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Creative Writing: Small Moment Memoirs

In this ongoing class, students will create memoirs based off small moments they experience in life.
Erika Mandel
Average rating:
4.8
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(216)
Class

What's included

1 live meeting
45 mins in-class hours per week
Homework
1-2 hours per week. Students will have to type a final draft each week after a class video chat. Before the video chat, they will have to write a comment on the classroom on their opinion of the visual posted.
Assessment
Students final writing pieces will be assessed and advice will be given by the teacher each week.

Class Experience

US Grade 7 - 10
In this creative writing class, every week students will choose a small moment they have experienced in their lives. Before class starts, they will share this moment on the classroom page. During video chats each week, each student will discuss their moment for ten minutes giving every detail they remember about the memory they are sharing. Then, I will have each student identify the lesson they learned from this moment, and the importance this moment had on their life. After identifying the important aspects of their memory, they will have twenty minutes to freely write and get their thoughts on paper. I will ask them questions to guide their thoughts. With the last fifteen minutes, they will be asked to add in a certain number of transitions, conversations, adjectives, figurative language, and more. Each week, we will focus on different aspects of writing that enhance a story to be the best that it can be. The major point for students to understand is how to make their memories come alive, so that they are not just retelling the moment, but reliving it for readers to experience as well. Students will then type the final draft of their writing after class to me in the classroom. I will check every week and give feedback to help students become fantastic creative writers. This class is structured to engaged students to learn to love writing and expressing their ideas. I will provide students with many writing tips to advance their writing to a higher level.
Learning Goals
Students will improve their writing skills, and learn to use conversations, transitions, aspects of a story, figurative language, and parts of speech correctly. Students will also learn how to write a memoir.
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Supply List
Paper and pencil!
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined December, 2019
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216reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
New Jersey Teaching Certificate in Elementary Education
New Jersey Teaching Certificate
Bachelor's Degree in Education from Rider University
I am a certified teacher for early education through middle school. I taught in the classroom in New Jersey where I live, and now own a tutoring company. I have tutored writing for over 15 years, and have helped students to recognize the developments of their writing over time. 

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$10

weekly
1x per week
45 min

Completed by 64 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 12-17
1-12 learners per class

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