Creative Writing

Mrs. Miller

Email: leah.miller@browardschools.com

Creative Writing is a course designed to enable students to develop writing skills in the genres of fiction, poetry, and screenplays through the study of relevant terminology, analysis of various authors and their works, and peer review.

Daily classroom activities will include free writes, group reading and activities, class discussion, and silent reading. Students will be exposed to several authors from various genres and subgenres in order to analyze different styles and apply these styles to their own writing. Genres to be studied will include selected works of poetry, fiction, and script writing. Students will also be required to keep a writer’s notebook.

Grades:

Warm-Up 10-30 points

Daily Assignments 20-50 points

Homework 20-50 points

Assessments/Writing Prompts 50-100 points

Projects 100-200 points

Late work will be accepted if the absence is excused; otherwise, all work must be turned in on the due date. Make-up work is the student’s responsibility. Weekly assignments are posted on the class webpage and printouts can be picked up in class upon request. If a student chooses not to make up work, it will be entered as a zero.

Rules:

• Respect yourself and others.
• Participate in discussions and activities.
• Turn cell phones off before entering class and keep in bags or purses.
• Follow all classroom procedures.
• Do your best.

We will be using computers for various assignments and students are expected to stay on task at all times. Our use of the computers is meant to enhance learning. Computer privileges will be lost if misused.