High School Creative Writing 2

This eight-week class is a continuation of High School Creative Writing Workshop 1. The lesson content of this course will discuss issues like plot, descriptive details, conflict, and character. In addition to a diagnostic assignment, students will write creative compositions in three drafts each under the guidance and instruction of their personal writing coach.

  • COURSE OBJECTIVES

    Students who complete this writing course will be able to…

    • write effective narrative and descriptive papers.

    • respond to coach feedback on their writing through revising and proofreading.

    • understand and apply concepts like plot, detail, conflict, and character to their writing.

    • understand and apply the concept of showing rather than telling in their writing.

    • engage the writing process by employing the following five steps in composing every paper: prewriting, drafting, revising, proofreading, publishing.

    • improve their writing across a wide range of broad evaluative areas, including content, style, and form.