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The Young Adult Writing Project (YAWP)
Fees Middle School Writing Center
Information for Student Teachers
ASU English Education
PO Box 870302
Tempe, AZ 85287-0302
Phone: 480.965.3105
Fax: 480.965.0605
Language & Literature Building Rm 215
Photo: Dr. Jim Blasingame conducted a week-long workshop in Mexico City, Mexico on the "Six Traits of Writing" in August 2003.
English
Education
Past Events
Monday, June 5-Thursday, June 22, 2006
The 2006 Young Adult Writing Project. | Language & Lit Bldg (LL) ASU; Monday-Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, June 21, 2006
"A Drive-by Sharing by a Teenage Writing Gang" A reading by Young Adult Writing Project participants. | Changing Hands Bookstore (SW corner of Guadalupe & McClintock) Tempe; 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Saturday, May 13, 2006
2006 Young Adult Writing Project (YAWP) Orientation. | Language & Lit Bldg Rm 263 (LL 263) ASU; 10:00 a.m.-12:00 Noon
Friday, March 31, 2006
English Faculty/Student Brownbag. Facilitated by Jim Blasingame. | Language & Lit Bldg Rm 316 (LL 316) ASU; 11:40 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
"Plateau Indian Ways with Words: Continuity and Change" A presentation by Barbara Monroe, Assoc. Prof. of English, Washington State Univ. | Language & Lit Bldg Rm 316 (LL 316) ASU; 2:00-3:15 p.m.
Monday, February 20, 2006
"Reconsidering the Application of Rosenblatt’s ‘Aesthetic’ to Young Readers’ Responses to Literary Texts" A presentation by Anna Soter, Assoc. Prof. of English Education, The Ohio State Univ. | Language & Lit Bldg Rm 316 (LL 316) ASU; 3:15 p.m.-4:30 p.m.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
"Negotiations and Love Songs: The Writer’s Journey of Graham Salisbury" A presentation by David Gill, Assoc. Prof. of English Education, Univ. of North Carolina at Wilmington. | Language & Lit Bldg Rm 316 (LL 316) ASU; 1:30-2:45 p.m.
Tuesday, February 7, 2006
A Visit by Fantasy Writer David Clement-Davies. Sponsored by ASU English Education. | Language & Lit Bldg Rm 2 (LL 002) ASU; 5:00-7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, December 6, 2005
A Visit by Stephenie Meyer, author of Twilight. Visit takes place during Jim Blasingame's ENG 471 class. | Language & Lit Bldg Rm 13 (LL 013) ASU; 4:40 p.m.
Tuesday, October 25, 2005
Writing From Your Life, Writing For Your Life. A Workshop with ASU English Assoc. Prof. G. Lynn Nelson. | Changing Hands Bookstore (SW corner of McClintock & Guadalupe) Tempe; 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Friday, October 7-Saturday, October 8, 2005
"Buried Onions or Buried Treasure? Today's Teachers Helping Students Unearth Meaning" Arizona English Teachers Association (AETA) Annual Conference. | Rincon University High School (421 Arcadia) Tucson; see website for more info.
Monday, June 27-Thursday, July 14, 2005
Authentic Communication through Theatre (ACT). Continuation of YAWP supported by the Herberger School of Theatre. For more information contact Deborah Vaughn at Deborah.Vaughn@asu.edu. | Nelson Fine Arts center, ASU; Mon.-Thurs., 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. (no ACT July 4).
Thursday, July 14, 2005
An ACT Sharing. Graduates of the Young Adult Writing Project (YAWP) and Authentic Communication through Theatre (ACT) present their writing in a new and innovative way. | Nelson Fine Arts Center Rehearsal Hall (FAC 133) ASU; 7:00 p.m.
Tuesday, June 21, 2005
A Drive-by Sharing by a Teenage Writing Gang. A reading by students of the Young Adult Writing Project (YAWP). | Changing Hands Bookstore (SW corner of Guadalupe & McClintock) Tempe; 7:00-8:30 p.m.
Monday, June 6-Thursday, June 23, 2005
The Young Adult Writing Project (YAWP). | Language & Literature Building (LL), ASU; Monday--Thursday, 9:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Thursday, May 19, 2005
"State Standards Testing and Writing Instruction: Pedagogical Beliefs and Effective Instruction." Darren Crovitz PhD defense. | Language & Lit. Bldg Fac. Lounge (LL 316) ASU; 2:00 p.m.
