Sunday, January 5, 2014

Creative Writing Second Semester


2014 January Creative Writing

Second semester in Creative Writing class, let’s design our goals and curriculum together, with some suggestions below:
·         More choice and more reading aloud in second semester
·         Creative reading leads to creative writing
·         Begin most days with short readings, end most days with short student readings
·         Students set individual goals
o   Outline your goals on your blog in right-hand column
·         Spoken Word and Songwriting  
o   Explicit lyrics
o   Louder than a Bomb
o   YouTube
o   Performing Spoken Word
·         Revisit Dr. Totland for a week
·         Article Writing
·         Responding to Photos
o   Found photo + commentary
o   Family Photo
o   Poetry or Creative Nonfiction
·         Longer Sustained Project
o   Sustained effort with Revision
o   Consider publishing on web or hardcopy
o   Poetry collection
o   Fiction (short stories or novella)
o   Screenplay
o   Play
o   Creative Memoir

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