Creative writing

The assignment starts with students finding an object (a lost article of clothing, a key, an earring, someone’s shopping list), which they will then use to develop a short piece of fiction.  Their goal is to use the author’s tools of characterization, plot structure, sensory imagery and...

In this task, students will study a variety of published memoirs (in print and online), write a memoir and deliver it as a dramatic reading to the class. Students should keep a notebook of pre-writing ideas from which they will choose a subject for their finished memoir. They will engage in a...

In order to address the essential question “How do writers convey/communicate a person’s experience with a disability through creative writing?” students will:

• Compose a multi genre creative writing collection of their choice that includes at least 3-4 pieces (memoir, short story,
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