WRITING
TIPS

HOW TO GET
AN IDEA

CREATIVE
WRITING

CREATIVE WRITING
 ASSESSMENT

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS

What makes good fiction?
How can I generate ideas?
How can I be creative in my writing?

 

CREATIVE CHAOS! English is Crazy! Magnetic Words Hard to Learn! New Technology - B.O.O.K. Government at Work Ode to a Spell Checker Say it Out Loud! Make it Plural

SHORT STORIES  "Alien Invader" On the Bridge "To Build a Fire" "The Time Machine" excerpt All Summer in a Day" The Monkey's Paw" "The Open Window" "The Lie" "Seventh Grade"

EXTENDED NOVELS Diary of a Wimpy Kid Girl Who Owned a City Edgar Allan Of Nightingales that Weep The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Song of the Buffalo Boy The Devil’s Arithmetic Lizzie Bright & the Buckminster Boy

CREATIVE WRITING Short Stories Children's Stories Poetry Collection Scripts Magazines Newspapers

MAINE LEARNING RESULTS
Reading A2. Reflect on what has been discovered and learned while reading, and formulate additional questions.
Literature & Culture B2. Identify specific interests and questions and pursue them by identifying appropriate literature
Writing .E2.  Use planning, drafting, and revising to produce, on demand, a well-developed, organized piece with effective language use, voice, and command of mechanics.
Conventions F1. Edit written work for standard English spelling and usage