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WORKSHOP
YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A WRITER TO GET KIDS TO WRITE
(P.S. YOU BECOME A WRITER WHEN YOU WRITE WITH KIDS!)
With Rob Sanders, Wednesday, October 30, 2024 8:00 pm - 9:30 pm ET | Online via Zoom
Free. Suggested donation of $10.
Helping students take their learning deeper can happen when they put pencil to paper (or fingers to keyboards). Rob Sanders will use his book QUEER & FEARLESS: POEMS CELEBRATING THE LIVES OF LGBTQ+ HEROES (and other fabulous books) to show you how mentor texts can model for students how to put their learning into words. In this interactive session you’ll discover practical writing exercises that you can take into your classroom and implement with your students anytime—even tomorrow. From waterfall writing to limericks, from abecedarians to diamantes, from found poems to shaped poems—these examples can give students new ways to express their learning and may even get you writing, too. Bring pencil and paper, unmute yourself, and be ready to interact just like you would if we were learning together in a classroom.
Register now to be a part of this great opportunity!
Presenter:
Rob Sanders, from Brandon, Florida, is a teacher who writes and a writer who teaches. He is
known for his funny and fierce fiction and nonfiction picture books and is recognized as one of
the pioneers in the arena of LGBTQIA+ literary nonfiction picture books.
Rob’s nonfiction books continue to break new ground, including the first picture books about the Pride Flag, the
Stonewall Uprising, a transgender Civil War soldier, a gay presidential candidate, and the first
gay marriage in America. His work also continues to introduce readers to heroes of the
LGBTQIA+ community—from Harvey Milk to Gilbert Baker, from Cleve Jones to Bayard Rustin,
and more. His fiction explores friendship, relationships, standing up for others, and being allies.
Blood Brothers, his first middle grade novel, written in powerful, raw verse released in July 2022
and was named an NCTE 2023 Notable Novel in Verse. 2024 releases will include Rob’s first
nonfiction poetry collection—Queer and Fearless: Poems Celebrating the Lives of LGBTQ Heroes
(Penguin Workshop) and two fiction picture books—Between You and Me (HarperCollins) and
We Are a Class! (Beaming Books).
Rob believes in paying it forward. He serves on the SCBWI
Impact and Legacy Fund Steering Committee and is a frequent speaker, teacher, mentor, coach,
and critiquer. Rob is represented by Rubin Pfeffer and Amy Flynn of Aevitas Creative
Management.
Website: robsanderswrites.com
Facebook: RobSandersWrites
Instagram: RobSandersWrites