Flex 創意寫作：寫一本章節書或故事書
在這個為期14 週的彈性（非同步）課程中，我幫助學生完成一本章節書、長篇小說或中篇小說，培養他們的寫作技巧並建立他們的創造性信心，以幫助他們在年輕時實現宏偉的人生目標。
Kim Purcell MFA
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74 預錄課程
每段影片平均 2 分鐘14 週
教師的支持2 小時 28 分鐘
影片總學習時數1 年訪問權
到內容作業
每週 2-4 小時. Learners will be watching the videos I'll post every week and completing the lessons in the weekly guide. I suggest about 2 to 4 hours of writing a week so that they can successfully finish.評估
I give encouraging feedback on their writing throughout the class and I focus on positive feedback with the goal of building their creative confidence and inspiring them to write enthusiastically to the end.我們無法翻譯此文，請刷新頁面並再試一次。
課堂經歷
英語程度 - A1
美國 3 - 6 年級
Intermediate 等級
Are you ready to write a novel? You can do it, and I would love to help you. I've helped hundreds of kids and teens finish and publish their books. This is an asynchronous class, which means all lessons are video lessons, not live online. You watch them, write your chapter, and then send your chapter to me each week. You can write your novel or chapter book in 14 weeks or even faster. If it's summertime and you need to do it in four or eight weeks, please pick the self-paced option instead of the weekly one. I recommend a shorter book so that students finish and feel that boost of self-confidence. Also, they will need to edit it to improve their skills, so a shorter book helps them improve more. I recommend 25 to 50 pages for your first book. For this class, I give feedback on up to 60 double-spaced pages. This is a lot for most kids. It needs to be 25 pages to print it out in a paperback or hardcover book. The moment they get their book in the mail is huge for them - kids GLOW. I wish every parent could see it. I'm a published novelist, and I've been teaching writing to kids and teens for over twenty years. Penguin and Disney Hyperion have published my young adult novels, and Penguin is also publishing my writing craft guide: The Busy Writer's Guide to Finishing a Novel in 100 Days. That's for teens and adults. This class is an easier version of my very popular class for teens and adults. My books are available in bookstores and online. This flex class will guide you from the beginning brainstorming of your book to the first pages, through the middle, and to the end. I'll teach you how to keep writing through any blocks, using your imagination, so that you make it to the end. You'll finish your book, just like me! I will use examples from popular kid's books like Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling, Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan, Wings of Fire, Keeper of the Lost Cities, and many more. If you have a special book that you want me to talk about, let me know. I'll make a special video about that book! If you follow the fourteen-week schedule, you brainstorm in the first week, then you write twelve chapters for the following twelve weeks, and finally, you edit in the fourteenth week, and you're ready to publish your book! Woohoo! Let's have some fun.
學習目標
Students will develop storytelling and writing skills through the process of writing a novel. See the specific focus for each week: we will cover every element of storytelling including characters, setting, plot, tension, scene-building and literary devices.
教學大綱
課程
遵循 Teacher-Created 課程標準
與 Common Core State Standards (CCSS)對齊6 單位
74 課程
超過 14 週單位 1: Introduction and Brainstorming Your Book
課 1:
BRAINSTORMING WEEK: Welcome to the Chapter Book Class
Today, you'll learn everything you need to do when writing a chapter book. I will answer any of your common questions and explain how you can finish a book in twelve weeks. 6 分鐘的影片課程
課 2:
ALL VIDEOS FOR THIS CLASS IN ONE PLACE
In case you are looking for videos all in one place or the uploaded videos don't work for some reason, here are all of the links on YouTube for these same lessons. 課 3:
Brainstorming Your Story Idea
You will come up with a solid story idea today, one that will be exciting to write. 課 4:
Brainstorming Your Characters
You will decide on a main character and brainstorm the other key characters, figuring out their details. 9 分鐘的影片課程
其他詳情
學習需求
This is great for kids who may feel stressed with social interaction but are good at working independently. If your child is sensitive to feedback, please let me know. I always aim to be encouraging, but I will be extra careful.
父母的引導和規範
In the workshops, I'll be sharing slides on Canva, sometimes using excerpts from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling and Percy Jackson and The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. The daily prompts will have examples from a range of appropriate children's books. Students can either share their Google Docs with me or they can copy and paste their writing over Outschool. Students will not have to have a Canva account, it is simply part of the screen sharing in the videos. On the last day, I'll teach them how to prepare their books so that they can be printed out on Lulu.com, which is a child-appropriate site for designing books. This part of the class is optional, it will just be part of the last video so that you have this information should you choose to do it. The first part of that day will be on prepping their book to print no matter what format you choose. If you want a hardcover book from Lulu.com, copies range in cost from 10-20 dollars plus shipping. There are other book printing sites, I've just found this one the easiest. Parents will need to help their kids set up the account, upload their work and purchase whatever copies they want. It's really amazing for them to get their own hardcover book, so I wanted to show you how to do this as part of this class.
供應清單
The students need to have a word document or a google document so they can type their book. They also need a notebook, pens and markers. All other curriculum will be provided.
Outschool is not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., owner of the Harry Potter® mark and related Harry Potter marks.
已加入 January, 2022
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碩士 由 Vermont College of Fine Arts
I'm a writing teacher with over twenty years of teaching experience and also a young adult novelist with two acclaimed young adult novels, Trafficked and This Is Not a Love Letter, published by big 5 publishers. Trafficked made Columbia's Bank Street Best Books list and top lists for several states. This Is Not a Love Letter was one of NPR's top books of 2018 and a Twirly Girl Book of 2018. Both books have received starred reviews from top reviewers and made top lists for books.
I'm here on Outschool because my other passion is helping as many kids as I can write books. I have over twenty years of teaching experience, teaching creative writing, novel writing and English as a Second Language. I've taught in the Los Angeles Unified School District and to homeschooled kids in both New York City and Los Angeles. I was the first curriculum director of the famous non-profit, WriteGirl in Los Angeles, and I helped build it into the multi-sensory interactive writing program it is today. I have a journalism degree and a Masters in Fine Arts in Writing for Children and Young Adults from VCFA. I also teach writing at a public Waldorf-inspired K-8 school in the Los Angeles Unified School District and I run a successful in-person after-school writing program. 
