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Welcome to Creative Writing

// Blank Beauty // // Beautiful blank pages //  // kiss our //   // imaginations //   // with backgrounds //   // that demand precision. // // Our black letters cross // // on tightrope lines, // // curving //  // without wavering //   // across deep, invisible currents. //   // These beautiful blank pages //   // are promises of our //   // reflections. //  //Our gentlest strokes//   //of darkness upon light//. -Judith Pordon = __//Course Description//__: = = Creative Writing serves as an exploration of the creative writing process, including idea generation, creation, and development of drafts, and basic editing skills. Through frequent and diverse exercises, students develop their use of voice, imagery, characterization, dialogue, and narration. Students work in poetry, prose, drama, and fiction. Works produced by professional writers as well as by students in the class serve for the basis of discussion in the workshop process. =

= //__Expectations__//: = = *Take responsibility for learning. = = *Respect the writing workshop environment. = = *Write to your best ability every time you write. = = *Experiment and grow. = = *Uphold school policies in classroom. = = *Remain on task for the entire period. =

= //__Required Materials__//: = = A pocket folder. =

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