The National Day of Writing

What is the National Day on Writing?

Schools and communities all over the country will celebrate and share writing in all its forms for all types of purposes. The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) has proposed this day to “draw attention to the remarkable variety of writing we engage in and help make writers from all walks of life aware of their craft” (NCTE website).

Visit the National Day on Writing website.

Help YC Celebrate!

1. Attend the YC events on Oct. 20, 11:00am-1:00pm

Refreshments, displays, readings, fun activities. Prescott campus library and foyer; Verde campus, M-137.

For more information, contact Carol Hammond on the Prescott campus (2283), or Chris Heyer on the Verde Valley campus (4568).

2. In the Classroom:

• Read something you wrote
• Share someone else’s writing that is important to you
• Ask students to share their own/others’ writing
• Ask students to write—anything related to your discipline, to their lives,

3. Spread the word about the National Gallery of Writing by:

• Putting a link in Blackboard to the National Gallery of Writing
• Exploring the website with students
• Submitting your writing/your students’ writing to a local gallery
• Creating your own local gallery—it’s easy.

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Share What you Do

1. Gennie Fuemmeler, English instructor, has created a local gallery called " Yavapai College Students' Six-Word Memoirs."
2. Yavapai College's "Storyteller Project" which Paula Blankenship (Office of Public Information) started at the Verde campus celebration National Day on Writing.
3. Denise Woolsey, Communications instructor, has opened a local gallery, "Engaging Students in Civic Responsibility" to house the reflection papers of YC students participating in Service Learning Projects. Students will be from various courses and disciplines.
4. Ruth Harrison, Paralegal instructor, opened a local gallery: Words, Rants, and Writings in Law –“A collection relating to law, the legal system, and legal thinking and writing. Students from Yavapai College's Paralegal Studies Program are encouraged to submit to the gallery but we look forward to receiving submissions from a much broader group as law and the legal system permeates everything that we do.”
5. Joy d’Angelo, Business faculty, opened a local gallery: Business Ethics-Yavapai College . This gallery represents the work of Business Ethics students at Yavapai College. An ethical analysis of business cases will be posted.
6. Carol Hammond, English instructor, submitted samples of her “on the job writing” to local gallery: A (Fri)Day in the Life of an English Teacher.”

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