Hozho: Kyle Wilson MFA defense. | Tuesday, April 12, 2005 | Language & Literature Bldg Rm 316 (LL 316) ASU; 4:00 p.m.
"How Will Life be in 3003? Visions of the Future in Young Adult Literature" by James Blasingame, Jr., ASU Assist. Prof. English Education. ASU/U of A Exchange Lecture Series. | Wednesday, April 6, 2005 | University of Arizona Modern Languages Bldg Rm 451 (Tucson); 3:30 p.m.
"Writing Work, Spirit Work: Telling Our Stories, Saving Our Lives" a workshop by G. Lynn Nelson | Monday, February 28, 2005 | Changing Hands Bookstore (6428 S McClintock) Tempe; 6:30-8:30 p.m.
A Visit with William Sleator. Sleator is author of Interstellar Pig, The Boy Who Reversed Himself, and many other science fiction novels for young adults as well as Oddballs. Public Welcome. For more information: 965-6074 or James.Blasingame@asu.edu | Tuesday April 5, 2005 | Memorial Union Ventana Room (MU 226) ASU; 6:00-7:20 p.m.
Arizona Literacy Teacher Educators Conference. This conference is co-sponsored by ASU, U of A, and NAU. Its purpose is to bring together literacy educators, especially those in teacher education and professional development, who teach courses in reading and writing, to share information, network together and learn from each other. Saturday, January 22, 2005, 8:30 - 3:30 pm. at ASU College of Education, Tempe. More information TBA. For more information contact Yetta M. Goodman, Regents Professor Emerita, U of A, Education 504, Tucson, AZ 85721. Ph: 520-621-7868. Fax: 520-621-1853. Email:: ygoodman@u.arizona.edu
A Visit by Christopher Paul Curtis. Christopher Paul Curtis is the winner of the Newbery Medal and the Coretta Scott King Award and will be featured in the fall issue (out any day now) of The ALAN Review (which ASU's own Dr. Jim Blasingame co-edits and which Alleen Nilsen and Ken Donelson founded 30 years ago at ASU). Mr. Curtis won the Arizona Library Association's Award two years ago. He will be appearing at Tempe's Changing Hands Bookstore Nov. 15, 2004 at 7:00 p.m. For more information contact James.Blasingame@asu.edu or download a flyer in MS Word (click here or cut and paste this link into your web browser): http://www.asu.edu/english/events/outreach/documents/christopher_paul_curtis_changing_hands.doc
Arizona Speaks: Many Voices, Many Views. Arizona English Teachers Association (AETA) Conference with featured author Laurie Halse Anderson. October 15-16 , 2004, Chandler-Gilbert Community College, Chandler, AZ.Sponsored by AETA. For more information contact Dr. Jim Blasingame, Jr., ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-6074.
"Writing for Life: Exploring the Peaceful Power of Story." A writing workshop by G. Lynn Nelson, Pendle Hill Quaker Retreat Center, Wallingford, PA. July 23-27, 2004. G. Lynn Nelson, ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-3105. Back to Top
GPAWP Summer Institute 2004. The "heart" of the Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project is the Summer Institute . . . It's an intensive writing workshop for teachers . . . June 1- July 1, 2004, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday. Arizona State University Language & Literature Building.G. Lynn Nelson, GPAWP Director, ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-3105.Back to Top
The Young Adult Writing Project (YAWP). Language & Literature Building (LL), ASU, Tempe; Monday--Thursday, 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., June 7 - 24, 2004 G. Lynn Nelson, GPAWP/YAWP Director, ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-3105.Back to Top
"A Drive-By Sharing by a Teenage Writing Gang" A public reading by students of the Young Adult Writing Project (YAWP). Changing Hands Bookstore, Tempe, AZ; Wednesday, June 23, 2004, 7:00-8:00 p.m. G. Lynn Nelson, GPAWP/YAWP Director, ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-3105.Back to top
Fees Fire Writers Writing Club Field Trip to ASU English. Includes visits to English Dept. classes and a poetry performance. May 3, 2004, Language & Literature Building (LL), ASU; 9:30 a.m. - 1:15 p.m. For more information contact Dr. Jim Blasingame, Jr., ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-6074.Back to Top
ASU Symposium on the Works of Ursula K. Le Guin. The Symposium takes place April 2, 2004 at the ASU University Club, 8:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. In addition to her writings being the focus of the symposium, Ms. Le Guin will address audiences later that day at The May Hill Arbuthnot Honor Lecture, 7:00 p.m. at the ASU Galvin Playhouse. Admission is to the Arbuthnot Lecture event is FREE, but tickets are required (click here for ticket info.). ASU English Education students will be present Le Guin Book Dramas during lunchtime at the Symposium!Sponsored by the American Library Assocation (ALA), the Maricopa County Library District, and Arizona State University. For more information please contact Dr. Alleen Nilsen at ASU English Education: Phone: (480) 965-3105 or Email: Alleen.Nilsen@asu.eduBack to Top
Gerald Vizenor Events.
