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Creative writing is an expressive form of writing that encompasses various styles such as poetry, journal entries, and song lyrics. The class will focus on studying professional texts, learning literary terms, and analyzing writing techniques, while encouraging students to write creatively based on their insights. Students will also maintain a journal for ideas and reflections, and engage in various writing activities throughout the course.

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Day 1 Intro

Creative writing is an expressive form of writing that encompasses various styles such as poetry, journal entries, and song lyrics. The class will focus on studying professional texts, learning literary terms, and analyzing writing techniques, while encouraging students to write creatively based on their insights. Students will also maintain a journal for ideas and reflections, and engage in various writing activities throughout the course.

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What is creative

Creative writing iswriting?


writing that
is meant to express emotions,
thoughts, and feelings, rather
than just information.

It can take many forms: poetry,


journal writing, story writing,
song lyrics, and more! We’ll
What are we doing in
here?
The short answer is that we’ll be doing a lot of
writing! Throughout the class, we will study
professional texts in an attempt to learn what the
masters do. Then, we’ll take what we learn and try to
implement it into our own writing.

We’ll learn literary terms so we can speak like writers,


we’ll analyze the craft so we can think like writers,
What can I expect in
Every week we’ll examineclass?
one poem in depth—analyzing a
different aspect each day. This is to expose you to new authors
and showcase different writing techniques. At the end of the
week, you’ll have the chance to do your own writing based on the
poem studied.

We’ll learn a lot of literary vocabulary and study a variety of


authors. We will spend a lot of time examining how the best
writers perform their craft.
Journal Structure
★ Make sure your name is on your notebook. You may
want to put your name on the cover, and somewhere
inside too, just in case.
★ Then title your first page “Literary Terms.” Sometimes,
we will learn new words about writing. These are
important for practicing your craft; we will also take a
test on these words at the end of the course, so make
sure you are keeping up and taking notes!
★ Count the first ten pages. We’ll save these for our
Journal Structure (Cont.)
★ Periodically, I will check your notebooks to make sure
you are keeping up with our writing and activities. To
make sure you get credit for each day, make sure
you date and title any activities we do.
★ If you write something that you really want me to
read, you can put a star next to that day’s date.
★ Remember that I am a mandatory reporter by law.
That means there are certain things I am required to
report to various authorities.
Ideas List
★ Before we get too deep into the class, I want to make
sure you always have a list of topics to write about or
to get you thinking. We’re going to make three “Top
Ten Lists” in our journal. Whenever you feel stumped,
you can go back to these lists. Any item on the lists
will make a great topic for a descriptive poem, a
journal entry, and can be ideas for other things, like
settings.
★ Number your paper from 1-10. Ready for your first
Ideas List
★ Write down the top ten places you want to visit
(if you can’t think of ten, list as many as you
can).
Ideas List
★ Write down the top ten places you want to visit
(if you can’t think of ten, list as many as you
can).
★ Now, write down ten things you’re grateful for.
Ideas List
★ Write down the top ten places you want to visit
(if you can’t think of ten, list as many as you
can).
★ Now, write down ten things you’re grateful for.
★ Lastly write down ten activities, hobbies, or
things you really enjoy (for example,
basketball may be a hobby of yours so you list
it, but if you love Wi-Fi, you can list that too!)
Great Job!
★ Believe it or not, you’re already demonstrating
a lot of skills involved in creative writing!
You’re brainstorming, thinking, and most
importantly—putting words on paper! You also
have a full thirty topics now for future writing
projects. Go you!
★ Now, let’s set up our folders for class, by
writing our first poem!
Congratulations!
★ You’ve written your first poem of the
class!
★ Now, take some time to admire your
classmates’ work!
Now What?
★ We’ll be doing a lot more writing—some may be easy,
some may be more challenging for you.
★ You should be brave in your writing, try new things, and
most importantly, embrace mistakes. Nothing anyone
writes is going to be perfect the first time!
★ You should also try to have fun! You will have a lot of
choice when it comes to subject matter and the way you
approach writing assignments. Write about what interest
you and write about it in a way that you would find
interesting.
This is a blank slide
★ Fill it in with any other information you want to cover on
the first day

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