Creative Writing

2711

Prerequisite:  Open to juniors and seniors.  This course does not fulfill the three-year English graduation requirement

Creative Writing is a class in which students study a variety of genres including: short stories, poetry, creative nonfiction, and longer pieces of fiction. A heavy emphasis is placed on “Workshopping” pieces. Students bring in a draft of a work in progress, share it with other students in the class and receive specific feedback. During the process, students focus on reader-based criterion to help each other understand the strengths of each other’s writing and learn how to point to specific areas for improvement. The “Workshopping” process will lead to a variety of products including: imovie videos based on a student’s poem, exploring themes from multiple genres, and a finished portfolio of six to eight completed works. Students are asked to select a piece to perform in a Creative Writing Festival with several other local schools to celebrate the process of creativity. Frequently, students seek out different avenues to publish their creative writing including Troubador, Stage Write, and Chronicles of our Independent. 

This class may be repeated as Creative Writing 2. 

Teachers: 

E. Hurtig