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Short (but Sweet) Creative Writing Poetry Camp Online on Outschool

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    Gradeschooler

Join me on Outschool for this class in which we learn about grammar, parts of speech, and figurative language as we study poetry forms from around the world and write in these unique forms!

This class includes teacher presentation and learner participation. Throughout the class meeting, learners are invited to offer their opinions, ask questions, and share what they know about the week’s featured poetic form.

I begin this class with a brief visual history of the creation of each poetry form and of the poet credited with developing the form. During this historical overview, I encourage learners to respond to the images they see and to share their own impressions with the group. After presenting the history of the poetry form of the week, I review the guidelines for writing in the form and share some examples, and I teach a mini-grammar lesson. Then, as a group, we work together to identify the form, structure, and subjects of these examples as well as interpret the themes of these short but powerful pieces of poetry. Learners are invited to participate in the analysis and to ask questions about the defining features of the form.

After an introduction to the poetry form of the week, we’ll get our creative juices flowing by writing poems ourselves! Our writing time will be in the form of a workshop with learners working both independently and in collaboration with fellow learners and the teacher. To close the class those learners who would like to are invited to share their creations.

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Provider Dr Sharon B-C

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Hello! I live in Washington, DC, and I have taught students of all ages for over 25 years.

I love working to help learners appreciate literature and develop their rhetorical and creative writing skills. A central objective of my teaching is empowering learners with strategies they can make use of on their own, and in each class I encourage students to participate fully in our sessions together by contributing to class discussions and asking questions. My current class offerings include literature study book clubs, creative writing, and formal essay writing.

Academically I hold a Bachelor's Degree in English Education, a Master's Degree in Literature, and a Doctorate in Curriculum and Instruction.

When I'm not teaching, I love spending time with my family and 17 year old dog, Sadie (who often makes special appearances in my classes). :)

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