February 9, 2010: Vermont Writes Day
Submitted by lmcisaac on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 3:20pmUPDATE: Vermont Writes Day to be featured on WCAX in advance story featuring Winooski Middle School and Rick Marcotte School! We'll post link when it appears. ... If your school is doing it, put it in comments below! (And if your school is NOT participating, ask your teachers to join in!)...If you want to submit work you create on this day, log in here, "Create a Newspaper Entry" and choose "general writing" keyword.
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 is Vermont Writes Day, a day for schools, teachers, students, administrators and staff to STOP what they are doing and write for SEVEN minutes. Here are three prompt ideas for you to use, but feel free to write about anything you'd like.
- Purple. Put this phrase in a story, poem or essay: "I've never seen such a beautiful, deep shade of purple ..."
- Afghanistan. Write about what comes to mind when you hear that word.
- Surprise. Write a story that starts with this line: "I had the surprise of my life when I opened the door and saw . . . "
Blogging study...
Submitted by ggevalt on Fri, 02/05/2010 - 2:23pmThis is from the San Francisco Chronicle. The link to the Pew Report.
How does this relate to Young Writers Project? Do you agree? Should this shape what we change and what we do? Comment below
Teenagers and young adults spent less time blogging during the past three years as social networks like Facebook became more popular, according to a Pew Research Center study released Wednesday.
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2009-2010 Newspaper Index
Submitted by edevries on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 12:37pmYWP 2009/10 Newspaper Series Index Links for selections and pages from the 2009/10 YWP Newspaper Series appearing on Mondays in the Rutland Herald, Tuesdays in the Times Argus and The Valley News, and Wednesdays in the Saint Albans Messenger and the Hometown section of the Burlington Free Press and Saturdays in the Brattleboro Reformer. To submit, click here.
WEEK 18 -- Feb 1, 2010
Click here to READ THIS WEEK'S SELECTIONS, or click the name of the prompt to read all submissions 'Stuck' and 'India'.
To view or download the pages as pdf files, click the newspaper's name:
Brattleboro Reformer | Burlington Free Press | Rutland Herald |
St. Albans Messenger | Times Argus
In the Shadows...
Submitted by Schila on Sun, 02/07/2010 - 5:30pmi.
I can see you,
Perched in the darkest corner
Of the room.
Only a slice of sunlight
Reaches your dark brown
Eyes.
Animal.
Beast.
Lover.
All names you’ve been called…
The monikers are burned into your mind,
With fire
Anger
And hate.
ii.
I reach my hand out
To you,
Reaching for the creature
Who you’ve become.
‘help’ your mind screams…
But your mouth is sewn shut.
Love me,
Hate me…
I’m here to help you.
iii.
You are fighting a battle,
In your mind
And in your heart.
You want to love,
But how could anybody ever
Love someone…
Like you?
Finally,
Chris Bohjalian's New Book
Submitted by ggevalt on Tue, 02/02/2010 - 3:42pmIt look's like you don't have Adobe Flash Player installed. Get it now.
We've decided to give some attention to professional writers when we get a chance and when we hear or see something worth passing along. Chris Bohjalian's new book, Secrets of Eden has just been published. Over the last week he's given several interviews that are pretty interesting.
Take a listen to this podcast which is from Vermont Public Radio's Vermont Edition or take a read of this story in the Burlington Free Press:
http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2010100129028
And below is a video of Chris talking about the book:
IN a Bench?
Submitted by SarahW on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 2:46pmI got stuck in a bench. “A bench?” you might ask. “How can you get stuck in a bench?” Well, these benches were different. They were thick, wooden, chunky things that were pretty much big boxes lined up around the outskirts of the hockey locker room at Proctor Academy. We were there in plenty of time for our game, so a couple of my teammates and I were poking around our tiny square locker room.
Stuck Between Two Walls
Submitted by scobop on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 1:27pmI'm stuck in a
room. The walls
are closing in.
Climbing up, up
Almost at the
top.
Oh no.
I'm stuck
between two walls.
With some butter,
a prod, and a poke,
I'm out! Not in!
My homework is
in the bin.
Amputations
Submitted by Lizag on Fri, 01/08/2010 - 1:25pmWood splinters from the railings were piercing through the thick clothing into my arm. I had stuck my hand through two railings in my house to catch a cleaning rag thrown up for me. My fingers caught the rag right before it continued its journey back down. As I began to get up from a squat I was pulled back down. It was as if part of my body was incapable of moving. My arm was wrenched between two wooden railings. I tried to gently pull my arm in hopes that I would free myself. Each gentle pull brought my hopes to the ground.
