Innovative lessons plans and ideas for teaching creative writing as well as samples of student writing resulting from the lessons.
Activities for literary and personal empowerment
The Value of Reciting Poetry
One of three lesson plans that accompany the essay "The Advanced Class."
One of three lesson plans that accompany the essay "The Advanced Class."
One of three lesson plans that accompany the essay "The Advanced Class."
Using analytical writing to explore a reading experiences on the page and on the screen.
Encouraging students to push back against culturally accepted norms.
How Jericho Brown, Diana Ross, and Janis Joplin Can Inspire Student Writing
How can campaigning be a jumping-off point for imagination and fiction?
Motivate by showing fascinating ways that words enter our language
Using poetry to reinforce content area words in an English Language Arts classroom.
Lesson plan
Bridging Borders With Words: Writing With Immigrant and Refugee Students
Found Poetry in Workshops
Exploring identity through the senses.
How is writing an extension of voice and what happens when it is heard aloud?
Preparing students for explanatory, persuasive, and analytical composition.
A Streetcar Named Desire
Teaching Haiku with Sydell Rosenberg
A lesson using translation as a way to teach revision in poetry.
Counting, Decoding, & Rhythm
Practicing Peer Feedback
Using visuals to introduce writing modes to students.
Collaborative Storytelling