Intro to Creative Writing

Grade Level: Intro Course

Standards:
W.9-10.3 Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events
using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event
sequences.
d. Use precise words and phrases, telling details, and sensory language to
convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, setting, and/or characters.

Demographics: Primarily White, Sophomore class.

Theme: Poetry

Lesson Topic: Themes in Poetry

Objectives: Students will be able to use precise words and phrases, telling details,
and sensory language to convey a vivid picture of the experiences, events, and
settings.

Learning Strategies: 10 minute Free-write, see/think/wonder.

Key Vocabulary
● Pitfalls of poetry
Materials:
● Journal
● Pencil
● Pitfalls of poetry document
● Computer

Class time: 125

a) Direct instruction: Pitfalls of Poetry review: Pitfalls of Poetry. Teachers
can call out a pitfall and have students generate an example on
dry-erase whiteboards or using Jamboard.
b) Object Share: Students will participate in a show and tell activity and
will describe their object and its significance to the class. Classmates will
take notes on each mini presentation. The goal of this share is to
continue to build a community of writers while also communicating that
regular, everyday or sentimental objects can serve as a creative catalyst
for writing.
Practice and Application
 1) Independent work time/conferring: Object Poem Writing Activity
Students will write a poem based on their object, a classmate’s object, or a
combination of objects that were presented during the show and tell. The
teacher will confer with students about their ideas and/or writing.

Review and Assessment:

1) Students will share their idea/a few lines with the person next to them.

2) For homework, students can turn in either their hand poem, object poem, or
kitchen poem.
For the Next Class: Students will share and respond to each other’s work through
the form of an open-mic.