Hello, teacher/librarian/writer friends! It’s almost time for Teachers Write, our free online summer writing camp for teachers & librarians. Have you signed up yet? If not, you can do that here.
For those who are new, Teachers Write is all about writing in community. It’s about walking the walk and taking risks with our own writing so we can be more empathic teachers when we ask our students to take risks of their own, to be brave enough to put words on paper and maybe even share those words.
Every summer, we have a special focus, and this summer’s theme is REVISION. It’s honestly where the real writing happens. We’ll still be doing some generative writing this summer, but feel free to show up at the keyboard with some pieces that you’d like to take another look at. I promise you’ll end the summer with a whole new toolbox full of revision strategies to use with your own writing and to share with your students!
Our amazing guest authors this summer include Kekla Magoon, Lauren Tarshis, Eliot Schrefer, Elly Swartz, Saadia Faruqi, Josh Funk, Amy Guglielmo, and more!
Educator & author Jen Vincent will host Weekly Check-Ins on Fridays at her new space: storyexploratory.substack.com. This is an opportunity to reflect on your writing practice, share the ups and downs of the week, and most importantly, really celebrate yourself.
And we’ll have some special events this summer as well! On July 31st, authors and writing teachers Jo Knowles and Rob Costello will host a free Revise and Shine Zoom workshop just for Teachers Write participants! Revise and Shine is a community of writers who offer critiques, retreats, and other services for passionate writers, and you can learn more about it here.
Teachers Write 2024 runs from July 8-August 2. You’ll get an email at the beginning of each week with writing lessons, prompts, and revision tips for you to work through on your own time, away from the screen if you’d like. Many will be lessons you can try out yourself and then bookmark to share with your kids later on. Join us, won’t you? Here’s the link to sign up. We’re looking forward to a great summer of revision!