Video Features Mississippi Students Writing Letters to the Next President
Publication: Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal
Date: October 10, 2008
Summary: A Tupelo High School class taught by Ellen Shelton, a teacher-consultant with the University of Mississippi Writing Project, was one of three schools nationwide chosen to be videotaped for taking part in Letters to the Next President: Writing Our Future, a joint project sponsored by NWP and Google.
Photo by Will White, Tupelo Hi-Times
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They won't be voting Nov. 4, but some Tupelo High School junior English students will have a national stage to air their concerns in written word and video.
Thursday, Ellen Shelton's Advanced Placement English classes shared their experiences as part of Letters to the Next President project with a video crew from Google.
Tupelo High School was one of three schools chosen to be videotaped from nearly 800 participating in the joint project of the National Writing Project and Google Docs, said Elyse Eidman-Aadahl, director for national programs and site development. Five schools in Mississippi are part of the project.
Copyright © 2008 Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. Reprinted with permission.
Morris, Michaela Gibson. 2008. "No Average Essay." Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal. October 10.
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