In this summer course, CiRCE-Certified Master Teacher Tana Pageler will offer an introduction toThe Lost Tools of Writing. Designed to help you teach your students, this LTW class for adults will model the teaching process, while also helping you improve your own writing and thinking. This webinar style class will engage a group of participants as models for a classroom. These sessions will reveal the ancient truths behind the LTW program while at the same time enabling you to teach effectively and calmly on a day-to-day basis. Tana will reveal how to solve the three problems all writers face, the questions that make for the kind of deep thinking that leads to skillful writing, and why writing does not need to be a stressful or intimidating process.

This shortened summer course will include the big picture of LTW, some difficulties students and teachers encounter, and sample lessons. Over the course of six weeks, we will meet weekly during the day for two hours online.  Tana will provide a thorough introduction to the tools as well as the teaching of the tools. All essays will be included during the six-week period, which is twenty-four weeks of lessons in just six weeks! Join us for this new opportunity to be introduced to The Lost Tools of Writing from home in only six weeks during July and August 2023. While this class is called an intensive for a reason, Tana will keep you connected to the big picture of LTW while shining light on individual lessons.

Required Reading Prior to class: Participants should readThe Lost Tools of Writing Teacher’s Guide introduction, Essay One, and appendices. Reading, writing, and teaching individual lessons before or during the class weeks is also helpful.