Nebraska Writing Project

Mini-Grants

Call for Applications 2009-10

What: Applications are being requested for small classroom projects which will improve the teaching of writing in Nebraska schools. NeWP will award 14 to 16 mini-grants (up to $200 each) for the 2009-2010 school year. Imagine what you could do!

• Create writing partners at a school across the state.
• Develop a community writing club with your students.
• Sponsor a community poetry reading.
• Fund a field trip to a colorful historical location.
• Bring in a guest adult listener to share writing or reading with your students.
• Develop young author publications.
• Bridge oral town histories with student writing.
• Enlarge your students' environment with excursions.
• Make available Nebraska authors.
• Incorporate multi-media composing.
• Produce a multi-media, multi-learner community Literacy Night.
• And much more!

Who: Any past participant in a Nebraska Writing Project Institute may apply.

Where: Any Nebraska School

How: Complete and submit the application below by Monday, July 20, 2009. Applications may also be e-mailed directly to: Robert Brooke, Director. (Please include all information as detailed below.)

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First Name Last Name
Street
Address 1  
Street
Address 2  

City           State Zip

Home Phone

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School Information:
Name     Grade Level K-2 3-5 6-8 9-12

Address

City      State Zip Code

Esu     

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Describe your project:


Explain how the project will improve your students' writing:


Detail how the project meets Nebraska Writing Project objectives:


Projected long-term benefit or outcome of the project:


Detail your financial plan and any matching funds which may be procured:


Acknowledgement of the source for your idea, if borrowed:


** Mini-grant recipients must report on the outcomes of their projects by June 7, 2010. Award recipients also may be called upon to present projects to colleagues at the Spring Gathering in late April or May 2010.

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