Teaching Writing, 4 - 12
Aug. 4 - 8 Reading Essentials: Teaching Readers What Really Matters, 2 - 8
At Other Locations
July 7 - 11 Linking Technology with the Writing/Reading Classroom, 1 - 8 at Upper Moreland Intermediate School in Hatboro
July 14 - 18 ** Literacy In Bloom: Botanical Inspirations for Reading, Writing, and Learning, K - 12 at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square
July 15 - 16 (1 credit) ** Partnering with Children to Read, Write, and Talk History, 3 - 6 at the Highlands Historical Society, Ft. Washington
July 21 - 25, intro. meeting June 26, 9 am - noon Visualizing Words and Worlds: Writing, Literature and Art, K - 12 at the James A. Michener Museum in Doylestown
July 28 - Aug. 1, intro. meeting 6/24, 2 - 5 pm Visualizing Words and Worlds: Writing, Literature and Art, K - 12 at Goggleworks in Reading
August 4 - 8, intro. meeting 6/30, 1 - 4 pm Visualizing Words and Worlds: Writing, Literature and Art, K - 12 at the Brandywine River Museum in Chadds Ford

Invitational Institutes
for Experienced Teachers
6 graduate credits
June 23 - July 17 (four days/week, Mon - Thurs)

Institute in Teaching Writing
Writing Institutes at WCU's Graduate Business Center and at the Bucks County IU

Institute in Teaching Reading and Literature
at WCU's Graduate Business Center

 

Institute participants become Fellows of the National Writing Project, attend the Celebrate Literacy Conference as part of the Institute, and attend special breakout sessions for Fellows only with the Conference keynote speakers.