Creative Writing
This course is for students who are interested in creative writing. Through daily reading and writing, students will build their narrative and grammatical 'tool box' and produce pieces of both short and longer fiction. Creative Writing will introduce you to a variety of types of writing. Creativity can present itself in many ways, from formal writing, to journaling, to discussion, and we will engage in all of them. Students will write several pieces over the 9-week course, and will finish with a well-rounded creative writing portfolio. This class requires that students work independently towards deadlines and engage with peers actively in the editing and revision process. There will be daily journaling along with the larger projects.
Prerequisites: None
½ credit
Course Outline
The Life of a Writer - 2 Weeks
The Writer’s Toolbox - 2 Weeks
Becoming a Creative Writer - 5 Weeks
Rules and Expectations
All students are to adhere to rules and expectations set by the Pittsville Student Handbook. In addition:
Students should arrive to class on time every day ready to give their best effort. This means having all materials as well as a learning-centered mindset.
Students are expected to be respectful of all people, spaces, and materials.
Cheating is not tolerated. This includes plagiarism and the use of AI to do writing assignments/assessment. Cheating will result in an alternate assessment, and a discipline referral.
Grading Policy
Assessments (projects, tests, essays, writing assignments)……………………………………………100%
Note: All other work, while not ‘graded,’ is designed to help students build and practice knowledge and skills that are necessary for the skills being assessed. Assessments will not be administered until other work is completed satisfactorily.
Grading Scale
100 – 93 A
92 – 90 A-
89 – 87 B+
86 – 83 B
82 – 80 B-
79 – 77 C+
76 – 73 C
72 – 70 C-
69 – 67 D+
66 – 63 D
62 – 60 D-
Below 60 F
Essential Standards Covered in Course
Write narratives that develop real or imagined experiences or events using relevant descriptive details, and well-structured event sequences that organize an event sequence logically. Engages and orients the reader by establishing a context and point of view and introducing a narrator or characters; using techniques, such as dialogue, pacing, description, and reflection, to develop experiences, events, and/or characters.
Demonstrate contextually appropriate use of the conventions of standardized English capitalization, punctuation, and spelling when writing.
Demonstrate contextually appropriate use of the conventions of standardized English grammar and usage when writing or speaking.