Authors

Eileen Simmons

Oklahoma State University Writing Project

Eileen Simmons teaches English at East Central High School in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and is a teacher- consultant with the Oklahoma State University Writing Project (OSUWP). She is editor of Writers and Projects, the OSUWP newsletter, and is a past editor of Oklahoma English Journal. This article has its genesis in many places: her own curiosity about students and vocabulary, the National Writing Project Writing Retreat, and conversations with and support from her fellow teacher-consultants.

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• Oklahoma's Marshall Plan: Combining Professional Development and Summer Writing Camps
  National Writing Project At Work, Vol. 1, No. 8, 2005
• The Writing Project and Tulsa Schools Collaborate for School Reform That Works
  The Voice, Vol. 9, No. 3, 2004
• Tulsa Writing Camp
  The Voice, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1999
• NWP Speaks: 30 Years of Writing Project Voices
  The Voice, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2005
• NWP Speaks: 30 Years of Writing Project Voices
  The Voice, Vol. 9, No. 2, 2004