2023 暑期 | G6-8 创意写作系列课程之一
Creative Writing: Fiction
Thoth Academy 初中创意写作系列课程的这门课 - Creative Writing: Fiction,其课程设计理念还是基于 Reading Like a Writer, Writing for a Reader 的理念,通过精读经典短篇小说来学习短篇小说的创意写作。
基于这个理念,该课程既不是一个单纯的短篇小说精读课,也不是一门只讲解教授创意写作技巧的课程。在这门课程中,我们的作家老师将带领学生们以作家的方式,深入研究经典短篇小说作者的作品,真正学习如何 Reading Like a Writer,具体学习短篇故事中各种创作手法的使用方式,譬如:语言,背景,角色发展,对话,观点,象征主义,和情节等等。学生们将短篇小说作为范文(Mentor Text)来学习创意写作的方法和技巧,并在自己的创作中模仿运用。
Thoth Academy G6-8年级的创意写作系列课程目前分四个级别的课程,包括从创意写作主要故事元素及技巧,到创作短篇故事,再到以诗歌为载体来学习各种文学手法技巧来为作品锦上添花,再到最后的如何投稿出版自己的作品。通过四个进阶课程的学习,学生循序渐进扎扎实实地提高写作水平。具体为以下四个级别的课程:
G6-8 Creative Writing: Fiction
介绍学习小说的主要故事元素,激发学生极大的写作热情。课程涵盖的经典短篇小说作者包括 Isaac Asimov,Gary Soto,Ray Bradbury,Shirley Jackson,和Hernando Tellez等等。
G6-8 Creative Writing: Writing through Novel Study - Alice in Wonderland, The Giver, Anton Chekov’s Forty Stories
以作家的方式去阅读(Reading like a writer),将小说作为范文(Mentor Text),创作出自己的优秀小说作品。
G6-8 Creative Writing: Poetry
以诗歌为载体来学习各种文学手法技巧来为作品锦上添花。
G6-8 Creative Writing: Publishing a Short Story
这是一门给热爱写作的学生设计的以出版为目的的课程。作家老师将一步步地教学生从哪些方面来修改完善自己的作品,如何找到适合自己作品投稿的出版刊物,甚至会教如何写给编辑部的 cover letter,如何回复编辑部的信件。课堂上通过阅读分析同龄人出版的故事,学习为什么这些作品能得以出版,我们能从中学到什么,并运用到自己的作品中来。课堂结束后学生将给三个出版刊物投稿。
本篇公众文具体介绍 G6-8 Creative Writing: Fiction。
课程简介
Creative Writing: Fiction
适合年级:G6-8 年级
在整个十节课的课程中,学生们将通过阅读和模仿经典短篇小说,来学习如何像作家一样思考和写作。本课程涵盖的经典短篇小说作者包括Isaac Asimov,Gary Soto,Ray Bradbury,Shirley Jackson,和Hernando Tellez。
学生可以选择在整个课程中创作一个完整的故事,也可以将每节课的写作练习作为单独的写作练习。课堂上还会采用研讨会Workshop 的形式来帮助学生练习如何分析评价他人的作品,同时也能收获他人对自己作品的建设性反馈。
STORIES
Isaac Asimov
STORIES
Gary Soto
STORIES
Ray Bradbury
Shirley Jackson
Hernando Tellez
每节课,学生都要根据老师提供的 prompts 进行阅读和写作。然后,在下一节课中老师将对阅读或写作技巧进行回顾,以激发学生进一步的创造性写作。学生应按时完成每节课后的写作作业,老师将为每个学生提供个性化的修改编辑和反馈。
每节课都会围绕创意写作的某个主题,譬如一节课会围绕人物发展和情节(Characterization and Plot);下一节课则会讲叙事人称和对话(Point of View and Dialogue);再下一节课则会围绕如何构建小说的紧张冲突,并步步升级到高潮(Building Tension,Climax,and Action ),等等。
Creative Writing: Fiction
Throughout this 10-lesson course, students will be taught how to think and write like writers as they read and imitate works of short fiction appropriate but challenging for their grade level. Classic short story authors covered in this course will include Isaac Asimov, Gary Soto, Ray Bradbury, Shirley Jackson, and Hernando Tellez. These readings will be provided in the form of digital PDFs by the teacher. If students so choose, they can work on one story throughout the course so that by the end of it, they have written an entire story. Otherwise, they can treat each week’s writing exercise as individual writing practice. Workshops will be used to help students practice analyzing and critiquing others’ writing while also hearing constructive feedback on their own.
Each week students are expected to read and/or write based on prompts the teacher provides. The reading or writing techniques will then be reviewed in the following class session to inspire further student creative writing. Students should also upload their writing exercises to the Course’s Google Classroom page, and the teacher will provide individualized edits and feedback for each student.
Course Outline
Class 1: Introduction
Class 2: Figurative Language & Description & Characterization
Class 3: Indirect Characterization & Plot
Class 4: Plot & Rising Action
Class 5: Point of View & Dialogue
Class 6: Strong Dialogue & Writing the Climax
Class 7: Building Tension & Climax & Action
Class 8: Falling Action & Foreshadowing
Class 9: Resolution & Detail
Class 10: Having Fun (Responsibly) with Language
课程形式及课程时间
WHO HOW WHEN
课程形式及课程时间
适合年级/WHO
- G6-8 年级
课程形式/HOW
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5-6 人 Zoom 在线小班授课
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Google Classroom 作业管理
- 课后完成提交写作作业
- 老师对写作作业进行批改反馈,或上课点评指导
暑期课程时间安排/WHEN
每周两次一小时课,共十节课,五周完成。
Classes | Dates | Time |
G6-8 Creative Writing: Fiction |
6/26-8/10 (no class on 7/24, 7/27, 7/31, 8/3) |
周一周四美东
5:00-6:00 PM 周一周四美西 2:00-3:00 PM |
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