'George Morrison: An Anishinaabe Abstract Expressionist,' a preview of the Inaugural Exhibition at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian [click title for flyer in MS Word], a campus-wide presentation by Professor Gerald Vizenor, Univ. of California-Berkeley, Wednesday, March 3, 2004, ASU Art Building, Room 220 (ART 220), 12:05pm Hiroshima Bugi: The Native American Trickster and the Atomic Bomb [click title for flyer in MS Word], A reading and discussion by Professor Gerald Vizenor, Univ. of California-Berkeley, Wednesday, March 3, 2004, ASU Nursing Building, Room 101 (NUR 101), ASU; 4:30 p.m.Sponsored by the ASU Department of English, ASU School of Art, Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project, Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, American Indian Institute, and Co-Curricular Programs. For more information please contact Dr. Joe Lockard at ASU English. Phone: (480) 965-3535 or Email: Joe.Lockard@asu.edu Back to Top
A Visit by Nikki Grimes. Renowned author and poetess Nikki Grimes will visit ASU English Education, February 26, 2004! She will present in the Architecture Building Auditorium (AED 60) from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. Ms. Grimes' Young Adult book, Bronx Masquerade recently won the Coretta Scott King Author Award and her book, Talkin' About Bessie: The Story of Aviator Elizabeth Coleman received the Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award and a Coretta Scott King Author Honor. For more information contact Dr. Jim Blasingame, Jr. at ASU English Education, Phone: 480-965-2568, Email: James.Blasingame@asu.eduBack to Top
"Writing Work, Spirit Work: Telling Our Stories, Saving Our Lives." A writing workshop given by G. Lynn Nelson, GPAWP director, writing instructor, and author of the book, Writing and Being, will take place Tuesday, January 27, 2004, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Changing Hands Bookstore, at the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe Streets. Click here for MapQuest driving directions, leaving from ASU. The workshop aims to help writers regain the lost power of language "beyond advertising and entertainment," according to Nelson. Participants are asked to bring pen, paper, and their journals. Cost is $20.00; participants must pre-register by calling the Changing Hands Bookstore, 480-830-0205.Sponsored by the Changing Hands Bookstore and the ASU Department of English's Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project. For more information contact Changing Hands Bookstore at (480) 730-0205 or G. Lynn Nelson, GPAWP Director, ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-3105.Back to Top
Writing Matters: Personal Writing to Research. G. Lynn Nelson, Director of GPAWP and ASU professor of English Education gives the presentation: "Personal Writing: The Four Commandments and Multi-Genre Styles" for students, faculty, and staff at Paradise Valley Community College, Monday, October 27, 2003, Noon-1:45 p.m. in the M-Theatre. The general public is also invited to attend.Sponsored by Paradise Valley Community College, a Maricopa Community College. For more information contact John J. Guenther: 623-546-3634.Back to Top
Speaker: Author Jack Gantos. The author of the 2002 Printz Honor Book, Hole in My Life as well as the prize-winning Joey Pigza stories will speak at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 21, 2003 in the ASU Architecture Building Auditorium. The event is free and open to the public.Sponsored by ASU English Education and the FIPSE Writing Coalition. For more information contact Dr. Jim Blasingame, 480-965-6074.Back to Top
No More Dead Dogs: Breathing Life Into the Standards. AETA State Conference. The Arizona English Teachers Association (AETA) invites fellow English language arts colleagues and friends to their Fall 2003 Conference . . . October 17-18, 2003, Westview High School, Avondale, Arizona. Artist in-residence workshops with Gordon Korman and more! Regiser online: http://www.asu.edu/aeta.
