Dear Educators,

Are you ready to transform your writing instruction into memorable lessons that get students engaged in their classroom, community, and beyond?

Then grab all your teacher friends and register today for the Inland Area Writing Project Annual Conference. The conference will be held in person on February 22, 2025 from 9:00 am - 3:00 p.m. at the University of California at Riverside. All TK through University educators are invited to attend (so tell all your educator friends!). Registration price includes parking pass and lunch.

We hope you will join us for a fun day of learning, writing, and community building. And don’t forget to stick around until the end when we close out our day with Author’s Chair and raffle prizes.

REGISTRATION COST: $75

Register Now!

Registration includes lunch & parking. *Ask your administrators or union president to fund your attendance.

Sincerely,

Agnes Mazur, IAWP Director

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE

8:30-9:00         Registration

9:00-9:30         Keynote Speech

9:40-10:55       Session 1

11:00-12:15     Session 2

12:15-1:00       Lunch

1:05-2:20         Session 3

2:25-3:00         Author’s Chair and Closing

KEYNOTE SPEECH

“My Linguistic Story” by Gus Macuil

BREAKOUT SESSIONS

SESSION 1:

• Using Low Stakes Writing For Revision Lessons
• Oh, How Commonplace: Scaffolded Annotation Practices
• Building Classroom Engagement Through Use of Non-Canonical Texts

SESSION 2:

• Level Up Your Grammar Game
• The Daily Writing Project
• Demystifying Source Use: Scaffolding the Research Process
   

SESSION 3:

• Using Loose Parts to Make Writing
• Crafting Creative Sentences with DRAFT
• The Burkean Parlor: Joining the Conversation

Read Full Session Descriptions