In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Ivana Farrar about how she has used culturally responsive teaching practices with great success during this whirlwind year of teaching. Ivana also has a nifty lesson idea that involves the music of J. Cole!

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college credit. 
The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. 

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com
Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.

Find Ivana Farrar on Instagram: @starrfarrar 
Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer 
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

What's Working, Part 2: Culturally Relevant and Engaging Classrooms with Ivana Farrar

In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Lindsay Bruggeman about how she builds community whether teaching in person, virtually, or both! Our wide reaching conversation includes big ideas as well as practical teaching strategies that you can use in your own classroom to enhance connectivity with--and between--your students. 

Find Lindsay Bruggeman on Twitter: @MrsBruggemanLHS

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college credit. 
The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational. 

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com
Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer 
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

What's Working, Pt 3  Building Community In Any Classroom With Lindsay Bruggeman

In this episode, we chat with co-director of the Ohio Writing Project, Beth Rimer about all things OWP! As we dig into OWP’s summer offerings, we cover a wide range of topics...from OWP’s famous 4-week workshop to place-based writing--and even grammar!

Link to OWP's Summer Offerings: www.smore.com/52hsq

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit.

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: miamioh.edu/cas/academics/depar…io-writing-project/

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu

“Retriever” by Sara L. Godwin
There are spaces within me I keep blank.
Thoughts I push out.
Ideas my right and left brain use to play keep-away from my consciousness.

I rearrange the furniture to cover up spots of recollection.
I hang pictures to hide events.
I dig holes, deep and dark,
to bury,
to forget.

But memory is a dog.

It hunts what I hide,
plays fetch,
lays at my feet all things I secret away,
like an offering.
Then he happily waits, tail wagging,
to start the game all over again.

A short story of Sara’s, “Afternoon Tea,” can be found in the September 2020 issue of www.brilliantflashfiction.com

Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com
Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.

Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer

Find Sara Godwin (today’s contributing poet) on Twitter: @SGodwinDP

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

OWP! Rejuvenation! A Conversation With Beth Rimer

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Nicole Stellon O’Donnell (Heinemann Fellow, Teacher, Author, Poet, Instructional Coach) about writing process and teaching from a place of defiance.

https://nicolestellon.com/ 

https://www.amazon.com/Nicole-Stellon-ODonnell/e/B007PVI6JO%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share


The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.


Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Find Today’s Guest on Twitter: @SteamLaundry

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

Defiant Teaching (and Writing!) with Nicole Stellon O'Donnell

In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Celeste Hopkins and Kerry Crotty about Place-based Learning!
For more information on OWP’s summer offerings (including the Place-based Learning Credit Workshop), check out our digital flyer: https://www.smore.com/52hsq and/or email: ohiowritingproject@miamioh.edu.



The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.


Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu

Find Kerry and Celeste on Twitter: @laxcrotty @celestehopkins

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu 

Transcript of this episode’s poem:

The Cold Snap by Courtney Shuman
The sterile surroundings come through in her voice.
The words, impossible to understand as I watch you.
Baby A and Baby B she says.
Not knowing that you are named and loved.

She must not see you so full of life, like the renewal of spring.
As you squirm in black and white
Like a bloom on a tree
Promising bright flowers for tomorrow.

As she moves the magic wand that gives us a glimpse
We see you, next to each other.
Together from the start.
One beginning that formed two hearts.

How could this promise of life be false?
Like a brief cold snap
That brings the return of a cruel and punishing winter
While ice settles on the blooms. 

We wait. We hope. We pray.
And then, the thaw begins
As you two arrive 
and the world is again bathed in sunlight.

Those lingering words are gone, 
As the doctor beams at you both.
But the words are never forgotten.
Frozen in the memory of two parents mangled from the cold.



Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com
Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.

Place-based Learning With Celeste Hopkins And Kerry Crotty

In partnership with the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA), we are releasing episodes from the Speaking and Listening podcast as part of our summer series!

In this episode, Noah interviews Smokey Daniels about his book The Curious Classroom! This discussion is all about inquiry work for the time-strapped teacher.

