creative writing programs for youth

CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAMSFOR YOUTH

Presented for CMRLS byBeth Gallaway, Information Goddess Consultinghttp://www.informationgoddess.infoinformationgoddess29@gmail.com

OBJECTIVES

Share online and print resources for creative writing program planning

Try your hand at a number of simple exercises

Get tips for how to teach youth how to edit, present, and deliver feedback on other's writing

ICEBREAKER

• Tell the group three things about yourself• Two things must be true• One thing must be a lie• The group has to guess which is fact

and which is fiction

ACROSTICS Write a name with each letter forming a column. Use each letter to start a new sentence. Traditional for cards or valentines.

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Dahlstrom, Lorraine. Writing Down the Days: 365 creative journaling ideas for young writers.

Free Spirit Publishers. Minnesota: 2000

Walton, Todd, and Mindy Toomay. The Writer’s Path: A guidebook for your creative journey: exercises, essays and examples. Ten Speed Press, Berkeley: 2000

Bogen, Nancy. How to Write Poetry. MacMillan, New York: 1998.

LeGuin, Ursula. Steering the Craft: Exercises and discussions on story writing for the lone navigator or the mutinous crew. Eighth Mountain Press, Portland: 1998

SCHOLASTIC GUIDES SERIES

How to Write Poetry Putting it in Writing Writing With Style Writing Stories

CanTeach. Writing Prompts/Journal Topics. http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/prompts.html

Peacock, Molly.How to Read a

Poem…and Start a Poetry Circle.

Riverhead Trade, 2000.

ARTISTIC INSPIRATION Choose:

A postcard A painting A work of art A piece of music

Write about it

STARRY NIGHT BY VINCENT VAN GOGH“VINCENT” BY DON MACLEAN

ETTC. Instant Poetic Forms. http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm

Magnetic Poetry: Play Online!

www.magneticpoetry.com/magnet/

The Writing Site.www.thewritingsite.org/resources/prompts/poetry.asp

American Academy of Poetswww.poets.org

WHAT CREATIVE WRITING RESOURCES CAN YOU SHARE?

PEER EDITING GROUP

Meets on a regular basis Writing & editing exercises Themed meetings

College essays Poetry Reviews

May host event or magazine

FAN FICTION CONTEST

Establish criteria Select “expert”

judges from community

Fan prizes

VOYA POETRY CONTEST

Call for submissions Select “expert” judges from community Winning poem is sent to VOYA

LITERARY ‘ZINES

Call for submissions Youth does editing & layout Print and/or online Coffeehouse event to celebrate publication

CELEBRATE NANOWRIMO

National Novel Writing Month November 1-30

BOOK REVIEWS

Use e-Vanced Solutions! Tie into:

Summer Reading Teen Read Week Other

POETRY BOOK CLUB

Read a novel in verse

Read a collection of poems

POETRY CIRCLE

Limit by poet Limit by theme Limit by geography Limit by time Limit by form

POETRY SLAM

Competitive Prizes Podcast Blog YouTube

OPEN MIC NIGHT

Coffeehouse Non-competitive Door prizes Podcast Blog YouTube

WHAT CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAMS DO YOU DO?

EXQUISITE CORPSE Write one line on a piece of paper. Pass it to the next person, who adds a second line. Continue around the room, with each person

contributing a line. Variety!

poem or story group or individually simultaneously

FEEDBACK

Model feedback Specific Constructive criticism only Take it with a grain of salt Appreciations Suggestions

Written feedback

THANK YOU!

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