Click here to download a .jpg version of the conference flyer for posting. For more information contact Lee Brown, ASU West College of Education, PO Box 37100, Phoenix, AZ 85069. Phone: (602) 543-2009.Back to Top
"Take Back the Power of Language and Be 'Born Again'" A journaling workshop led by G. Lynn Nelson, GPAWP director, writing instructor, and author of the book, Writing and Being, will take place Monday, September 15, 2003, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Changing Hands Bookstore, at the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe Streets. Click here for MapQuest driving directions, leaving from ASU. "This workshop," says Nelson, "is about turning our personal writing into meaningful writing for others -- about reclaiming the power of language, about getting born again -- and again -- through the power of the words and stories within us . . . Bring your heart and your journal." Cost is $20.00; participants should pre-register by calling the Changing Hands Bookstore, 480-730-0205.Sponsored by the Changing Hands Bookstore and the ASU Department of English's Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project. For more information contact Changing Hands Bookstore at (480) 730-0205 or G. Lynn Nelson, GPAWP Director, ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-3105.Back to Top
GPAWP Summer Institute. The "heart" of the Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project is the Summer Institute . . . It's an intensive writing workshop for teachers . . . June 2 - July 3, 2003, 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m., Monday-Thursday. Arizona State University Language & Literature Building. Click here for registration dates & deadlines. School Districts interested in enrolling teachers in next year's Project or anyone seeking more information should contact:G. Lynn Nelson, GPAWP Director, ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-3105."I watch what is happening among my friends of the GPAWP, and I see what I have dreamed of all my life as a teacher: a caring community of learners sharing what they know, taking the risk to reach out and touch one another."
--Lee Atonna, Roosevelt Elementary District, Phoenix, ArizonaBack to top
A "Drive-By Sharing." Young writers with the Young Adult Writing Project (YAWP) share their stories Wednesday, June 25, 7:00 p.m. at Changing Hands Bookstore, 6428 S. McClintock Dr., Tempe (located on the southwest corner of McClintock & Guadalupe).Sponsored by the ASU English Education Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project (GPAWP). For more information please call Changing Hands Bookstore, 480-730-0205 or contact G. Lynn Nelson, YAWP Director, ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-3105.Back to top
Reception & Exhibit honoring Professor Emeritus Ken Donelson of English Education. Professor Donelson has given the ASU Libraries an extensive collection of Juvenile Literature and this event serves to celebrate his generosity. Tuesday, April 29, 2003, 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m., Hayden Library Special Collections Room 210. Refreshments served.For more information call 480-965-6519.Back to top
"Love, Seduction and the Human Genome" A reading and discussion by Barbara Nelson of her latest novel, Higher Love. Wednesday, April 16, 2003, 3:15 p.m., Room 316, Language and Literature Building (LL 316).Sponsored by the ASU Department of English Committee on Research and Creative Activities. For more information contact Professor James Blasingame: phone, 480-965-6074 or email, James.Blasingame@asu.eduBack to top
Arizona Book Festival. ASU English professors and students "join forces" with guest authors and many more participants to speak, present readings, and perform skits. Don't miss the fun! Visit the Arizona Book Festival official website for a list of presenters and events. Saturday, April 5, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Carnegie/Arizona State Library, 1101 W. Washington St., Phoenix. Click here for MapQuest driving directions leaving from ASU.Sponsored by the Arizona Humanities Council, Maricopa County Library District, and the Arizona State Library. For more information contact at Professor James Blasingame, ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-3105, visit the Book Festival website, or contact the Festival organizers, Phone: 602-257-0335, Fax: 602/257-0392, E-mail: info@azhumanities.orgBack to top
"Writing Work, Spirit Work: Telling Our Stories, Saving Our Lives" A writing workshop given by G. Lynn Nelson, GPAWP director, writing instructor, and author of the book, Writing and Being, will take place Thursday, March 27, 2003, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Changing Hands Bookstore, at the southwest corner of McClintock and Guadalupe Streets. Click here for MapQuest driving directions, leaving from ASU. The workshop aims to help writers regain the lost power of language "beyond advertising and entertainment," according to Nelson. Participants are asked to bring pen, paper, and their journals. Cost is $20.00; participants must pre-register by calling the Changing Hands Bookstore, 480-830-0205.Sponsored by the Changing Hands Bookstore and the ASU Department of English's Greater Phoenix Area Writing Project. For more information contact Changing Hands Bookstore at (480) 730-0205 or G. Lynn Nelson, GPAWP Director, ASU Department of English, PO Box 870302, Tempe, AZ 85287-0302. Phone: (480) 965-3105.
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