ELA 面白い言葉を使った読み書き: パート 2 フィクションのサブジャンル
29 のフィクションのサブジャンルをご覧ください: 冒険、歴史、超常現象、現代、カテゴリ、ファンタジー、ゴシック、SF、神話、スチーム パンク、剣とサンダル、スペキュレイティブ フィクション (科学、ファンタジー、ホラー、超自然)。リストについては以下を参照してください。
Amy Westrick, Certified English Teacher (She/Her)
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31 ライブミーティング
56 時間 50 分 授業時間宿題：
Two 15 minute challenges will be given at the end of each class meeting.この文章は自動翻訳されています
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英語レベル - 不明
米国の学年 9 - 12
Intermediate - Advanced レベル向け
***I'm taking a sabbatical from teaching until the Fall 2024 to recharge and pursue some personal projects. I'm looking forward to returning refreshed and energized.***
This comprehensive and dynamic writing class is designed to challenge and inspire advanced writers through an exploration of a wide range of fiction subgenres, coupled with the integration of unique vocabulary and sensory detail. The course is structured around weekly themes, each introducing new mystery words and texture words to enrich the students' writing, encouraging them to weave these elements into their narratives seamlessly.
Course Structure and Goals:
Diverse Fiction Subgenres: Students will delve into various fiction subgenres, including adventure, historical, paranormal, contemporary, and speculative fiction, among others. This exposure will allow them to experiment with different styles, settings, and character types, broadening their creative horizons.
Vocabulary Expansion: The introduction of funny-sounding and unique vocabulary words not only adds humor and interest but also challenges students to expand their language use beyond the conventional. This exercise aims to enhance word choice and precision in storytelling.
Sensory Detail: Each class focuses on specific texture words, pushing students to enrich their descriptions with sensory details. This practice aims to create vivid, immersive experiences for readers, enhancing the emotional and atmospheric impact of the narratives.
Writing and Editing Practice: The course emphasizes quick writing exercises, followed by focused editing sessions. This approach encourages spontaneous creativity while also teaching the value of revision and refinement.
Peer Feedback: Sharing work with peers and engaging in thoughtful, compassionate feedback sessions are integral parts of the class. This process fosters a supportive writing community and offers diverse perspectives on the students' work.
Instructional Approach:
Modeling by the Instructor: The teacher actively models each task, demonstrating writing, editing, and revising strategies in real-time. This transparency in the writing process provides students with clear examples and techniques they can apply to their own work.
Quick Writes: Fast, unstructured writing exercises stimulate creativity and idea generation, serving as a starting point for further development and refinement.
Targeted Editing: Students focus on improving specific aspects of their writing in each session, such as word choice or sensory detail, using techniques like the "beefy words" strategy for vocabulary enhancement.
Ongoing Support: The instructor offers continuous encouragement and personalized feedback, aiming to boost students' confidence and skill in writing.
Course Schedule Highlights:
Weekly Themes: Each week introduces new mystery words starting with specific letters and texture words to incorporate into writing, aligned with the fiction focus of the week.
Subgenre Exploration: From exploring the nuances of gothic fiction to crafting narratives in the realms of steampunk or magic realism, students will tackle a new subgenre each week, offering fresh challenges and opportunities for creative expression.
This class not only aims to make writing an enjoyable and engaging activity but also to instill in students a deep appreciation for the craft, encouraging them to take creative risks and develop their unique voice as writers.
Students will write in a variety of fiction subgenres: adventure, historical, paranormal, contemporary, category, fantasy, gothic, science fiction, myth, steampunk, sword and sandal, speculative fiction (science fiction, fantasy fiction, horror fiction, supernatural fiction, superhero fiction, utopian and dystopian fiction, apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, and alternate history), suspense, techno-thriller, mystery, crime, fake relationship, family saga, western, magic realism, and literary fiction. This class is for advanced writers. This class is very challenging and has a high level of rigor. Students will improve their writing by careful selection of ideas.
Students will increase use of multi-syllable and content specific words in their writing. Students will write pieces of fiction.
In this on-going class, students will learn 60 funny sounding vocabulary words, historical context, and other fun tidbits about the word. Then students integrate these new words seamlessly into their writing. Students will improve their writing by careful selection of ideas. Students will apply historical content to their writing. A third challenge will be present to include a new texture word during each class.
This class is for advanced writers. This class is fun, very challenging, and has a high level of rigor. Part I should be taken before Part II as content and skill increases with each week.
Fun and bubbly teacher promotes laughter and encourages quick thinking. I want to make writing your favorite hobby, or at least make it as pain free as possible. I use short three minute writings to drive instruction in improving tone and point of view within writing. This is an on-going class.
Students may join or leave at any time.
Week of Feb 19 & Week of Feb 26
The mystery word starts with A
The mystery word starts with B
Fiction Focus: Adventure
Texture Word #1 Abrasive
Texture Word #2 Acute
Week of Mar 4 & Mar 11 No class due to knee surgery
Week of Mar 18 & Mar 25
The mystery word starts with A
The mystery word starts with B
Fiction Focus: Adventure
Texture Word #1 Abrasive
Texture Word #2 Acute
Week of Apr 1 & Apr 8
The mystery word starts with I
The mystery word starts with P
Fiction Focus: Historical
Texture Word #1 Angular
Texture Word #2 Arid
Week of Apr 15 & Apr 22
The mystery word starts with S
The mystery word starts with A
Fiction Focus: Paranormal
Texture Word #1 Attractive
Texture Word #2 Awkward
Week of Apr 29 & May 6
The mystery word starts with B
The mystery word starts with R
Fiction Focus: Contemporary
Texture Word #1 Bald
Texture Word #2 Ballooned
Week of May 13 & May 20
The mystery word starts with J
The mystery word starts with T
Fiction Focus: Category
Texture Word #1 Barbed
Texture Word #2 Bendable
Week of May 27 & June 3
The mystery word starts with A
The mystery word starts with C
Fiction Focus: Fantasy
Texture Word #1 Blemished
Texture Word #2 Blistered
Week of June 10 & June 17
The mystery word starts with R
The mystery word starts with U
Fiction Focus: Gothic
Texture Word #1 Blunt
Texture Word #2 Boiling
Week of June 24 * No Class July 1* & Class Begins Again Week of July 8
The mystery word starts with B
The mystery word starts with C
Fiction Focus: Science Fiction
Texture Word #1 Bristly
Texture Word #2 Burnished
Week of July 15 & July 22
The mystery word starts with M
The mystery word starts with S
Fiction Focus: Myth
Texture Word #1 Clammy
Texture Word #2 Coagulated
Week of July 29 & Aug 5
The mystery word starts with V
The mystery word starts with B
Fiction Focus: Steampunk
Texture Word #1 Corduroy
Texture Word #2 Corrugated
Week of Aug 12 & Aug 19
The mystery word starts with B
The mystery word starts with C
Fiction Focus: Sword and Sandal
Texture Word #1 Cratered
Texture Word #2 Crenelated
Week of Aug 26 * No Class Sept 2 * Class Begins Again Sept 9
The mystery word starts with D
The mystery word starts with N
Fiction Focus: Speculative Fiction: Science
Texture Word #1 Defective
Texture Word #2 Dense
Week of Sept 16 & Sept 23
The mystery word starts with B
The mystery word starts with C
Fiction Focus: Speculative Fiction: Fantasy
Texture Word #1 Diaphanous
Texture Word #2 Downy
Week of Sept 30 * No Class Oct. 7th * Class Begins Again Oct. 14
The mystery word starts with S
The mystery word starts with W
Fiction Focus: Speculative Fiction: Horror (not gross)
Texture Word #1 Ductile
Texture Word #2 Dented
Week of Oct 21 & Oct 28
The mystery word starts with M
The mystery texture word starts with S
Fiction Focus: Speculative Fiction: Supernatural
Texture Word #1 Emblazoned
Texture Word #2 Embossed
Week of Nov 4 & Nov 11
