Creative Writing Workshop: Poetry
In this ongoing online course, students will have the opportunity to write new poems with guided prompts, share their poetry, learn to give feedback on others' creative work and receive feedback on their own writing.
Kourtney Husnick
Average rating:
4.0
Number of reviews:(6)
What's included
1 live meeting
1 in-class hours per weekHomework
1 hour per week. Homework is entirely optional. Students who wish to bring pre-written poetry into the weekly class that was written in their free time are encouraged to do so, but those who want to focus on the in-class writing prompts and workshop process are at no disadvantage for not completing outside work. Suggestions of extra activities, exercises, or readings that students can complete will be made each week.Assessment
Students will receive feedback from classmates and from me for every poem they share during the class. In order to encourage creative freedom and the writing process, no formal assessments will be made.Class Experience
US Grade 9 - 12
This poetry writing workshop will expand students' ideas of poetry and poetic forms. Students will be given different writing prompts to try out to create new poems during the class. They will also get to share their poetry written both in and out of class time with their peers to receive feedback on their work in a traditional (but online) writing workshop atmosphere. Each week's class session will be broken up into 15 minutes of in-class writing and 45 minutes of workshopping poetry shared by students in the class. If the class size is ever too small for this setup, extra writing and revision activities will be given to accommodate workshopping times. Students who take this class should already have an interest in poetry, but it is not required that they have work ready to share for workshopping prior to joining the class. The majority of this class will be based on writing activities and discussion. Due to this setup, each week's lesson will be different and learner-directed.
Learning Goals
Students will have many opportunities to write and revise poetry throughout this class. They will also learn to give and receive feedback on poetry in a workshop setting.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
Poetry may contain content personal to students, but not including personally-identifying information. This may include social/political commentary students wish to focus on and/or strong emotions.
Supply List
Students will need tools to write with. All other materials will be provided in class through the resources provided.
1 file available upon enrollment
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Joined May, 2020
4.0
6reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
I earned a minor in English with a focus on creative writing when I completed my bachelor's degree. I have participated in multiple writing workshops, and I have two poems that have been published in a literary magazine. Reviews
Live Group Class
$15
weekly1x per week
60 min
Completed by 5 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 14-18
3-15 learners per class
