Current Issue I Stopped Grading Papers—And You Can, Too 21 Mar 202021 Mar 2020 Elizabeth Jorgensen, Arrowhead High School, jorgensene @ arrowheadschools.org Practice as PerformanceJunior and senior students enrolled in my Creative Writing course expect to churn out a paper (the night before it’s…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Guest Editor’s Introduction 4 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Elizabeth Jorgensen, Arrowhead Union High School, jorgensene @ arrowheadschools.org This issue invited contributors to share successful, inventive instruction, lessons, assignments and perspectives that teach facets of creative writing. In our…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… The Text Is in the Context: Calling for a Social Turn in Creative Writing Pedagogy 1 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Kara Mae Brown, College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, karamae.brown @ ccs.ucsb.edu Abstract. Brown argues that creative writing can be taught when those teachers possess evidence-based knowledge…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Creating Innovators through Creative Writing 1 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 John Lando Carter, Department of Educational Leadership, Middle Tennessee State University, lando.carter @ mtsu.edu Abstract. Carter argues that the creative writing classroom is a haven for honing Wagner’s (2008) seven…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Food Stories as Embodied Writing: Practical Creative Writing Pedagogy 1 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Gregory Stephens, Associate Professor of English, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, gregory.stephens @ upr.edu Abstract. Stephens shows that the transferable skills obtained through creative writing pedagogy can also be taught in English Language Arts contexts.…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Using Creative Writing Pedagogies to Teach the Job Application Package in Technical Communication 1 Nov 201726 Apr 2018 Janice Cools-Stephens, Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez, janice.cools @ upr.edu In technical communication classes, students are always very enthused about learning how to construct and design cover letters…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Excavating the Soul: The Milwaukee Public Museum Student Poetry Competition 1 Nov 201712 Feb 2018 Richard Hedderman, Education Programs Coordinator, Milwaukee Public Museum, hedderman @ mpm.edu Elizabeth Jorgensen, Arrowhead Union High School, jorgensene @ arrowheadschools.org Abstract. Hedderman discusses his approach to evaluating the poems as they’re…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Toward a Unified Front: Fostering Collaboration between Secondary and Postsecondary Creative Writing Teachers 1 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Chris Drew (PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee), Assistant Professor of English, Indiana State University, chris.drew @ indstate.edu Abstract. Drew advocates for increased collaboration between creative writing teachers at the secondary and postsecondary levels.…
Symposium: Approaches to Teaching Creative Writing… Accommodating All Students: A Co-Teaching Approach to Creative Writing 1 Nov 201722 Nov 2017 Heidi Hamilton, Arrowhead High School, hamilton @ arrowheadschools.org Elizabeth Jorgensen, Arrowhead High School, jorgensene @ arrowheadschools.org Abstract. Hamilton and Jorgensen explore best practices both for co-teaching and meeting the needs…
Vol 58, No 2 (2016) Korean Poetry Competition Provides Opportunity for American Creative Writing Students 19 Nov 201623 Nov 2017 Elizabeth Jorgensen, Arrowhead Union High School, shares anecdotes of students composing drafts, receiving feedback, and submitting sijos to the Sejong Cultural Society, which hosts a national sijo-writing competition.Continue reading "Korean…
