The Ozarks Writing Project (OWP) invited 500 students in grades 5-8 to the Missouri State University campus for the Youth Writing Conference in May. This day of writing offered young writers and their teachers a chance to participate in engaging writing opportunities that proved to be both challenging and fun.
SAMPLE SESSIONS
OWP teacher consultants led writing activities designed to improve, inspire and ignite student writing. Some of these sessions included:
- Follow Your Nose to Creative Writing
- Character Development: Breathing Life into Characters
- Six-Word Memoir
- Tall Tales and Urban Legends
- Stop, Drop and Journal!
- Digital Commercials
- Writing a Stage Show for Children
The Ozarks Writing Project (OWP), housed in the English Department within the College of Arts and Letters, is a collaborative program between Missouri State University and the National Writing Project (NWP), the premier effort to improve writing in America. Through its professional development model, NWP builds the leadership, programs, and research needed for teachers to help their students become successful writers and learners.
Courtesy Missouri State’s Office of University Communications