Writing Program Inspires Participants to Go Beyond Basics

Publication: The Huntsville Item
Date: July 5, 2008

Summary: A Sam Houston Writing Project creative writing program for third through eighth grade students has sent home 34 participants with the inspiration to go above and beyond the basics of Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) testing.

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We're not trying to teach everybody to write the same way," said Ann Theodori, director of the Young Writers Camp. "It's the kind of training they're not likely to get in public schools, which are too assessment oriented."

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