Trip to St. Louis for NWP

My second trip to St. Louis was a work trip for the advanced institute our Eastern Illinois Writing Project is hosting this year. During the trip, we reviewed our assessment data and made a few changes to our calendar, and, after my co-director left, wrote our mid-year report.

Here's the agenda:

2017 C3WP

Advanced Institute Mid-Year Meeting

AGENDA

St. Louis, MO Friday, November 17, 2017

7:30-8:30 8:30-8:45 8:45-9:30	Breakfast Welcome, Overview, Goals of the Meeting Writing into the Meeting Writing Prompt: Take a few minutes to revisit the C3WP Design Principles. What	MajesticD MajesticAB MajesticAB
	have you noticed about how this program impacts teachers’ teaching practices? How might you describe that impact to an outside audience? What about C3WP makes it so important that all teachers in your area should have access to it?
9:30-10:15	Formative Assessment in C3WP: Mining the Using Sources Tool Data	Majestic AB
10:15-10:30	BREAK (and move)
	Breakouts: Planning Responsive Professional Development
	Based on your baseline UST data, morning discussions about the work, and your knowledge of the needs of your AI participants, select the breakout sessions that you think will support you in the next PD steps for your Advanced Institute.
10:30-12:00	Breakout Sessions: Round One

Breakout #1:	Strategies for Teaching the Harris Moves	Rachel Bear, National Writing Project	Majestic F
Breakout #2:	Experience a C3WP InstructionalResource: Self-SelectedResearch Finding a Topic and Researching the Conversation	Sarah Woodard, Denver Writing Project	Majestic G
Breakout #3:	Leveraging C3WP Resources to Foster SiteSustainability	Carla Truttman, NorthernCalifornia Writing Project	Majestic H
Breakout #4:	Timing and Sequencing C3WP InstructionalResources: Adapting with Integrity	Cecilia Pattee,Boise StateWriting Project	Majestic AB

12:00-1:00           Lunch                                                                                                                                                                                   Majestic D

1:00-2:15              Breakout Sessions: Round Two

Breakout #1:	Experience a C3WP Instructional Resource: Ranking Evidence	Rachel Bear, National Writing Project	Majestic F
Breakout #2:	Experience a C3WP Instructional Resource: Self-Selected Research Finding a Topic and Researching theConversation	Sarah Woodard, Denver Writing Project	Majestic G
Breakout #3:	Leveraging C3WP Resources to Foster SiteSustainability	Carla Truttman, NorthernCalifornia Writing Project	Majestic H
Breakout #4:	Revision Resources	Cecilia Pattee,Boise StateWriting Project	Majestic AB

2:15-2:30              Break (and move)

2:30-3:45              Discussions with Thinking Partners                                                                                                            Majestic AB

Writing Prompt for MidYear Interim 

Narrative Report:

Write a story about one or more Advanced Institute participants who are emerging as leaders in their understanding of C3WP. Discuss why you would identify them as leaders, including how you know they have an understanding of the C3WP program design principles and instructional resources design principles. Finally, describe your plan for utilizing these leaders in C3WP professional development moving forward.

Breakout #1:	Rachel Bear, National Writing Project	Majestic F
Breakout #2:	Sarah Woodard, Denver Writing Project	Majestic G
Breakout #3:	Carla Truttman, Northern California Writing Project	Majestic H
Breakout #4:	Cecilia Pattee, Boise Writing Project	Majestic AB

4:00-4:30              Closure, Calendar, Next Steps, Exit Ticket                                                                                              Majestic AB

EVFF 2017, Continued!

Sita Sings the Blues is Champaign Urbana comic strip artist and animator Nina Paley’s inspired animated vision of the Ramayana—the ancient Indian epic of Hindu mythology—intercut with a modern-day story about the director's own failed relationship with a man who goes to work in India. The film thrillingly blends numerous visual styles, influenced by Indonesian shadow puppets, commercial Hindu iconography, and classic Hollywood animation from the likes of Max Fleischer and the UPA Studios. Jerry Beck of Cartoon brew calls it "Visually beautiful, extremely entertaining, it has so much going for it I really can't think of anything I'd change about it. Imagine Betty Boop in a Bollywood musical!” 

Directed by Chicago native Bruno Vesota, The Brain Eaters shows us strange things happening in Riverdale, Illinois. A huge, seemingly alien structure has been found jutting out of the earth. Sent to investigate the origin of the mysterious object, Senator Walter Powers discovers that parasites from the center of the earth have infiltrated the town, taking control of the authorities and workers, making communication with the outside world impossible, and leaving the responsibility of stopping the invasion up to Powers and a small group of free individuals. 

The Brain Eaters draws on 1950s Cold War hysteria, but it also had some interesting back story. Producer Ed Nelson, who also stars in the film, created the parasites himself using little wind-up toys covered with fur from an old coat and pipe cleaners for antennae. The producers of the movie were sued by Robert A. Heinlein, who claimed the plot stole several elements of his novel, The Puppet Masters. The suit was settled out of court.

These films showcase Illinois directors and demonstrate the breadth of the horror and thriller genres. 

2017 Embarras Valley Film Festival Student Contest Selections!

2017 EVFF Student Film Selections

Directions: Vote for your top 3. Circle the three films you liked the most and, if you’d like, number them 1-3, with 1 being first place, 2 begin second, and 3 being third place.

Shower Time by Bridget Johnson [HS] 3:00_____________

Unspoken by Blake Sepe [Student EHS] 1:14___________     

VARILove by Blake Sepe [Student EHS] 2:27___________     

Rain by Blake Sepe [Student EHS] 1:11_________________      

The Breakdown by Blake Sepe [Student EHS] 4:21_______________  

Through the Train Window by August Busch 2:02 (Chicago)______________           

I Feel Fine by Emily Hay [HS] 10:51______________     

Don't Touch That Dial by james Gregg [HS] 3:15___________________ 

Executing Emma by james Gregg [HS] 4:23            _______________

Broken Solitude by Robert Herbolich [HS] 4:43_______________        

Change by Abigail Karl [HS] 1:36____________

Voicemail by Abigail Karl [HS] 1:39_____________      

Mitchell Robert's House by Dakota Pruemer 31 (EIU)_____________

Michael by Jane Simonetti [HS] 3:26_______________  

The Curse Of The Sad Mummy by Natalia Nikkhoo [MS] 4:18________________         

City'Scape by Brendan Hickey [HS] 5:18______________         

The Bird Painter by David Benjamin [HS] 2:36__________________     

Solitude by Julia Bhansali [HS] 7:37____________________        

Drawn Onward by Dan O'Reilly-Rowe [HS] 3:55  

Clay by Dan O'Reilly-Rowe [HS] 4:07