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West Tennessee Writing Project

David Carithers, WTWP Director

UT Martin Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages

209 Hurt St. 

University of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238
Phone: 731-881-7300

Fax: 731-881-7276

wtwp@utm.edu

 

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Welcome

 

The West Tennessee Writing Project is located in the Department of English and Modern Foreign Languages at The University of Tennessee at Martin.  It is one of 199 sites of the National Writing Project.

 

The purpose of WTWP is to improve writing and writing instruction in West Tennessee schools, K-16.  WTWP operates under these principles:

 

 *writing will improve as writing instruction improves
 *the best teacher of a teacher is another excellent teacher
 *teachers of writing should be practicing writers

News

3rd-8th grade Young Writers Clubhouse expands to Ripley and Jackson in 2009-2010. 

register online here

brochure with registration form for printing and mailing

flier with registration info for Jackson Clubhouse

press release

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Another great Summer Institute: May 16 & June 8 - July 2, 2009. 

visiting writer, E.A.P.  

brochure

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Congratulations to Brittan Sutherland!!  She is 2008-2009 Teacher of the Year for Northwest Tennessee, grades 5-8. 

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WTWP TC Becky Hasselle is teacher of the year for 2007-2008. 

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New!  Field Notes, October 2009