Writers' Circle

Literacy Works' eight-week Writers' Circle workshops give adult learners a rare chance to transform their personal stories and life experience into words on the page. The Writers' Circle model arose from the work of the late Hal Adams, a founder of the Neighborhood Writing Alliance, Journal of Ordinary Thought, the Community Writing Project, and Real Conditions, through which the writing workshop was developed as a "grassroots think tank."

As Writers' Circle participants write, revise, and discuss their works, they develop critical thinking and writing skills while creating a supportive learning community. The Writers' Circle approach prepares participants to work cooperatively and constructively, skills that transfer to the workplace and other educational settings. 

Literacy Works has presented Writers' Circles in diverse settings, including literacy programs and sites ranging from a correctional center to a housing program for low-income women.

Writers' Circle has a lasting impact on its participants. One student wrote, Thank you. Thank you. Writers' Circle was an incredible experience. I didn't think I had it in me to write, until you showed me different.

At the end of each workshop, Literacy Works compiles and publishes participants' poetry and prose in a beautiful book that features the authors' portraits alongside their words.

TO READ THE WORKS IN EACH COLLECTION CLICK ON THE LINKS:


TUTORING TIP:  Print out some of these writings to use as reading texts for
your students.

TO LEARN MORE

Please visit our Writers' Circle gallery.

To learn more about Writers' Circle, contact Literacy Works at info@litworks.org.



         

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