Poetry Writing With Paint Swatch Colors
Amanda Crane, MFA, BA
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(10)
In this one time class, your learner will use color imagery to bring their poetry writing alive!
Class experience
US Grade 5 - 8
Hello poets! Did you ever notice that paint swatches have the most creative names? Join this one-session class and enjoy an exercise in using color in your poems. We will begin by reviewing the importance of color in poetry, view some samples, and then play with color in a short poem. Lastly, let's read what we wrote. That's right, I write the exercise with my students! If any learner would like extra feedback, they can submit their poems to me for my comments. This class will be a mix of...
This class is taught in English.
Learners will discover color and then create their own original poem using one or more of those colors.
Amanda Crane is the author of the poetry collection, Barbiecue, and she has poems published in numerous literary journals including: Barbaric Yawp, Chronogram, The Paterson Literary Review, and Sawbuck. She is a two-time Editor’s Choice recipient for the Allen Ginsberg Poetry Award, and she is the new Poetry Coordinator and Board Member for the NJCTE: New Jersey Council of Teachers of English. Her MFA in Creative Writing/Poetry is from Bowling Green State University in Ohio, and her BA in English/Creative Writing is from the State University of New York in New Paltz, New York. She has been an educator for 22 years, and she has served as a high school English teacher in a top rated district, and a Professor of English at a number of universities.
Students will need paper and a pencil or the ability to open a blank document on their computer.
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
A slide deck for informational purposes will be used. Learners do not need to have an account as this will be screen-shared from the instructor end.
Average rating:5.0Number of reviews:(10)
Welcome! Although I am new to Outschool, I'm not new to teaching. I have been an educator for 23 years, and my area of expertise within English Language Arts is Creative Writing. I taught live for 12 years and online for 13, which has been so...
Group Class
$20
per classMeets once
55 min
Completed by 3 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-15
1-6 learners per class
