Course Description

 

Grades 10-12

 

Creative Writing

 

Philosophy Statement:  God is the Supreme Communicator and has spoken to His people in many ways.  In His goodness, He has given us gifts and abilities to read, write, listen, and speak.  These language arts skills are the foundation and gateway to all learning.  Understanding and developing these gifts is essential in language arts instruction.  Through the study of language arts students will develop written and oral skills that are necessary in becoming life-long learners of God and His word, which in turn will enable them to be salt and light to the world.

 

Course Objective:  This course gives students the chance to create other forms of written work, which are creative and not expository in nature.  Students examine a selection from each of the major areas of study and then seek to pattern their work after the “masters.” Areas of study include the short story, playwriting & dramatic production, poetry, and the novelette.

 

Textbooks:       None.  Teacher created syllabus

 

Materials:

• Book sets

 

Time Allotment:  44 minutes per day, 5 days per week, one semester

 

Course Content:

• Review of writing basics
• Vocabulary study of Latin & Greek roots, prefixes and suffixes
• Basics of Descriptive Writing
• Basics of  Narrative writing
• Creating the children’s story
• A Tale of Two Cities book study and research project—Creating historical fiction
• Much Ado About Nothing—Modernizing Shakespearean Drama
• Writing various forms of poetry

 

Areas to be evaluated:

• Class participation
• Comprehension quizzes
• Vocabulary Tests
• Writing assignments

 

Additional activities:

• Reading silently and orally
• Critical thinking skills
• Literary analysis and comprehension
• Cross curricular projects
• Class study of novels, poems and short stories