Writing Workouts Book Study
Join us for an online book study on Rebecca G. Harper's new book, Writing Workouts. This book provides a method for instruction that gives students the fun they want and the targeted skill practice they need. Rebecca G. Harper shows us just how to use the method systematically, so writing is tied to relevant lessons and standards.
This book study will help educators learn the ways in which we can help students hone their skills in persuasive writing, argument, fiction, poetry, memoir, and more, while toggling between brief and multistep writing tasks to build stamina. We will tap into auditory, visual, kinesthetic, and digital components of crafting and think about word-, sentence-, and paragraph-level techniques. We will even learn how to help students jump the high jumps of research writing by getting good at each smaller leap. Harper's strength-training approach to writing helps students to exercise a plethora of skills to build their writing muscles and make their language come alive.
Each week, we will explore new writing exercises and study how we can incorporate these quick and daily writing practices into our pre-existing lessons. We will engage in discourse and reflection on the ways in which we can utilize, implement, and customize these exercises to meet the needs of our students across the content-areas of our classrooms.
NOTE: Participants will need to obtain a copy of the book, Writing Workouts, prior to the start of the course.
FORMAT: Asynchronous online learning
DATES: 7/6/25 - 8/10/25
GCRTC FACILITATOR/CONTACT: Erica Boms Egdemir, GCRTC Teacher Leadership Coach for the Humanities
FEE: None. Registration is required.
CTLE HOURS: 15
REGISTRATION: https://tinyurl.com/yrrk6p69