NEW! Workshop for Writers

Not for Teachers Only!

Curriculum Conversation #2: The Scarlet Letter

Competent Knowledge: Preparing Students for Life in a Democratic Society

Creative Nonfiction: Telling the Truth

Creative nonfiction reports back to us from what we call the real world.

Inquiry Into Essay

Inquiry into Essay focuses on different kinds of essays, including the analytic, as finished products.

NEW FOCUS Thinking Historically through Writing: The Challenge of Teaching the History of the 1960s to Today's Students

Although nearly a half a century in the past, the 1960s evoke excitement in the contemporary imagination and in the minds and hearts of many of our students.

NEW Writing to Read Science: Text, Lab Experiment, Lecture

Working with a case study in evolutionary biology, this workshop brings together the textual, didactic, and experimental components of teaching science to consider how writing can be integrated into the science classroom.

Poetry for Today’s Classrooms

Poetry may be the best way to experience the imaginative vitality of language.

Revolutionary Grammar

We will ask what grammar is, what it is for, and what it contributes to meaning and expression.

Teaching the Academic Paper

The workshop redefines academic writing and offers methods for teaching it.

Writing and Thinking

This workshop provides a retreat where teachers reflect on the way they teach writing.

Writing Retreat for Teachers

In response to requests from teachers who have participated in Institute workshops and now want to give time to their own writing in a congenial environment, we offer the Writing Retreat for Teachers.

Writing to Learn

Inventive writing strategies that help students gain a better understanding of complex ideas.