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How to Write a Short Story (IEW)

Learn how to craft effective plots, create realistic scenes, develop authentic characters, and much more!

Mrs. Jen Altman MSEd

334 total reviews for this teacher

Completed by 5 learners

12-16

year olds

3-12

learners per class

$120

Charged upfront

$15 per class

Meets 1x per week

Over 8 weeks

55 minutes per class

Available Times

Pacific

Available Times

Pacific

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Description

Class Experience

A natural extension of the IEW Unit 3 model for students in grades 6–12, this resource provides explanations and exercises for each stage of story construction: getting ideas, developing effective plots, creating realistic scenes, and characterization.

This is ideal for students who want to write longer stories.

Lesson 1:  Ideas for Stories:  Given instruction about ideas for stories , the learner will be able to identify and record good concepts and then know how to start the...

I am a registered IEW instructor.

Optional assignments will be given for students to apply the steps taught each week for building a story.

In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:Google classroom

55 minutes per week in class, and an estimated 0 - 1 hours per week outside of class.

Teacher

Mrs. Jen Altman MSEd

🇺🇸

Lives in the United States

Masters in Education

334 total reviews

227 completed classes

About Me

I am a homeschooling mom of 5.  I have a Masters Degree in Education, specializing in Early Childhood Education.  I taught English as a foreign language online to kids  in Asia for 4 years.  I have children ages 15, 12, 11, 8 and 6.  I taught...