This document provides writing prompts and exercises for students. It begins by welcoming students back and asking them to get their writing journals. It then reviews defining creative writing and whether students found the home writing challenge challenging. Students are asked to exchange feedback. Statistics are provided about publishing authors. The rest of the document provides examples of descriptive writing, a poem, and a writing challenge where students write a short story or poem on a theme in 70-100 words, then refine it over multiple readings.

1. WELCOME BACK! AWeSOME TO SEE YOU!
Please grab your writing journal, writing, reading notes from
home writing challenge.
Note taking supplies for today; a device or pen and paper

2. Wee Review...
How is creative writing defined?
Do you find creative or expressive writing more or less
difficult than the factual writing of sharing information?
Did you find your reading/writing challenge- challenging?
In what ways?

3. Home Reading & Writing
Challenge Exchange
Looking for feedback towards excellence

4. Did you know?
80% of adults want to be
published authors
Yet only 1% do it.
What does this information say to you?

5. We must write with emotion;
So the reader will receive with emotion
Since we know that creative
writing uses the senses and
emotions to create a strong
visual in the reader’s mind,
rather than information full
of facts and data.

6. In creative writing-IDEAS are what captivates our Audience
The IDEA drives
the emotion
More, than a
word does
Compare:
*He sat alone on the park bench
waiting for her to come.
*With rounded shoulders and a
tucked chin, he awaited her arrival;
not really believing she would
actually come, but desperately
needing her to. Especally today.

7. Lets try a few more!
*Her coat was dusty grey
*The hat blew down the street
*Bird song was heard from her window
*He had stayed up all night
*The game wasn’t just about winning

8. Oh look!”
There, on the black bough of a
snow flecked maple,
Fearless and gay as our love,
A bluejay cocked his crest!
Oh who can tell the range of joy
Or set the bounds of beauty?
Winter Blue Jay
By Sara Teasdale
Crisply the bright snow
whispered,
Crunching beneath our feet;
Behind us as we walked along
the parkway,
Our shadows danced,
Fantastic shapes in vivid blue.
Across the lake the skaters
Flew to and fro,
With sharp turns weaving
A frail invisible net.
In ecstasy the earth
Drank the silver sunlight;
In ecstasy the skaters
Drank the wine of speed;
In ecstasy we laughed
Drinking the wine of love.
Had not the music of our joy
Sounded its highest note?
But no,
For suddenly, with lifted eyes you
said,

9. Writing Challenge-Short story or poem
Think of a single theme___________ based on an
idea, experience, dream, or piece of art.
Step 1-Write 70-100 words focusing on emotional
descriptions to let reader feel your writing.
Step 2-Reread. Add or change where you think can
or should in order to produce excellent work. Each
time you open your journal indicate it with a date
stamp. Reread your work several times (2-3) before
moving on to the next step.
Step 3- Let it rest
Step 4- Reread and make any final changes to your
short story or poem.
Step 5- Present it to your writing circle at ESTEAM