Creative Writing Lesson Plans - Page 2
© Gloria Campos-Hensley
A Few Lesson Plan Ideas 1) Use the very beginning or ending of class for spelling and punctuation time.
2) Create a story as a class. Here is how... start at any end of the room. Pick a student and ask her to write a sentence for the beginning of a story. Just one sentence is enough. When she is done ask her to pass the paper and pen down to the next student. That student must write a sentence that she thinks would come next if she were writing the story. Remember, just one sentence is enough. She to then passes it to the next person and the cycle continues until the last few people have to begin to end the story. When the story is complete you or a volunteer can read it out loud to the class. You can do this as one large group or even break it into smaller groups if you are afraid there are too many students.
3) Give your students a journal to keep. Everyday before class ask them to describe something in the room, in great detail, without naming it, for 3 minutes. At the end of each description when their time is up, in very small letters at the very bottom, ask them to write the answer. Later on you can use these descriptions to play a game.
4) Reading Day! Make a reading day each week and show them different forms of writing, or you can work on reading skills. Let each student have a chance to read in class. When the are done congratulate them on a job well done and then briefly show examples on how they can all improve next time by showing them yourself.
5) Remember me day! Let them write their own obituary.
6) Five senses: Make them uses their senses. Let them cover their eyes and then their ears. Give them objects to taste, smell and touch. Have a folder filled with sensory images and ask them to use those senses to write a poem, a list, or a story.
7) Share a little of your own work. Kids love that. The awes on their faces will inspire them and inspire you to write more. When you give them something to work on, you work on it too and then show them what you wrote, and then they will be more comfortable showing their assignments in class as well. Be spontaneous; do not worry if it is not perfect. They will not judge you. If you want, you can use your story on editing day to show them how your story or poem was transformed.
