Exciting Changes in NCTE Student Writing Award Programs!

• Entries to both the 8th Grade Promising Young Writers and the 11th Grade Writing Achievement Awards
will now be made electronically.
• All judging will be done nationally.
• Students enter pieces of their best work as well as a piece in any genre that is written in response to
the year's theme.
• There is no longer an entry fee for the Promising Young Writers.
• There is also a special category for entering writing of English Language Learners.
• February 15 deadline for both Promising Young Writer and Writing Achievement Award entries. There is no longer the pre-registration requirment for the 11th grade program.
• Check these brochures for further details and for the limits on the number of entries per school:
Promising Young Writers
Achievement Awards in Writing

If you are interested in judging entries for
8th Grade Promising Young Writers, contact Jodi Anderson
11th Grade Achievement Award in Writing, contact Heather Traeger hmeg14@mac.com

Supporting Teachers' Work with the MN Writing Standards

MN Department of Education and MN Writing Project Saturday Sessions
9:00 - 12:30 ~ $45 per session ~ college credit available
call 612-625-6323
January 21: Supporting explanatory/informative writing
February 11: Supporting arumentative/persuasive writing
March 31: Weaving narrative, poetry, and multigenre writing into academic texts
for more information

Fall Workshop
October 31, 2011

Deborah Appleman,
Carleton College

Adolescent Literacy and the Teaching of Reading:
Lessons for Teachers of Literature

photos
handouts

2010-2011 edition of Minnesota English Journal
Continuity and Change
download journal

Handouts from 2011 MCTE Spring Conference - Literacy at the Lake
mcte conference wiki - download handouts from presentations

Minnesota State Standards in English/Language Arts are now posted on MDE website.
For assistance, questions, resources, and more information, contact Charon Tierney, English Language Arts Specialist, Minnesota Department of Education, 651-582-8643, charon.tierney@state.mn.us

The Standards are to be implemented in 2012-13.

NCTE Contests:

• NCTE Promising Young Writers (8th grade)
~ 2011 Award Winners:
Brie Bednarek & Elizabeth Granlund, Foley
Eloho Urhieyovwe, Oakdale
John Flanagan, The Blake School
Bella Roussanov & Luke Soucy, Wayzata
• NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing (11th grade)
• NCTE PRESLM award program for school literary magazines

Letters about Literature
sponsored by the Center for the Book
in partnership with TargetLetters about Literature
information and lesson plans

Read the nine 2011 award winning letters from Minnesota students

First place 2011 award winners:
Solomon Polansky, Nicholas Behrens, and Tyler Sturos, recognized at MCTE Spring Conference