Creative Writing Workshop

This course is designed to offer all students the opportunity to write original poetry, short fiction, creative nonfiction, and/or drama. Students engage in the writing process through teacher prompts, using their creative voices as well as analytical skills acquired in earlier courses. Students are expected to write daily, to read for class, and to participate in peer editing classmates’ work. Since reading is integral to writing, students read and respond to a variety of both assigned and independently selected literature with the purpose of learning about writing from the masters. Over the course of the semester, students work to produce a coherent body of creative writing bound by a common thread, which may include work in different genres. Skills developed in this course include proficiency in writing various poetic forms; proficiency in identifying the qualities of exemplary writing in published prose and dramatic forms; and the ability to use various literary devices effectively in their own writing.