Creative+Writing+Tutorials

=Creative Writing Tutorials=

[|Inspiration for Writers]
=Journal Writing= = = = =
 * ===[|10 Reasons to Keep a Journal]===
 * ===[|Journal Topics for if You Get Stuck for Ideas]===
 * ===[|More Journal Topics]===

[|Figurative Language]
= = = = =Marking Period One: Descriptive Writing= Dialogue: [|Online quiz on quotation marks]
 * ===What is Description?===
 * ===Sample Description===
 * ===[|Descriptive Essays]===
 * ===[|Descriptive Writing]===
 * [[file:Descriptive Essay Samples.pdf]]
 * [|Publish Online]
 * ===Better Writing Using Strong Verbs and Words===
 * ===[| Selecting //Strong Verbs// and Nouns **...**]===
 * [[file:Using Strong Verbs and Nouns.pdf]]
 * ===[|Writing Well: Color My World by Using Imagery]===
 * ===Imagery Example===
 * ===Imagery Example===


 * ====[|Figurative Language]====
 * ===[|////Figures of Speech////]===
 * ===[|Understanding //Figurative Language//]===


 * ===[|Elements of a WOW! Description]===

=Marking Period Two: Narrative Writing: Nonfiction=


 * ===[|Tips for Writing a Personal Narrative]===
 * ==[|Writing Dialogue]==

=Marking Period Three: Narrative Writing: Fiction=





[|//Setting Ppt// Presentation]
> ====== >
 * [[file:ppt_LC_Characterization.pdf]]
 * ===[|Tips for Writing a Short Story]===
 * ===[|More Tips for Writing a Short Story]===
 * ===[|Five Facts of Fiction]===
 * ==[|Writing Dialogue]==
 * ===[|Over 300 Ways to Say “Said"]===
 * ==[|Writing Dialogue]==
 * ===[|Over 300 Ways to Say “Said"]===

[|The Writer's Block] [|Overcoming Writer's Block]

=Marking Period Four: Poetry= [|Top Poems from TeenInk Magazine]

Imagery in Poetry
> > ===[|////Imagery////]=== > > ===[|//E//. //Pauline Johnson// [1862-1913 - //THE SONG MY PADDLE SINGS//]]=== > "The Lonely Land" by A.J.M. Smith > > ===[|//The Shark// by Edwin John //Pratt// at Old Poetry]===
 * Imagery in Poetry
 * [|Images and Their Uses]
 * [[file:Define Imagery Poems.pdf]]
 * [[file:Examples of Imagery Poems.pdf]]
 * [[file:How to Write an Image Poem.pdf]]

Comparison in Poetry

 * ====[|Simile & Metaphor]====
 * [|Comparisons in Poetry]
 * [|Simile]
 * [|Figurative Language]
 * "The Fish" by Elizabeth Bishop

Line Breaks in Poetry:
[|Gwendolyn Brooks' poem "We Real Cool"]

[|John Ulrich discussing and reading "We Real Cool"]

Word Music in Poetry

 * Word Music in Poetry

===[|Reading and Writing Poetry with Teenagers - Google Books Result]===

===[|Kahlil Gibran on //Love//]===

Poems on Childhood

[|Fifteen: William Stafford]
===[|Street Kid]===