Creative Writing (Entering grades 7-12)
Sign up for one, two, or all three weeks!
Creative writing is a process of exploration and discovery. This Creative Writing Workshop offers an opportunity for eager and motivated students to investigate ideas and reflect on their experiences. Students will be challenged in both fiction and nonfiction, through short stories, nonfiction narratives, and poems, to produce work that will be critiqued by the teacher with the aims of developing their skills in written expression and creating tools for critical evaluation of their writing. Students’ work will also be shared with the class in small groups where methods for constructive criticism will be developed and applied. In the small-group writing workshops, personal attention will be given to each student. In addition, we’ll read excerpts from exemplary writers and poets. The aim is to become more insightful writers, more perceptive readers, more confident students, and become even more excited about writing!
Learning Outcomes
Upon completing this workshop, students will gain:
- Greater motivation and confidence about writing, and greater enjoyment
- Commitment to keep challenging themselves
- Greater understanding of the skills needed to improve and develop no matter what the level of achievement and ambition
- Deeper appreciation for the writing process and openness to what others write.
Take one week or all three!
Instructor: J. Florence
Week 1, 3: 10-2
Week 2, 8-10