Here's where you can get yourself a copy of The Curious Classroom: https://www.heinemann.com/products/e08990.aspx 

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

“Victim to Victor” by Heidi LaMarr
Victims of deadly 
Violence of all kinds leads to 
Voices shouting in the streets,
Vehement crowds coming together to sing,
Songs sung about the fight.
It
I’m proud of who I am today,
Woman, mother, daughter, teacher, friend,
Strong, brave, sensitive, unique
Not always right,
Not always wrong.

But always one
Who loves another.
Who fights for the weak with my words not my fists,
Who stands in support of those who feel invisible,
A victor.

Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com
Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.

Find Smokey Daniels on Twitter: @SmokeyLit

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
Find OCTELA on Twitter: @OCTELA

www.octela.org

Speaking and Listening

Smokey Daniels (a rebroadcast in partnership with OCTELA)

In this episode, Noah chats with Shawna Coppola about Renew! ...and about the work that led to her most recent book, Writing Redefined.

This episode is a rebroadcast of an episode of OCTELA's Speaking and Listening podcast from a few years ago. This summer, OWP has partnered with OCTELA to share interviews with some of the biggest names in the field!

Follow Shawna Coppola's work:
Twitter: @ShawnaCoppola
shawnacoppola.com

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.


Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Follow OCTELA's work:
Twitter: @OCTELA
octela.org

Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com
Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.

Shawna Coppola (a Rebroadcast in Partnership with OCTELA)

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O’Dell (@allisonmarchett + @rebekahodell1 + @movingwriters) about their writing process and how they use mentor texts with students! 

Allison and Rebekah have a new book called A Teacher’s Guide to Mentor Texts, which you can find here: https://www.heinemann.com/products/e12003.aspx 

You can also follow their work (along with their fabulous team of teacher-writers) at www.movingwriters.org!

This episode is shared in partnership with the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA). To find out more about OCTELA, visit octela.org or follow them on Twitter: @OCTELA

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu

Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach

Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell (Rebroadcast in Partnership with OCTELA)

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Penny Kittle about Book Love and the work that went into cowriting 180 Days with Kelly Gallagher!.

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.


Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Find Penny Kittle on Twitter: @pennykittle 

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

Penny Kittle (A Rebroadcast in Partnership with OCTELA)

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Tanny McGregor about mindfulness, deceleration, and the thinking that went into her most recent book, Ink and Ideas!

Find more of Tanny’s work here: https://www.heinemann.com/authors/4292.aspx

Follow Tanny on Twitter: @TannyMcG 

This episode is shared in partnership with the Ohio Council of Teachers of English Language Arts (OCTELA). To find out more about OCTELA, visit octela.org or follow them on Twitter: @OCTELA

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu

Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach

Tanny McGregor (Rebroadcast in Partnership with OCTELA)

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Beth Rimer about what we've learned from this strange time of pandemic teaching--and we push back on the idea of "Learning Loss". 

As we jump into season 3, we'll be exploring ways we can leverage the progressive teaching that came from this moment of necessity to transform the profession. Stay tuned!

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

OWP also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Find Beth Rimer on Twitter: @BethRimer

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

Rethinking Learning Loss: an Interview with Beth Rimer

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Beth Rimer (again!) about how we can be the change we wish to see in our Professional Learning Communities. We discuss what we should hold on to, what we should let go of, and where we might empathize to better understand the struggle. Beth also talks about a really cool teaching practice called "Breather Routines"!

Find Beth Rimer on Twitter: @BethRimer 

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter and Instagram: @owpmu

If you are interested in starting a student-led writing center in your high school, Betsy Woods from Milford High School in Milford, Ohio is hosting a small group for an informal discussion and tour on Monday, December 6 from 12:00-1:00 at Milford. If you are an educator in southwest Ohio who can get release time from your school on December 6, contact Betsy at woods_b@milfordschools.org to join the small group. 

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

If you have a great idea that we should feature in a future episode, email Noah at noah.waspe@gmail.com. We would love to hear from you!

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu

Being The Change In Your Professional Learning Communities With Beth Rimer

Episode Description
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Katlyn Bare about all that goes into going gradeless!

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.


Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com
Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.

