Creative Writing
Introduction
- Introductory Letter
- Syllabus/Course Description
- Syllabus Addendum
- Daily Plans (Subject to modification)
Assignments/Projects
- Children's Story
- Children's Story Evaluation
- Fiction Flow
- "Font of Funniness" - A Lesson in Humor
- Poet's Palette
- Poetry Expectations
- Poetry Portfolio
- Poetry Search
- Poetry Exhibition & Interpretation Project
- Short Story Critique
- Weekly Widgets
Local news coverage of the CW class:
Creative Writing Links
Inside Creative Writing (Pulitzer winner creates online)
What I Want My Words to Do to You
Online Writing Lab (OWL) Purdue U.
Children's Story
Poetry
Can Poetry Matter? by Dana Gioia
From the Mummy's Breast by Paul Zimmer
Untamed Poetry, Loose Onstage (NY Times)
Extra Poetry: Teens & Others (PBS)
The Original Poetry Slam (Green Mill, Chicago)
English 88: Modern & Contemporary American Poetry
"Low Probability of Racoons" by Peter Howard
"Carving in Possibilities" by Deena Larsen (flash poem)