| Creative Writing
Writing is a way to communicate facts and ideas, to express thoughts
and feelings, and to tell a story. Through creative writing, we stretch
our imaginations as well as acquire critical thinking skills.
Sample some of the following activities to learn more about creative
writing.
Places To Go | People
To See | Things To Do | Teacher
Resources | Bibliography
Places To Go
The following are places to go (some real and some virtual) to find out
about creative writing.
 Plagiarism
Don't "go there".
Kids'
Space
Travel to this Kids' Space to publish student creative writing efforts.
Writers‚
Playground
Visit the Writer's Playground and find resources for writers.You'll find
poetry generators, dictionaries, grammar tips, and more.
Writing is Exciting!
Tips for students and teachers on creative writing.
Writing Fix
Writing prompts and lessons based on Six-Traits.
Write It: Short Fiction
Scholastic's step-by-step writing tips.
 People To See
Bartlett's
Quotations Online
Talk to John Bartlett and use one of his 9000 quotations to spice up your
writing. John lived from 1820 to 1905. He compiled his first „collection
of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient
and modern literature.‰ in 1855. That book is now in its 9th edition.
Things To Do
Tongue
Twisters
Have students write their own tongue twisters.
It's
Raining Frogs
Raining frogs....raining cats and dogs......Have students write stories
where other animals are raining down. (Raining camels? Raining penguins?)
While you're at it, use the World
Wide Words: Exploring the English Language site to find out the origin
of the phrase "raining cats and dogs" or have students write their own
versions of how they think this phrase came to be.
MidLink
Magazine
Students can submit their writing efforts to this online digital magazine.
ZuZu
Help students publish their stories, poetry, book and movie reviews, and
artwork online.
Wordsmith
- A Word A Day
Improve your vocabulary. Subscribe to the Word A Day listserv and receive
a new and useful word every day via email.
 Memaw's
Creative Writing Corner For Elementary School Teachers
Find journaling topics, warm up activities, and word play fun.
StoryMap
Print a storymap for students to use with the books they read.
Wacky Web Tales
Have students review their parts of speech by inserting words into these
goofy stories. They can use the existing stories or create their own.
Chris Van Allsburg
Visit your school or public library and check out The Mysteries of Harris
Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg. To fully appreciate and understand this
wonderful book, be sure and read the preface. Have students select one
of the illustrations and write a story around it.
Kids
As Authors - Great Stories About Everything
Help your students publish their stories online.
Vangar's
Creative Writing Resource Center
Share these tips for creative writing. There is also information to help
students with editing tasks.
 Grammar
Help students figure out the difference between there and their.
Kids on the
Net
Students can submit their stories and poems to this children's online
forum.
BBC
Online : Writing
Find tips to help students become better writers.
Teacher Resources
Hotlists from UEN provide internet sites to
visit to find out more about specific topics--in this case, creative writing!
(You can learn how to use this WWW
Activities tool created by UEN for Utah educators).
Virtual Field Trips are teacher and student-created
tours of curricular topics. (You can learn how to use this UEN Virtual
Field Trip tool created by UEN for Utah educators).
Lesson Plans/Webquests
Bibliography
- Barden, Cindy. Love to Write : Activities to Sharpen Creative Writing
Skills. Carthage, IL : Teaching & Learning Co., c1995.
- Brantley, Cynthia. The Princeton Review Writing Smart Junior : The
Art and Craft of Writing. New York : Random House, 1995.
- Ellis, Sarah. The Young Writer's Companion. Toronto : Douglas &
McIntyre, c1999.
- Fletcher, Ralph J. A Writer's Notebook : Unlocking the Writer Within
You. New York : Avon Books, c1996.
- Johnson, Philip C. Impressions : Writing Opportunities for Children.
Mukilteo, WA : WinePress Pub., c1997.
- Phillips, Kathleen C. How To Write a Story. New York : F. Watts, c1995.
- Policoff, Stephen Phillip. Real Toads in Imaginary Gardens : Suggestions
and Starting Points for Young Creative Writers. Chicago, Ill. : Chicago
Review Press, c1991.
- Seuling, Barbara. To Be a Writer : A Guide for Young People Who Want
to Write and Publish. New York : Twenty-First Century Books, c1997.
- Stevens, Janet. From Pictures to Words : A Book About Making a Book.
New York : Holiday House, c1995.
- Young, Sue. Writing with Style. New York : Scholastic, 1997.
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