Find Katyln Bare on Twitter: @katbare

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu
Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 
“Trauma: a reverse poem”
By Renée Vander Veen

Your trauma
beats against
my love
child
if you hide under the bed
in the dark 
when my hands reach out to hug you
to say I love you
I believe that
no matter what 
a barrier rises because
fear
is more powerful than
love
I know
it’s time to talk about what
the counselors say
Love is a choice
but this is not true for me
Adoption is impossible

Unless I choose to reverse my perspective and believe that

Adoption is impossible
but this is not true for me
Love is a choice
The counselors say
it’s time to talk about what 
I know
Love
is more powerful than
fear
A barrier raises because
no matter what
I believe that
to say I love you
when my hands reach out to hug you
in the dark
if you hide under the bed
child
my love
beats against
your trauma

(modeled after “Lost Generation” by Jonathan Reed)

“Lost Generation”
https://www.ncps-k12.org/cms/lib/CT01903077/Centricity/Domain/638/Poem%20-%20Lost%20Generation%20-%20Text.pdf

How to write a reversible poem guide:
https://penandthepad.com/write-reverse-poem-8556361.html

Going Gradeless with Katlyn Bare

Episode Description
In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Adrienne Gear to break down some of the teaching strategies she shares in her books (Reading Power, Writing Power, Powerful Writing Structures, and more).  

Adrienne also explains how teachers can use a versatile tool called "Brain Pockets" to help students generate and develop their own writing ideas.

This episode also features an epilogue in which Adrienne breaks down her writing process!

Where you can find Adrienne's work:
US: https://www.stenhouse.com/authors/adrienne-gear

Canada: https://www.pembrokepublishers.com/bio.cgi?id=81

readingpowergear.com

Find Adrienne Gear on Twitter: @AdrienneGear

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.


Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com
Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.

Powerful Reading and Writing with Adrienne Gear

In this episode, we talk to author and artist, Alfred Depew (winner of the Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction), about writing, teaching writing, and what it was like to be in Don Murray's writing workshop.

Look for Alfred's award winning book, The Melancholy of Departure, at your local bookstore, or you can order it here:
https://ugapress.org/book/9780820344607/the-melancholy-of-departure/

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

The Ohio Writing Project features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu

Alfred DePew on Being a Writer and Learning from Don Murray

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Dr. Kim Parker about her new book, Literacy is Liberation: Working Toward Justice Through Culturally Relevant Teaching. We also get into how teachers can navigate communities in which certain politicians have manipulated the term “Critical Race Theory” to cause trouble for teachers who try to advocate for a more culturally relevant approach.

Dr. Kim Parker’s book: https://www.ascd.org/books/literacy-is-liberation?variant=122024

Dr. Parker’s website:
https://drkimparker.org 

Follow Dr. Parker on Twitter: 
@TchKimPossible

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

Submit a a question, topic, or poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu

Dr. Kim Parker, co-founder of #disrupttexts and #31DaysIBPOC

In this episode of Write Answers, Angela Stockman talks about her recent work with multimodal writing! She discusses a variety of topics from tips to setting up multi-modal writing with students to doing the inner work that goes into helping resistant writers.

Follow Angela on Twitter @AngelaStockman
https://angelastockman.com

Check out OWP's upcoming Summer Credit Workshops for Teachers:
https://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/credit-workshops/index.html?_ga=2.256982158.40594715.1651616698-47476299.1651616698

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

Submit a a question, topic, or poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu

Angela Stockman on Multi-Modal Writing with Resistant Writers

In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to poet Laura Van Prooyen about writing, teaching writing, and what went into her newest book, Frances of the Wider Field (Next Page Press). 

Find Laura Van Prooyen on Twitter: @lauravanprooyen
Find Laura’s work: https://lauravanprooyen.com
Check out Laura’s publishing press: https://nextpage-press.com/ 
See Laura perform a reading in person at Miami University’s low residency MFA celebration: https://events.miamioh.edu/event/mfa_summer_residency_readings_and_talks 

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

Author Laura Van Prooyen on Writing and Teaching Poetry

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Cris Tovani about ways of thinking and tools teachers can use to improve student engagement!

