Creative Writing & my Literacy Narrative #3

I have to agree with Gabe. Our group was only working with ideas, and instead of fostering an environment where we could bounce ideas off of each other, the writing consultant in charge of the group decided to ask pointed questions that seemed a little mean. I thought she was really nice and friendly though, outside of that group consultation. She was probably exasperated that nobody in our group had an actual piece to work on.

The creative writing workshop helped me a little - I definitely got some new ideas for tutoring out of it. Before the workshop, I had no idea what kind of questions to ask a student who came in for a creative writing assignment or even what to look for specifically. Now I feel a bit more competent. In a creative writing piece, I could look for:

• cliches
• character development
  
• rhyme/iambic pentameter
• structure of the piece
• interest level (conflict?)

I know there's a lot more I'm missing, but that's about all that crossed my mind.

I'm really excited to start actually working on my literacy narrative. I love creating new things with my hands - this one will require paper, glue, and markers! These items happen to be my Favorite things to make a project with (yes, Favorite with a capital 'F'). It's going to be a literacy cookbook - sorry guys, this idea has been officially COPYRIGHTED. I don't want to see any other cookbooks in this class besides mine! Hey, you never know. Maybe when I share it with the class I'll bring in some edible literacy items. I'm sure there are some sour gummy novels or sugar coated bookmarks out there somewhere :)