Create, Describe and Write With Style

This is a course that is ongoing.  Feel free to drop in and out as you would like. 

We will be using our imaginations, creativity and writing skills to engage a reader.  This will be a prompt driven class with a mini lesson and lots of time to grow into your writing style.  The teacher will be creating and sharing too, while offering feedback and support as students demand it. You can share, you don't have to share.  You can talk, laugh and engage other students for their ideas and feedback.  Very low stress course.  

I teach within the common core standards and incorporate writing standards into my minilessons.  I offer minilessons that make sense to our writing task. After the minilesson, students begin the writing process.  They can choose to utilize my prompt or just write within the creative idea of the day.  

Teacher and students will write together. Students can actively engage with the teacher and ask for suggestions or read sections they are excited about. The class is very laid back where creativity is sure to flourish.  If you are looking for grammar, spelling, sentence structure lessons I can incorporate my 1-1-tutoring to make the transition seamless.  


Week of Jan 18th
Develop Characterization skills.
The Unexpected Reunion: Write about a character who reunites with a childhood friend after many years. However, the friend is not who they once were — they’ve changed, physically or emotionally. How does this reunion unfold? How does it challenge your character's identity or expectations?
The Secret Skill: Your character has a hidden talent or skill that nobody knows about. Write a scene where this talent is revealed, but there are consequences for doing so.
The Second Chance: Imagine a character who gets to relive a single day from their past, but with the knowledge and perspective they have now. What do they do differently? How does this change the course of their life?
The Guardian: A character discovers they have an imaginary friend who turns out to be real, but with a very specific, hidden purpose. Write from the character’s perspective as they begin to understand the friend’s true role in their life.
Week of Jan 25th
Develop Setting 
The Forgotten Town: Write about a character who stumbles upon a forgotten, almost mythical town that is not on any maps. What strange, unexplained phenomena occur there? How does the town affect the character?
Out of Time: A character wakes up to find that time has stopped, but they are still able to move. How do they explore the frozen world? What do they learn about themselves and their surroundings in the process?
A Single Object: Choose an ordinary object (a clock, a broken mirror, a book) and imagine a world where this object holds tremendous power or significance. Write about a character’s quest to obtain or destroy it.
Week of Feb 1st
Plot/Conflict 
The Paradoxical Choice: Your character must make a choice between two equally devastating consequences, but the outcome is not what they expect. Write about their inner conflict and the eventual decision.
The Stolen Memory: A character discovers someone has stolen a significant memory from them. Write a story that explores the quest to recover it and the emotional toll it takes.
The Unseen Witness: A character witnesses a crime or disaster, but they aren’t sure whether what they saw was real or a hallucination. Write a story that explores their confusion, the consequences of their silence, and whether or not they act on what they witnessed.
Week of Feb 8th
Develop Dialogue
In the Waiting Room: Two strangers are stuck in a waiting room together, and over the course of a long delay, they reveal something deeply personal about themselves. What is their conversation like? What do they learn from each other, and what secrets come to light?
The Unexpected Visitor: Write a dialogue between two characters, one of whom is desperately trying to convince the other that they’re not crazy, while the other insists they’re in danger from an unknown threat.
The Confession: One character confesses something deeply embarrassing or shameful to someone they trust. The other character’s reaction is not what they expect.
Week of Feb 15th
Writing a love or not so love story.  Focusing on the elements of romance. 
Week of Feb 22nd
Develop POV
The Outsider’s View: Write a scene from the perspective of someone who doesn’t quite fit into the setting they’re in. This could be a tourist in a foreign city, a new student in a high school, or someone attending a wedding where they don’t know anyone.
The Object’s Perspective: Choose an inanimate object (a chair, a lamp, a book) and write a scene from its point of view, observing human interaction. What does it “think” of the people around it? What does it know or witness that humans do not?
The Unreliable Narrator: Write a scene from the point of view of a character who is lying to themselves, hiding the truth from the reader. The twist at the end should reveal that the narrator’s version of events is far from the truth.
Week of March 1st 
Theme based prompts
Resilience: Write about a character who is forced to endure a difficult situation, but they find an unexpected source of strength that keeps them going. What drives them? How do they evolve through the experience?
Identity and Transformation: A character is given the opportunity to completely change their identity—physically, mentally, or emotionally. Write about the process of transformation and the challenges it brings.
Isolation: A character is stranded alone in a remote location for an extended period. Write about their emotional and psychological journey as they wrestle with their isolation.
Week of March 29th
Develop Fantasy
A kingdom is on the brink of collapse, and a mythical creature (think dragon, griffin, or phoenix) has appeared to offer a solution. However, their help comes with a mysterious price. What will the characters sacrifice?
Week of April 5th
Develop Science Fiction
The last human alive on Earth is given the option to join a space colony on another planet. However, the ship is set to leave in one hour, and they are unsure whether they want to leave the only place they’ve ever known.
Week of April 12th
Develop a Horror Story
A seemingly ordinary object begins to haunt the protagonist, showing up in increasingly strange and terrifying ways. Write about their escalating fear and the mystery behind the object.
Week of April 19th 
Importance of Setting
Take a well-known scene from literature or film and change the setting entirely (for example, a medieval castle becomes a modern-day office). How does the setting change the dynamics of the original scene?


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