Check out Cris Tovani’s newest book, Why Do I Have to Read This: Literacy Strategies to Engage Our Most Reluctant Students at https://www.stenhouse.com/content/why-do-i-have-to-read-this 


The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 
Learn more about OWP’s upcoming Credit Workshops: https://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/credit-workshops/index.html?_ga=2.77005781.1786759835.1660330958-1027542627.1660330958 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.
Learn more about OWP’s Master’s Degree Program: https://www.miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/teaching/index.html 

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? 
Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Find Cris Tovani on Twitter: @ctovani

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

Literacy Strategies to Improve Student Engagement with Cris Tovani

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Betsy Woods, Erin Vore, Ben Vore, and TJ Wilson about how being writers informs the way they teach Writing. 

Find today’s guests on Twitter: @BetsyLWoods @erinbeersvore @voreben @mrtjwilson

If this episode’s conversation sparked a teaching idea–or if you are already working on ways to make Writing instruction more authentic to the process, we’d love to hear from you. DM Noah on Twitter @MrWteach or reach out via email: noah.waspe@gmail.com 

Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.


Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu

Making Writing Instruction More Like...Actual Writing

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Abbie Rudibaugh about teaching students a more meaningful way to approach revision. Abbie has slowed the pace of her Writing units to introduce students to revision strategies that real authors use. In this strategy-packed conversation, Abbie explains the way she lays out revision processes for each piece of writing her students complete–and where she has students go with their revision work by the end of the school year.

If you have an interesting way that you teach students to engage in a more authentic writing process, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out to Noah at noah.waspe@gmail.com

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu

Teaching Meaningful Revision with Abbie Rudibaugh

In this episode of Write Answers, we talk to Tim Reisert about the confluence between his loves of music, writing, and teaching. Tim was recently signed to Sofa Burn Records, and he has an album coming out in January, 2023 (available now for pre-order). This conversation is all about how we can leverage our own writing lives into meaningful classroom instruction. Tim and Noah get into all kinds of other things as well, ranging from mentor texts to John Hattie and teacher credibility. Of course, they also talk music. As a special treat, Tim even performs the single, “Grand Prairie,” from his upcoming album!

Follow Tim Reisert on Instagram: @timreisert
Check out the single from the upcoming album now at https://timreisert.bandcamp.com or at sofaburn.com (@sofaburn_records)

Follow Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach 

Follow OWP on Twitter and Instagram: @owpmu

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.


Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 


Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com
Do you have an share-worthy teaching practice? Do you know someone else who fits the bill? Email Noah at the address above--we are always looking for great educators to interview for the podcast.

Modeling (The Joy of) Writing for Students: an interview with Tim Reisert

Artificial Intelligence models can now write a nearly flawless 5-paragraph essay, and educators everywhere are worried about how this could affect the profession. In addition to producing essays, people can use AI models, such as ChatGPT, to write poetry, lesson plans, and even podcast intros-–as you’ll soon find out.

In this episode, Noah talks to TJ Wilson about his recent blog post, from which we cribbed our episode's title. In this conversation, they get into whether AI should worry Language Arts teachers. They also discuss how the current AI controversy should encourage us rethink how and why we teach Writing.

Check out TJ’s blog: https://thomasjosephwilson.com/
Follow TJ on Twitter: @wilsonthomasjoseph
Follow TJ on Mastodon: @TJWilson@universeodon.com

If you have an interesting way that you teach students to engage in a more authentic writing process, we’d love to hear from you. Reach out to Noah at noah.waspe@gmail.com

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu

Will A.I. Make Writing as Easy as Using a Stapler? (A Conversation with TJ Wilson)

In this interview, we'll hear from podcaster and radio host, Dan Simpson. One of his many productions is a popular podcast called Writer's Routine. In it, Dan interviews authors to unpack the secrets to their successes. Whether it's how they plan their day or what fonts they prefer, Dan's heard it all. 

In this interview, Noah talks to Dan about what he's learned from his discussions with authors that we might translate into our ELA classrooms.

