Creative Writing English Elective

 Creative Writing 

Counts as one Semester of English in ND

 

Units To Be Covered:

1. Self-Introduction Essay
2. Narratives: The Best Day Ever, Writing a Story from a Painting, The Best Thin She/He Taught Me, The Perfect Crime Story, Scary Story, and Hero’s Journey
3. Letters: Thank you, Letter to Younger You, Letter to Future You
4. Poetry

**Journaling and other free-writing activities will be done throughout the semester to expand writing techniques and experience.

 

Grading Scale for Class:

            A:  100-94            B:  93-87            C:  86-80            D:  79-75

        **Late assignments will be docked 10% each day they are late.  All assignments are due by midnight Sunday night.

 

Weekly Video Meeting:

1.  Meet with Mrs. Anderson 30 minutes a week over ITV.  Meeting times will be shared at the start of the school year.
2. Set up time with Mrs. Anderson – making sure either an ITV room is available, or laptop is available if ITV room is not

** Participant MUST notify Mrs. Anderson at least 8 hours prior to the appointed time if they   

         will not be able to meet and coordinate another meeting time that same week.  If a   

        student misses FOUR weekly meetings, they will be dropped from the class.