Creative Writing - Short Stories & Poetry (5th-8th)

Creative Writing – Short Stories & Poetry

Grades: 5^th-8th

Course Description: 

Do your kids struggle with writing? If so, this is a great class for them to discover the joys of writing! We will learn the tools needed for creative writing such as outlining a story’s plot, describing a setting, developing characters, writing powerful beginnings and endings, incorporating dialogue, understanding point of view, and practicing various types of poetry style and techniques. 

Not only will your students learn these techniques, but they will get to practice them in fun and engaging assignments such as a humorous script, a novella, a speech, a memoir, a personal essay, and different types of poems.  

This class will teach students not only to produce creative pieces of literature but also to appreciate them as we use beloved short stories, poems, and songs to aid our learning!

Cost Per Semester: 

$280

Textbook, workbooks, or materials needed for class: 

There is no textbook required for this class!  I will email out all necessary handouts on a weekly basis.

Payment Methods: 

Venmo: @MrsJanePark

Zelle:  [email protected]

Check made out to:  Jane Park

Email:  [email protected]

Bio: 

Jane graduated from UCLA with a degree in English and continued on there to receive her teaching credential and Masters degree in Education. She was blessed to be hired at a middle school in the Los Angeles Unified School District. She taught 6^th and 7^th graders for ten fulfilling years.

After getting married and raising her children at home, she began teaching again through various opportunities within the homeschool community. This will be her 8^th year doing so, and she loves it!

She is happily married to her husband Jason, who serves as a pastor a local church. She has four children:  one starting college, one starting community college, one starting high school, and one starting middle school. Fun fact: although not initially planned, her kid’s names form an acronym for her own name (Jacob, Abbey, Noah & Ethan)!