Welcome to Your High School Creative Writing Classroom

Hello, I am a high school creative writing teacher, and this is my newsletter. I post lesson plans, units, writing prompts, and exercises designed to help students write vignettes, poetry, flash fiction, short fiction, and essays. We will also explore some metawrites and journal prompts, as well as dabbling in writing sprints, art and nature writing, and writing about the people, places, and things of your world.

I am a writer myself and have published three books about writing instruction for middle and high school writing teachers:

• Project-Based Writing: Teaching Writers to Manage Time and Clarify Purpose

• Story Matters: Teaching Teens to Use the Tools of Narrative to Argue and Inform

• The Confidence to Write: A Guide for Overcoming Fear and Developing Identity as a Writer

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