Foundations of Effective Writing:

The Writing Rope Class

Course Overview

This course will provide a foundation for effective writing and is recommended for teaching writing with K-12 students. Participants will participate in a book/implementation study of The Writing Rope by Joan Sedita. The Writing Rope organizes multiple writing skills, strategies, and techniques into five components that represent the elements of a comprehensive writing curriculum: critical thinking, syntax, text structure, writing craft, and transcription.

Course Objectives

Participants will...

Learn the fundamentals of effective writing instruction.
Apply evidence-based practices in the classroom.
Learn how to help students write to learn.

Class Structure & Dates

This course is blended in nature - participants will meet synchronously via Zoom 3 times and will also complete asynchronous learning outside of the live Zoom sessions. Attendance and engagement in the Zoom sessions and full completion of outside learning is required for all participants. Participants have from January 29th- March 11th, 2024 to complete the asynchronous learning.

Participants will receive Zoom links upon registration for the course.

Synchronous Zoom Session Dates & Times: