Happy Summer, friends! It’s time for another summer of Teachers Write, our free, online summer writing camp especially for teachers & librarians. If you haven’t already registered, you can sign up here. Once that’s done, just pull up an Adirondack chair and join us with your notebook or laptop! Teachers Write begins on July 10th.
Whether you’re a long-time camper or brand new this year, I’m so glad you’re here. Just like always, you’ll get mini-lessons and writing prompts delivered right to your in-box. This year, we’re going to focus on poetry and play!
While Teachers Write is designed especially for teachers and librarians, anyone is welcome to follow along with our weekly writing prompts, mini-lessons, and challenges. You can participate as much or as little as you’d like. The goal is to get writing in a fun, low-pressure atmosphere and to have fun. Teachers and librarians who write for themselves are stronger mentors and more empathetic facilitators for student writers, too.
This summer, some amazing mentor poets will be joining us, and they’re just as excited to write with you as I am. Watch for an announcement soon!
Teachers Write 2023 will begin on July 10 and wrap up on August 4, with each week’s writing prompts and lessons delivered to your email inbox on Monday morning (and look for some midweek bonus posts this summer, too!). Educator-writer Jen Vincent will also host weekly check-in posts on her blog, where those who wish can continue the conversation online, sharing reflections, writing, and feedback.
Don’t forget – this is a no-pressure, participate-on-your-own-terms summer, so feel free to sign up, even if you think you might only try one or two prompts, or if you’d just like to watch from the sidelines. However you choose to participate, I think you’ll come out of this season of writing feeling more confident about writing poetry and excited about your toolbox of new ideas to try with student writers, too. But most of all, I hope that writing in community with us brings you joy, which is so essential in our teaching and writing lives.
Join us, won’t you? You can sign up for Teachers Write 2023 here, and then look for an email from me in your in-box on Monday, July 10th!
I’d love to participate!