Check out Writer's Routine: 
https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy5hY2FzdC5jb20vcHVibGljL3Nob3dzLzhkYmI0Y2FlLTFiMGUtNDAwMS1iOTg2LWJkOTU2NTYwYzZiOQ

You can also follow Dan's work at https://itsdansimpson.com/

Follow Dan on Twitter: @itsdansimpson or @writerspod

If you have an interesting way that you teach students to engage in a more authentic writing process, we’d love to hear from you. 

Reach out to Noah at noah.waspe@gmail.com or hit him up on Twitter @MrWteach

Looking for a quick and easy writing invitation for your students...or yourself? Follow us on Instagram @owpmu 

Find OWP on Twitter: @owpmu

The Ohio Writing Project specializes in professional development for teachers. OWP does on-site PD with schools as well as virtual, hybrid, and in-person courses teachers can take for college + CEU credit. 

The Ohio Writing Project also features a masters degree program for teachers through Miami University. Featuring the renowned “4-Week”, the OWP’s Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is both practical and transformational.

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project + Programming: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 

GET INVOLVED! Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu

An Interview with Dan Simpson, Host of Writer's Routine

In this episode, Dr. Tom Romano answers Beth's and Noah's questions including, "What do you want teachers to know" and "What would you like to see when it comes to the role of narrative in writing instruction?"

Of course, we also spend a big chunk of time discussing multi-genre research...and more!

Want to know more about OWP? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @owpmu 
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/OWPMU

001  Tom Romano On Narrative, Multi-genre, and What Teachers Need to Know

In this episode, we build on the ideas we shared last time about the “Create vs. Complete” mindset, and this time (tip of the hat, once again to Lindsay Bruggeman), we dig into what’s essential as we move into new ways of teaching and learning.

Email noah.waspe@gmail.com if you'd like to be part of our next OWP chat!

Conversation Participants:

Beth Rimer @BethRimer
Lexie Withrow
Lindsay Bruggeman
Katie Bills-TenneyStacey Reeder
Megan Rodney
Liz Dooley
Becky Fellers
David Tarr
Noah Waspe @MrWteach
Kate Bauer
Karen Long
Renee Arnold 
TJ WIlson
Luke Wiseman

“Four Hinterland Abstractions” by Ray Young Bear
https://poets.org/poem/four-hinterland-abstractions

008 What's Essential

In this episode, Noah Waspe and Beth Rimer talk with Betsy Woods (@BetsyLWoods)about what we should take with us from this online-teaching experience into next year!

009 Teaching Is Remarkable with Betsy Woods

In this interview, Liz Prather digs into what it means to be a writer and a teacher of writing. We also delve into her newest book, Story Matters, which is available through Heinemann.

https://www.heinemann.com/products/e08980.aspx
https://tinyurl.com/y9dyxtnm
https://teachlikeeveryoneislistening.wordpress.com/
@PratherLiz
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To inquire about credited workshops and staff development, you can find Ohio Writing Project at https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/

Or contact Beth Rimer at rimerba@miamioh.edu

010 Story Matters With Liz Prather

Julia Torres joins us to discuss her work with Disrupt Texts and to talk about her work as an English Teacher-Librarian.

Links from today's discussion:
www.disrupttexts.org

https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/55039/how-the-disrupttexts-movement-can-help-english-teachers-be-more-inclusive

https://www.educolor.org/educolor-summit-2020/

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Also...
Moving Writers, a website for writing teachers started by Allison Marchetti and Rebekah O'Dell, is looking to diversify it's group of columnists to include K-12 BIPOC writing teachers! Find out more at www.movingwriters.org

011 Disrupt Texts With Julia Torres

In this episode, we interview Lauren Olson, who teaches high school in Forest Hills, about how she chunks her class into segments. Through a conversation around this wonderful strategy, we dig into how a teacher can use their core beliefs and useful routines to anchor their teaching...even during a pandemic.

Lauren Olson on Twitter: @coacholson11
@owpmu on Instagram--which is run by Lauren!
@owpmu on Twitter 

Want to know more about the Ohio Writing Project:?https://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/

Beth Rimer: @BethRimer
Noah Waspe: @MrWteach

012 How We Can Anchor Our Instruction, Even During a Pandemic (with Lauren Olson)

In this episode, Noah speaks with a panel of Ohio writers: Tammy Bundy, Tim Reisert, Kendra Herber and Abby Lund about habits and processes, as well as how to maintain a writing life through the chaos. This episode is full of teaching tips, writing hacks, and ideas to jumpstart your writing life!

