http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12.aspxenhttp://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/37110.aspxTue, 20 Oct 2009 14:18:59 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:37110jessecreationsIn a creative writing course, the process of creating great stories starts with creating great characters.Give your students a great creative writing tip in this lesson, where students get to know their characters in a familiar format: a social networking profile. Introduction A good creative writing lesson plan involves creatively meeting stud...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/31391.aspxFri, 16 Oct 2009 21:32:01 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:31391lwitkopThis summary haiku lesson plan goes beyond the traditional definitions of haiku to use the form as a way of summarizing students' reading. Examples of haiku that could be written about commonly-taught pieces of literature illustrate the article. Creative writing ideas don't have to be relegated to creative writing classes. Writing haiku summari...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/18434.aspxTue, 29 Sep 2009 19:35:25 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:18434JuliaBodeebWhiteHelp students explore their creativity with a fun project that will allow them to do computer research and use their writing skills. Help students build creative writing skills via a project where they create a street name! Have students create a unique street name and describe what their life there would be like. This activity will be fun for stud...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/49377.aspxFri, 18 Sep 2009 23:34:27 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:49377khayden5Teach students to write scary short stories for language arts class by reading classic Poe short stories. Students will read and then emulate his style and use of Gothic elements to create their own stories. Study Poe to Write Scary Stories When teaching writing, one strategy is to have students model their work after a master of the genre. For the...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/11440.aspxMon, 07 Sep 2009 18:53:47 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:11440JuliaBodeebWhiteDelight the elders of the family with a letter writing project. Get a journal and pass it back and forth between the Grandparents and teenagers in the family. This lesson will help build high school students’ writing skills and also give them practice with sharing their feelings. High school students too often keep their feelings bottled up inside....http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/15280.aspxSat, 29 Aug 2009 18:11:02 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:15280jmicmacTransform avowed non-writers into passionate writers by using the following strategies for encouraging reluctant writers. Students who are reluctant writers tend to because they don’t think they’re very good at it. Because they don’t think they’re very good at it, they don’t enjoy doing it. You can reverse this vicious cycle and transform avowed no...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/15424.aspxSun, 23 Aug 2009 07:28:08 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:15424BetdenisCharacterization lesson plans and character development are vital activities in teaching story writing. Student creative writers must develop unique and colorful characters to enliven their writing. Each character must be consistent to itself and distinct from the others.This may seem like a daunting task to young writers. You can help your writing...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/45337.aspxWed, 12 Aug 2009 08:23:42 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:45337khayden5Teaching students poetry is easy. Motivating them to write poetry is another story. Start with digital photos from nature and focus on syllable count and rhythm to introduce a poetry unit. Nature Photos Nature & Rhythm Poetry Lesson Poetry is important. Take time to study the great writers and give students time to pen their own. A wonderful mu...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/14962.aspxTue, 11 Aug 2009 20:16:19 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:14962BetdenisStrategies for teaching students to write colorful dialogue in creative writing class. Dialogue is an extremely important aspect of storytelling and creative writing. Playwrites use almost exclusively dialogue to tell their tales. In Creative Writing and English classes it is good to "raise the stakes" when teaching students how to write ...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/14103.aspxThu, 06 Aug 2009 15:55:04 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:14103TrentAfter reading thirty-five writing assignments that contained 26 consecutive sentences of 5 to 8 words, I decided to do something about it. I piled the aforementioned assignments in the recycling bin, soaked them in lighter fluid, lit a match, and watched them burn. An Accidental Discovery After teaching students how to create lively characters , co...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/43966.aspxThu, 30 Jul 2009 20:19:32 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:43966BetdenisStudents will learn to describe and write descriptive language using all five senses with this lesson plan. Human beings, like all living creatures, have five senses. Talk about the five senses with elementary students. Ask them what words come to mind when the teacher says, "Smell." Examples of responses include "sniff" and &qu...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/43963.aspxThu, 30 Jul 2009 20:13:57 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:43963khayden5Use digital photos from common every day things, such as bugs, spiders, animals, etc. in this lesson. Use the photos included in the lesson or ask students take their own. Then they can write their own creepy or scary poetry. Creepy Photos from a Garden Creepy Poem Lesson For the next creative writing lesson, write creepy or scary poems. It all beg...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/43372.aspxMon, 27 Jul 2009 12:31:16 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:43372khayden5A trip to the local building or hardware store will help students to develop strong settings for short stories. Capitalize on the sense of touch and smell. The setting description that students will write will help them write their short stories. Short Story Setting A crucial element in a short story is the setting. This can be a great "jumpin...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/5686.aspxThu, 23 Jul 2009 16:19:00 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:5686AliciaIf you would like your students to enjoy writing, then choose subjects that interest students to write about. Dinosaurs are always a fascinating subject for kids, so they make the perfect choice. This assignment involves writing a poem about a dinosaur. At the second grade level you will want to have your students create a rhyming poem. This is the...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/41962.aspxSun, 12 Jul 2009 17:34:19 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:41962BetdenisCreative writing activity in which students write their own fairy tales. Creative writing teachers spend much time looking for ways to inspire their students and give them tools to come up with ideas. Using the traditional framework of the fairy tale, students learn how to structure a story. Reading To introduce this series of activities, start by ...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/8661.aspxSun, 12 Jul 2009 17:31:45 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:8661BetdenisOffering creative writing prompts, this exercise boosts creativity and confidence in student writing. Writer's Block! Every English teacher's nightmare! Who wants to listen to that incessant whine, "but I don't know what to write about!" The underlying assumption, of course, is probably that it is the teacher's job to come up with subject...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/8641.aspxWed, 01 Jul 2009 02:41:49 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:8641cjohnsonAsking the right questions can help to stimulate students' imaginations so that they can better draw upon verbal resources in their writing. Writing is often a difficult subject to get students excited about. In my experience, it is often because writing is something they view as a chore, a painful way of having to think about spelling, and gra...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/26065.aspxSat, 20 Jun 2009 04:57:13 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:26065Hawk1030This lesson plan offers teachers the opportunity to teach their students to write creatively using the famous epic poem, Beowulf. Introduction Teaching Beowulf and teaching creative writing do not have to be done separately now that you have this creative writing lesson plan: It involves reading Beowulf , an Anglo-Saxon epic poem, and writing a com...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/4208.aspxMon, 08 Jun 2009 21:03:56 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:4208BetdenisFun lesson plan to encourage descriptive language. Monster Art Students laugh and enjoy this entertaining activity that establishes the importance of description in writing. This activity works best with students in grades 7 & 8, but every teacher knows her charges and this universal lesson can be used in many grades. Also, the element of surpr...http://www.brighthub.com/education/k-12/articles/4644.aspxSun, 17 May 2009 21:42:10 GMTb133e95a-c263-4882-8f2a-b24547eff78e:4644khayden5Students may unknowingly use similes in their everyday life. This simile lesson for Middle School students will define similes, teach students how to identify a simile, and assign students to write their own. How to Write Similes For many students, writing poetry is not a favorite activity. One poetry technique that can be fun is to write similes. ...