Meadow Brook Writing Project

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The Meadow Brook Writing Project (MBWP) is a partnership between Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, and local schools, including Detroit Public Schools, Macomb County schools, Oakland Community College and the Public School Academies of Oakland University. MBWP offers professional development opportunities for teachers and aims to improve student writing at all levels and in all subjects. The Meadow Brook Writing Project is a site of the National Writing Project and is affiliated with the Urban Sites Network.

Apply now for the 2010 Invitational Summer Institute. This year's institute will run from July 5 - July 30th.
Our half-day Youth Writing Workshops offer writers in grades 2-12 an opportunity to try their hands at a number of creative genres including mystery, science fiction, ghost stories, comic-books, and poetry. Check out the fun writing workshops we're offering this year.

Check out our Youth Writing Camps for grades K-9! Sign your young author up today for a summer writing adventure at the Meadow Brook Hall and Gardens.

Read about TC Cornelia Pokrzywa's Rochester Oral History Archive (ROHA) in the Rochester Post. The ROHA project, which is sponsored by a grant from Building the Civic 'Net and support from the MBWP, will archive oral histories from Rochester residents 50 years and older.

Listen to Jennifer Hardy's podcast "A New America is Born" and Kathleen Reddy-Butkovich's podcast "Alphabetic Principle" from the March 7th podcasting institute.

Stay in touch with your friends from the Summer Institute, share teaching tips and ideas, join a discussion, post photos, or just hang out in the MBWP ning: http://mbwp-michigan.ning.com/  We're also in Facebook. Join us in the ning or in Facebook today!


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