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Creative Writing
Write Like a Boss
Each weekly lesson and accompanying assignment is designed to help students hunt, corner, and kill crusty writing habits
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Words hold more power than gravity itself, and somehow wee earthlings have been entrusted with them. As verbal creatures, we have no choice but to speak and write. This course aims to make students better at being what they already are: communicators. Each weekly lesson and accompanying assignment is designed to help students hunt, corner, and kill crusty writing habits while they simultaneously perform CPR on the wholesome habits that may have been previously learned but neglected. Students will also learn fresh methods of clearly communicating all the things their hearts could ever wish to blurt. Please see the syllabus below for details.
9/17/21: Limp Noodle or Imposing Oak? Pack your Words with Power by Using Stronger Verbs and Obliterating the Passive Voice
9/24/21: Metaphor, Simile, and Personification
10/1/21: The Power of being Concise: Unpacking Pithy Quotes and Crafting our Own
10/8/21: Common misuses of the English Language. Supposably, we talk good English. Accept, for reals, we don’t! LOL!
10/15/21: Common student mistakes: Facing, then obliterating them
10/22/21: Show, Don’t Tell. How to write great descriptions without going overboard
Additional Information
Class size: 4-10 students
Class tags:
Creative Writing
Essay Writing
General
Grammar/Spelling
IEW - Institute for Excellence in Writing
Language Arts
Writing
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About Jonathan Vince
Jonathan has taught and tutored students in multiple subjects since 2003, but his specialty is with English. He first honed his writing skills as a reporter for a small newspaper in Sierra Madre, and then branched out into the education field. He has taught Language Arts to every grade level from 5th to 11th (including a two-year detour delving into World History with 7th graders), as well as Bible, Photography, Guitar, and First Aid/CPR to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders.
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