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Creative Writing: The Building Blocks

An ongoing class that aims to develop young learners creative writing by focusing on the basic writing skills.
Karen Bunyan
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4.9
Number of reviews:
(383)
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What's included

1 live meeting
40 mins in-class hours per week
Homework
1 hour per week. If students would like their work marked and assessed, they will need to send the independent work they complete during the lesson after class has finished - this is optional and does not have to be completed.
Assessment
Students work during the lesson will receive verbal feedback and suggestions for edits and improvements. Independent work sent at the end of the lesson will be marked using ADAM: acquiring, developing, applying, mastering.
Grading
included

Class Experience

US Grade 3 - 4
Beginner - Intermediate Level
This class is designed to help students develop their ability to write descriptive, detailed, technically accurate sentences and short paragraphs. The lessons use the English KS2 Curriculum for years 3 and 4 (ages 7 to 9) standards. Students will receive a handout to help with each lesson. 
Each class will focus on using sentence structure, sentence openers, vocabulary choices, adjectives, verbs, extended noun phrases, figurative techniques and punctuation to create detailed descriptive sentences and short paragraphs. 
The class uses the model and practice teaching method. Students will see an exemplar of the skill and type of writing being practised and then practice the sentences themselves. Students will receive handouts to help with vocabulary that focus on what they will be describing in the lesson. Each lesson will also include 5 words that they will try to use in their writing to help develop a more adventurous vocabulary. 
Each week students will use picture prompts to help write descriptive sentences, and modelled sentences to demonstrate the skills we are practising. 
At the end of the lesson students will work on a piece of independent writing that can then be sent for marking, assessment and feedback. 
Week commencing 4th of November - fireworks
Week commencing 11th of November - the senses 
Week commencing 18th of November- synonyms
Week commencing 25th of November - snow
PLEASE NOTE THE SATURDAY SECTION OF THIS CLASS ONLY RUNS EVERY OTHER WEEK - NOT EVERY WEEK.
Learning Goals
Students will identify and practise the basic building blocks of creative writing.
learning goal

Other Details

Supply List
All resources relevant to the lesson will be posted in classroom the day before class.
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Joined June, 2020
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383reviews
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Teacher expertise and credentials
I am an English teacher with over 20 years experience in the classroom and have been running popular creative writing classes on Outschool for nearly 3 years.

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$15

weekly
1x per week
40 min

Completed by 74 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 7-9
3-8 learners per class

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