Find Tammy Bundy’s writing anywhere books are sold!
And at www.tamarabundy.com 

Interested in Tammy conducting free Zoom calls with your creative writing class?

Contact Tammy at
Authortamarabundy@gmail.com

You can also follow Tammy on Social Media:
Twitter: @TamaraBundy
Facebook: Tamara Bundy

Find Tim’s music at Tim’s Bandcamp:
https://tdreisert.bandcamp.com/ 

Follow Tim on Social Media:
Instagram @timreisert
Twitter @tdreisert

Find Kendra Herber’s writing at https://kendraherber.wixsite.com/mysite

Follow Kendra on Social Media:
Twitter @leg_up_on_life  
Instagram @kherber23.

Find Abby Lund’s writing at www.movingwriters.org

Follow Abby on Twitter @mrsablund

Writing Group Sign-up: https://forms.gle/BwvbpYUPKZ56dyPw5
Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 
Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com

If you care to hear the strange Milk Musical Noah talked about on this episode, you can find it here: https://open.spotify.com/album/4Vv5gX60cXykKrhWMggC6U?si=7lwOL1JzTJeitTpx2rxneQ or wherever you stream music. 

“Light Shine” by Tim Reisert
 
Wherever you think of
the wisp of the willow
and the trail of the wind
toward the distant light shine,
feel your way around 
the trunk of the maple,
then ease into the shadow,
the wing movement of a luna,
the now-tired swell of locusts,
to then rest in the pillow moss and
dry leaves and hard root.

013 Teachers Who Write and Writers Who Teach

In this episode, we talk to Nina Sudnick about how she uses writing to help students process their learning in Math class. Nina’s work has so many applications--writing across the curriculum, metacognition, formative assessment, action research, and more! 

Find today’s guest on Twitter: @SudnickNina
Find more work from our guest: https://blog.heinemann.com/writing-to-learn-math 

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 
Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 
Submit a poem to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer

014 Writing To Learn With Heinemann Fellow, Nina Sudnick

In this episode of Writer Answers, we talk to Traci Browder about what she learned as a writer from the process of completing a book + how it impacted her teaching. We also cover a wide range of topics from rocking remote learning to equity and even how interviewing her son for her podcast helped her see school through the eyes of a student.


Find today’s guest on Twitter: @TraciBrowder
Find more work from our guest: 
https://tracibrowder.com/
https://www.daveburgessconsulting.com/speaking/traci-browder/
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/intelligogy-the-podcast/id1493409417

Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 
Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 
Submit a helpful pandemic teaching practice to be featured on a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com 

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer

015 Empathy, Equity, And Finding Joy With Traci Browder

In this episode of Writer Answers, Liz Reilly and Noah Waspe talk to Sarah Zerwin about the thought processes behind her new book Point-less: an English Teacher’s Guide to More Meaningful Grading.

Find today’s guest on Twitter: @SarahMZerwin
Order Point-less: An English Teacher’s Guide to More Meaningful Grading
https://www.heinemann.com/products/e10951.aspx - Published by Heinemann.

Sarah’s website: https://sarahmzerwin.wordpress.com/ 
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Learn more about the Ohio Writing Project: http://miamioh.edu/cas/academics/departments/english/academics/graduate-studies/ohio-writing-project/ 
OWP: Teachers teaching teachers - Find your writing and teaching home with OWP's Masters Degree program (MAT). 

Want to be kept in the loop for future OWP events? Email us here: ohiowritingproject@MiamiOH.edu 

Submit a poem to be featured in a future episode: noah.waspe@gmail.com

Find Noah on Twitter: @MrWteach
Find Liz on Twitter: @ms_liz_reilly_
Find Beth on Twitter: @BethRimer
Find OWP on Twitter: @OWPMU

016 More Meaningful Grading With Dr. Sarah M. Zerwin

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