Whether your learner is already passionate about writing or you are looking to cultivate a passion for writing join our class! Students will have the opportunity to collaborate, build upon their pre-existing skills, and develop a deeper love for the art of writing. If you like the looks of this class please also check out my Author's at Work: Creative Writing class. 

Authors at work in this class will do best if they can already form several sentences to compose a piece of at least one or more paragraphs. Using fictional ideas and short stories as our springboards we will expand on them by writing stories of our own. Students are welcome to use the prompts I provide or write freely with a similar idea that comes to mind. As we create pieces we will provide a special focus on detail and organization of fictional writing. Learners will be guided to focus on having a strong understanding of their story's characters, rising action, conflict, falling action and resolution. We will utilize dialogue to help us provide details as to how our characters are feeling, sensory details to describe the setting and make use of unique vocabulary as we recount the events that take place.  Authors are welcome to use sentence frames provided and I am happy to help structure graphic organizers to keep our thoughts properly assembled as we build our short stories. I so look forward to meeting your young author soon and hearing the pieces of writing they share aloud.

SCHEDULE:

Week of July 9th - July 15th:
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
     Prompt: You've traveled to another dimension with monsters. Are they terrifying or kind? How do you manage to get back home?

Week of July 16th - 22nd:
Go to Bed Monster! by, Natasha Wing
    Prompt: Imagine one of your drawings comes to life. What happens? How does the situation get resolved?

Week of July 23rd - 29th:
Owl Moon by, Jane Yolen
Prompt: Write a story for a character who has to show great patience for an excellent reward.

Week of July 30th - Aug 5th:
Beekle by, Dan Santat
Prompt: Write your own story from the perspective of an imaginary friend

Week of Aug 6th - Aug 12th:
 The Pigeon Wants a Puppy by, Mo Willems
   Prompt: Uh oh! Your pet can talk to you! What does it want? Do you give in?

Week of Aug 13th - Aug 19th:
The Kissing hand by,
   Prompt: write about your first day of school feelings


Previous stories and prompts:
Miss Spider's New Car by, David Kirk
Prompt: We'll look at a picture in this story of two spiders as you build your story as to what could be happening
Twister by, Darleen Bailey Beard
Prompt: Weathering a storm alone...
How I Became a Pirate by, Melinda Long
     Prompt: What would you do if you went to the beach with your family one day and became a pirate for a day?
Thunder Cake by, Patricia Polacco
Prompt: What storms scare you? Write a first person narrative.
My Friend Rabbit by, Eric Rohmann
Prompt: Using a picture from the story write your own narrative about what you think the animals are reaching for
 Stone Soup by, Marcia Brown
Prompt: Write about a time when someone or a group of people bring a community together 
When Lola Visits by Michelle Sterling
  Prompt: We'll take a look at how this author incorporates sensory details and give that a try ourselves!
The Camping Trip by Jennifer Mann
   Prompt: This author has a unique way of laying out stories using thought bubbles and sequencing. Let's see how creative we can get! 



Materials needed: 
-paper (lined or not! Though lined will help to keep our sentences aligned.) 
-a writing utensil (pencils preferred)

Disclaimer: If there are zero learners enrolled 24 hours before a meeting time the meeting is presumed to be canceled.

Cancellation policy: As an ongoing class, learner subscriptions are charged on a weekly basis. If a learner is going to miss class please stop the subscription by the Saturday before to ensure you aren't charged. A refund will not be issued otherwise.