Craft Minecraft Descriptive Creative Writing Poem
Connect social emotional learning to Minecraft characters and biomes. English Language Arts ELA poetry skills. Adjectives. Adverbs. Adding details. Social interactive. Neurodiverse neurodivergent inclusive. Homeschool and summer friendly.
What's included
1 live meeting
40 mins in-class hoursAssignments
1 hour per week. 1-2 throughout the classGrading
Positive, specific feedback upon request. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation is not a focus of this class.Class Experience
US Grade 5 - 8
Beginner - Advanced Level
Minecraft is an international sandbox game with creators from around the world. Their creation of Minecraft mobs and the unique biomes they live in will inspire Minecraft loving learners to explore emotions and use descriptive words, such as adjectives and adverbs, to create unique poetry using my custom format as a suggested guide. We will begin with a discussion, brainstorming ideas about Minecraft mobs and their potential emotions. We will define adjective and adverbs and their use as ways to add descriptive details. I will present my custom format line by line, offering learners time to creatively write as we go. Learners are welcome to follow their own muse as well and forego my format. Learners wishing to share their finished creations are invited, and not pressured, to do so. If they wish, learners are welcome to share in the chat or read their work/s out loud. If they wish, they can even type their poem into a book & quill in Minecraft and sign it! Spelling, grammar, conventions, and punctuation are not a focus of this class and there is not any expectation to display their creation visually unless they wish to on camera or in the chat. Learners can use my custom format to continue their Minecraft writing creations if desired beyond class time. I cannot wait to see what your Minecraft poet creates.
Learning Goals
Connecting Minecraft mobs to emotions and building experience using adjectives and adverbs as descriptive tools to add clarity and sparkle to their creative poetic writing.
Other Details
Learning Needs
As a neurodivergent person myself, and an experienced, highly trained & certified educator, I create my classes to be especially neurodiverse inclusive for learners with dyslexia, autism ASD, 2e, gifted, ADHD, & PDA. Homeschool friendly.
Parental Guidance
Minecraft software and gamer tags are not needed for this writing class.
Supply List
Something to write with and on. You are welcome to use paper, digital documents, voice to text, or even a book and quill in Minecraft.
Not an official Minecraft product. Not approved or associated with Mojang.
Teacher expertise and credentials
Florida Teaching Certificate in English/Language Arts
2 Degrees
Master's Degree in Education from Florida State University
Bachelor's Degree in Psychology from University of Florida
I am a highly experienced and actively certified English Language Arts teacher, certified School Library Media Technology Specialist (PreK-12th grade), certified TVI, homeschool educator, and an avid Minecraft gamer. I also have a Master of Science: Curriculum and Instruction VI degree and have a Minecraft Education Edition certification.
I am also published poet who has facilitated writing workshops for students as well as adults. I have previously received grants leading young writers to publish their own books of creative writing. I continuously seek to be inclusive and empowering towards every learner in every class.
Reviews
Live One-Time Class
$20
per classMeets once
40 min
Completed by 7 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
1-6 learners per class