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Unit One-Developing Your Voice: Blogging and Memoirs
WordPress Writing Activities: Random Stimulation Childhood Place Story Starters Writing About Images 100 Journal Writing Prompts Character, Character On the Wall Confess a Secret Embellish an Advertisement Unit Two-Poetry
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Resources:
Blogging Basics 101-Blogging Basics 5 Beginning Blogging Mistakes You Can FixAdvice for Blog Design and Blog Goals 8 Top Teen Bloggers Free Software 20 Blog Post Topic Suggestions 10 Teen Blogging Topics Top Blogging Topics 100 Lifestyle Blogging Topics 50 Things to Blog About Poetry Resources:
Rhyming Dictionary How to Write Poetry-Creative Writing Now Definitions of Poetry by Poets Poetry Terms and Definitions Literary Elements Mapping Acrostic, Blank Verse, Sestina
Writing Different Types of Poems |
Writing Down the Bones:
Unit One Week 1: Intro, Beginner's, First Thoughts Week 2: Writing, Composting, Artistic Week 3: A List, Fighting Tofu, Trouble Week 4: Elkton, Tap, We Are Not the Poem Unit Two Week 1: Man Eats Car, McD's, Obsessions Week 2: Original, The Power, Baking Week 3: Living Twice, Writers, Listening Week 4: Don't Marry, Don't Use, What Are Unit Three Week 1: Syntax, Nervously, Don't Tell Week 2: Be Specific, Big Conc., Ordinary Week 3: Talk Is, Writing Is, One Plus One Week 4: Be an Animal, Make State., Action Unit Four- Start on p. 131 Week 1: Goody, No Hindrances, A Meal Week 2: Use Loneliness, Blue, Going Home Week 3: A Story, W Marathons, Claim Week 4: Trust, Samurai, Rereading, I Don't Want, Epilogue Podcasts for Creative Writing:
Dead Robots Society The Writer's Voice-Fiction from The New Yorker The Fiction Podcast-New Yorker Poetry Podcast-New Yorker |
Unit Three-Short Stories
Short Story Unit Plan
Unit Four : Twitterature/Micro Fiction/Flash Fiction and Final Project
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Writing Effective Flash Fiction
How to Write Good Flash Fiction- Scroll to section on "How To" |
Resources For Twitterature, Flash and Microfiction:
Twitterature Definition Twitterature Examples-The Guardian Twitterature Examples-Mic |