The mystery word starts with C
The mystery word starts with S
Fiction Focus: Speculative Fiction: Superhero
Texture Word #1 Encrusted
Texture Word #2 Etched
Week of Nov 18 & Nov 25
The mystery word starts with T
The mystery word starts with B
Fiction Focus: Speculative Fiction: Utopia
Texture Word #1 Fiery
Texture Word #2 Filmy
Week of Dec 2 & Dec 9
The mystery word starts with P
The mystery word starts with V
Fiction Focus: Speculative Fiction: Dystopia
Texture Word #1 Flawed
Texture Word #2 Frigid
Week of Dec 16 & Dec 23
The mystery word starts with N
The mystery word starts with R
Fiction Focus: Apocalyptic
Texture Word #1 Furred
Texture Word #2 Fuzzy
Week of Dec 30 * No Class Jan 6 * Class Begins Again Jan 13
The mystery word starts with A
The mystery word starts with K
Fiction Focus: Post-Apocalyptic
Texture Word #1 Glazed
Texture Word #2 Gossamer
Week of Jan 20 & Jan 27
The mystery word starts with H
The mystery word starts with C
Fiction Focus: Alternate History
Texture Word #1 Granular
Texture Word #2 Gravelly
Week of Feb 3 & Feb 10
The mystery word starts with K
The mystery word starts with A
Fiction Focus: Suspense
Texture Word #1 Grinding
Texture Word #2 Grooved
Week of Feb 17 & Feb 24
The mystery word starts with R
The mystery word starts with K
Fiction Focus: Techno-Thriller
Texture Word #1 Hairy
Texture Word #2 Hatched
Week of Mar 3 & Mar 10
The mystery word starts with K
The mystery word starts with M
Fiction Focus: Mystery
Texture Word #1 Honeyed
Texture Word #2 Hot-pressed
Week of Mar 17 & Mar 24
The mystery word starts with S
The mystery word starts with K
Fiction Focus: Crime
Texture Word #1 Humid
Texture Word #2 Hygienic
Week of Mar 31 & Apr 7
The mystery word starts with L
The mystery word starts with W
Fiction Focus: Fake Relationship
Texture Word #1 Icy
Texture Word #2 Ill-defined
Week of Apr 14 & Apr 21
The mystery word starts with O
The mystery word starts with D
Fiction Focus: Family Saga
Texture Word #1 Immaculate
Texture Word #2 Impenetrable
Week of Apr 28 & May 5
The mystery word starts with K
The mystery word starts with C
Fiction Focus: Western Alternative History
Texture Word #1 Imprinted
Texture Word #2 Ironed
Week of May 12 & May 19
The mystery word starts with M
The mystery word starts with K
Fiction Focus: Magic Realism
Texture Word #1 Jagged
Texture Word #2 Knitted
Week of May 26 & June 2
The mystery word starts with C
The mystery word starts with Q
Fiction Focus: Literary Fiction
Texture Word #1 Layered
Texture Word #2 Lustrous
***Class Topics Repeat***学習到達目標
Students will improve their writing by careful selection of ideas.
Students will increase use of multi-syllable and content specific words in their writing.
Students will write pieces of fiction.
Students will write in a variety of subgenres (suspense, humor, persuasion).
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学習ニーズ
I teach classes for grades 2-12 for Neurodivergent and Traditional Students. I utilize numerous strategies to teach learners of all backgrounds and abilities. I teach a wide array of students with unique learning needs.
受講に必要なもの
Students will need a composition notebook and erasers from the Dollar Store. The scented erasers at the Dollar Store are the best.
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英語
参加しました October, 2020
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教師の専門知識と資格
学士号 Grand Valley State Universityから 英語 へ
I have been a middle and high school English Language Arts teacher for a decade. I also coached teams for Odyssey of the Mind and Lego First Robotics. I am very comfortable teaching students of varying backgrounds and abilities. I have two boys ages 8 and 10 who have severe ADHD. レビュー
ライブグループクラス
$25
毎週または$775 31 クラス分週に1回、 31 週間
110 分
4 人がクラスを受けました
オンラインライブ授業
年齢: 12-17
クラス人数： 5 人-18 人
