Jake Burt’s workshop: “Yeah, but how do YOU write?” was a hit at our 2025 Dear Teacher conference! He’s generously provided us with resources from his session: hands-on, steal-able mini-lessons and activities you can drop into a writing lesson (anytime, anywhere!) to build student confidence and create a culture of authorship in your classroom. Bonus: These activities will improve YOUR writing too!

ABOUT JAKE

Jake is an author of award-winning books for middle grade readers (Greetings From Witness Protection!, Cleo Porter and the Body Electric, etc.) and a twenty-two-year veteran of the classroom. He’s taught everything from kindergarten (don’t ask) to college (in China) to fifth grade (his favorite).