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Academic Vs. Creative Writing: What You Need to Know Before You Teach
Creative Writing ► January 8, 2023

Academic Vs. Creative Writing: What You Need to Know Before You Teach

In college and during your teacher training, you probably spent a lot of time discussing how to teach writing to students. Even if you didn’t discuss writing pedagogy, you know the basics of academic writing...

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How to Rewrite a Fairy Tale with Your Creative Writing Class
Creative Writing ► December 11, 2022

How to Rewrite a Fairy Tale with Your Creative Writing Class

Having students rewrite a fairy tale or fable is a classic Creative Writing project–and for good reason! There is so much for students to learn and so many skills for students to practice during this...

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How to Teach the Best Author Study Project
Creative Writing ► May 29, 2022

How to Teach the Best Author Study Project

Coming up with a final project for the Creative Writing class you’re teaching can be tough. How do you create a project that is engaging and rigorous? How do you incorporate differentiation and enough mentor texts? One solution to this problem is having your students complete an Author Study Project. 

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Creative Writing Skills: 6 Lessons You Need To Teach Today
Creative Writing ► May 15, 2022

Creative Writing Skills: 6 Lessons You Need To Teach Today

What skills should your students be learning? In this post, I’m going to share some essential Creative Writing skills you should be teaching in your high school Creative Writing class. 

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Hands-On Figurative Language Activities for your High School Class
Creative Writing ► March 6, 2022

Hands-On Figurative Language Activities for your High School Class

It’s absolutely astonishing how little high schoolers understand figurative language. Even my seniors struggled to tell me the difference between similes and metaphors (didn’t they learn that like every year in middle school?). And they didn’t have the attention span to work their way through worksheet after worksheet of figurative language practice. So I came up with some figurative language activities to review and practice their skills–without boring my high school students to death!

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5 Quick Tips for Teaching Odes to High Schoolers
Creative Writing ► November 28, 2021

5 Quick Tips for Teaching Odes to High Schoolers

So you’re teaching odes to high schoolers. Odes are complicated poems and the classical ones can be difficult for struggling readers to understand. This doesn’t mean they’re impossible, however! Regardless of your students’ abilities, you...

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How to Teach Creative Writing to High School Students
Creative Writing ► September 5, 2021

How to Teach Creative Writing to High School Students

Creative Writing was forced onto my schedule; I didn’t ask for it. But it ended up becoming my favorite class period of the day. While academic English courses can feel high-stakes and always short on...

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Teaching Creative Writing: Tips for Your High School Class
Creative Writing ► April 18, 2021

Teaching Creative Writing: Tips for Your High School Class

When I was first told that I’d be teaching creative writing, I panicked. While I had always enjoyed writing myself, I had no idea how to show others how to do it creatively. After all, all of my professional development had focused on argumentative writing and improving test scores. Eventually, though, I came to love my creative writing class, and I think you will too. In this post, I hope to help you with shaping your own creative writing class.

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How to Use Fun Activities to Teach Poetry
Creative Writing ► November 29, 2020

How to Use Fun Activities to Teach Poetry

When I was first told that I'd be teaching a creative writing class, I immediately want to find fun activities to teach poetry. Over time, I've built up a small arsenal of fun activities to teach poetry in all of its aspects. In this post, I'll share my favorites with you!

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How to Host A Figurative Language Tasting
Creative Writing ► May 3, 2020

How to Host A Figurative Language Tasting

If your experiences are at all like mine, you might have some students who just will not write creatively. They'll create essays compliantly, but ask them to use their imagination and they freeze. In this post, I'll teach you how to host a figurative language tasting activity--a lesson that gets kids writing every time!

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