Master Your Writing: From Brainstorming to Paragraphs (Full Year Curriculum)

☘️ Welcome to the writing class! All students are welcome whether your learner simply enjoys writing, or they are looking for a unique approach to boost their writing skills!

☘️ Students will explore a range of topics and I will use presentations, videos, interactive tools,  and visuals for student engagement. The primary focus is on Fictional Writing, however, I do sprinkle in Personal Narrative as it complements fictional writing nicely.
 
☘️ Each week learners will learn how to brainstorm and organize their ideas or information chronologically.  Students will be asked to write a story based on a writing prompt, and once a month they will have a chance to explore their ideas as well.

☘️, After brainstorming, they will write a paragraph. I will also reinforce, sentence fluency, word choice, story structure, etc through some writing activities ranging from collaborative writing to individual writing. 

☘️ Students will also have some take-home activities as well! Students are encouraged to hand in their writing which I will assess from Monday to Thursday. I ask that students do their best to edit using the writing checklist  I  provided in the welcome post.

☘️ Please note that even if this is a drop-in class, students will learn all the different facets of required for them to become excellent writers
Here is the current tentative schedule.

NEW YEAR 2024-2025
Sept 7th: Dogman writing + Dialogue practice
Sept 11th:Dogman Writing+ Conflict and Resolution
Sept 18th: Dogman Writing + Conflict and Resolution
Sept 25th:  Wings of Fire Writing (Character building) &Using Adjectives
Sept 29th: Wings of Fire writing(plot) & Using Adverbs

Oct 6th: Wings of Fire writing & FANBOYS
Oct 13th: Showing vs. telling (Halloween writing)
Oct 20th: Showing vs. telling (Halloween writing)
Oct 27th: Explore character & Sentence rearrangement( Halloween writing)

Nov 3rd: Explore character & Sentence rearrangement( Halloween writing)
Nov 10th: Mystery writing: Kidnapped(Tr)
Nov 17th: Mystery writing: Area 51 (Sh vs T& Prg)(Part 2)
Nov 24th: Mystery Writing & effective endings + strong verbs

Dec 1: Mystery Writing & Character Analysis
Dec 8th: Fantasy/Holiday writing & Character Analysis
Dec 15th: Fantasy/Holiday writing& Character Analysis 
Dec 29th: Phoenix writing&  point of view of a Phoenix(show vs telling).

Jan 5th: Phoenix writing & Exciting verbs
Jan 12th:Lochness writing &  Show vs telling
Jan 19th: Kitsune writing & Sentence variety
Jan 26th: Kitsune writing & sentence variety

Feb 2nd:Explore Literary Devices-Flashback+ sequence writing
Feb 9th: Explore Literary Devices-Flashback+ sequence writing
Feb 16th:Explore Literary Devices-Foreshadowing+ sequence writing
Feb 23rd: Explore Literary Devices-Foreshadowing+ sequence writing

Class structure.

00:00- 03:00- Greetings and a Warm-up activity
03:00-13:00- Writing skills activity
13:00-23:00-Story Planning
23:00- 37:00- Writing
37:00- 50:00- Sharing & Positive Critiquing.

I do have an introductory writing class as well, for learners who are beginning to write and learn the elements of a story.

My office hours are in the evening from 9 pm, and I usually respond in 1-2 days however, If I do get a chance I will respond to you before then.

I can't wait to meet your amazing learners!