Creative Writing
Writing is one of my favorite subjects to teach because it involves children’s self-expression. It gives me the opportunity to discover each child’s personality, uniqueness, and his/her understanding of the world around them. Together we stir laughter, feel God’s presence, and tighten our bonds with one another.
My goal for my students is to learn to love and be excited about the oral and written language. I like to spark the children’s excitement and imagination by reading and expressively sharing various types of literature and poetry. When the students see and feel my excitement, it can be quite contagious. It is only when we begin to feel the power of language that we can become motivated to write.
I want the children to feel comfortable when putting their thoughts down on paper and enjoy learning to express themselves. If students can begin to put ideas down on paper at an early age, they will be able to overcome the barriers of writer’s block in the grades ahead. Writing helps the students to unfold themselves, and gives them the confidence to question, explore, fantasize and be honest with themselves.
To help avoid writer’s block, I create a variety of writing lessons that will motivate my students to want to write. These lessons are created in a way that all students can feel success and gain confidence in their writings. We discuss the meaning, vocabulary, characterization and humor of the language.
Some of the writing lessons include expository, (to inform) persuasive, (to form an opinion) personal narrative, (to tell a story) descriptive and poetry writing. Students learn to write independently, collaboratively with a partner and with the class using the 5 step writing process: prewrite,
(find ideas) create a plan, revise, edit, and publish. Students will also have an out of state pen pal to correspond with.
We use holidays, seasons, pictures, and God’s gifts to write about the senses. A great motivator for writing is letting the students create projects that tie in with the published pieces. We complete many writing projects and carry them to the publishing stages to give the students a feeling of self-worth. It lets them know their writings are valuable and a job well done. We all enjoy the excitement and successes of the published pieces as we share and listen to one another. There is always something to learn from one another. Look for our published pieces adorning our hallways throughout the year.
Writing is one of my favorite subjects to teach because it involves children’s self-expression. It gives me the opportunity to discover each child’s personality, uniqueness, and his/her understanding of the world around them. Together we stir laughter, feel God’s presence, and tighten our bonds with one another.
My goal for my students is to learn to love and be excited about the oral and written language. I like to spark the children’s excitement and imagination by reading and expressively sharing various types of literature and poetry. When the students see and feel my excitement, it can be quite contagious. It is only when we begin to feel the power of language that we can become motivated to write.
I want the children to feel comfortable when putting their thoughts down on paper and enjoy learning to express themselves. If students can begin to put ideas down on paper at an early age, they will be able to overcome the barriers of writer’s block in the grades ahead. Writing helps the students to unfold themselves, and gives them the confidence to question, explore, fantasize and be honest with themselves.
To help avoid writer’s block, I create a variety of writing lessons that will motivate my students to want to write. These lessons are created in a way that all students can feel success and gain confidence in their writings. We discuss the meaning, vocabulary, characterization and humor of the language.
Some of the writing lessons include expository, (to inform) persuasive, (to form an opinion) personal narrative, (to tell a story) descriptive and poetry writing. Students learn to write independently, collaboratively with a partner and with the class using the 5 step writing process: prewrite,
(find ideas) create a plan, revise, edit, and publish. Students will also have an out of state pen pal to correspond with.
We use holidays, seasons, pictures, and God’s gifts to write about the senses. A great motivator for writing is letting the students create projects that tie in with the published pieces. We complete many writing projects and carry them to the publishing stages to give the students a feeling of self-worth. It lets them know their writings are valuable and a job well done. We all enjoy the excitement and successes of the published pieces as we share and listen to one another. There is always something to learn from one another. Look for our published pieces adorning our hallways throughout the year.