Creative Writing Workshop Outline
Session 1 - June 29, 2024 - 9am-12pm
Getting acquainted
Introduction to writer’s notebooks
Text as inspiration using Sandra Cisneros’ The House on Mango Street
Chunking and modeling
Independent writing time and peer review
Session 2 - July 6, 2024 - 9am-12pm
Introduction to gallery walk and golden lines
Writer’s notebook entry and partner share
Seashell poetry - class discussion and model
exploring similes and metaphor
using illustration to inform creative writing
Independent writing and peer review
Session 3 - July 13, 2024 - 9am-12pm
Gallery walk and poetry feedback
Writer’s notebook entry and partner share
Introduction to showing, not telling, and snapshot writing
Sense clusters
Subject/predicate expansion
Writing from photographs - discussion and model
Independent writing and peer review
Session 4 - July 20, 2024 - 9am-12pm
Gallery walk and snapshot feedback
Writer’s notebook entry and partner share
Introduction to thoughtshots and dialogue
Memoir writing - discussion and model of opening scene
Independent writing and presentation