Innovative lessons plans and ideas for teaching creative writing as well as samples of student writing resulting from the lessons.
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
"Sampling" Jazz Lyrics for Poetry
A lesson for creating vibrant, well-crafted characters.
Recreating Pictures with Words
Unifying Meaning with Parts of Speech
Collaborative Poems in the Classroom
Teaching the sonnets of Ishle Yi Park to high school students.
Unit for Middle School Students
Pairing Images with Words
Values that are Most Important
Diary Writing as a Vehicle to Explore Experience
Real-world experience of place can inform students' understanding of research.
Exploring the music genre of blues through contemporary rap and poetry.
Using vivid details to create a linguistic picture of a special person or pet.