Description
While some students may have a natural knack for writing, others may need help learning how to grow this skill. A little bit of inspiration goes a long way in helping them learn to stretch their creative writing muscles. In this 1-hour course, Creativity Disclaimer — Your Kids May Fall in Love with Writing, award-winning educator Shannon Anderson shares her best tips for learning creative ways to inspire kids to write.
Ms. Anderson is a 25-year veteran educator, children’s book author, and speaker. Her passion is helping students cultivate a love for reading and writing, as well as helping educators find creative ways to inspire kids to write. Ms. Anderson helps make creative writing fun, exciting, and something to look forward to.
After taking this course, you’ll walk away with a better understanding of:
- How to set up a writer’s notebook
- Using figurative language in writing
- Word choice in writing
- How to use quotes
- Playing with rhymes
- Creative writing exercises to get your students thinking
- How to organize a story
Extend your learning and earn another CPE credit! This course has a recorded Virtual Extended Learning Session where Lisa Van Gemert provides strategies and application tips. Click Here: Creativity Disclaimer: Your Kids May Fall in Love with Writing! – Extended Learning Session
CELESTE – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
This training had amazing ideas to get young writers to use their creativity. It gives the teacher several examples of how to make writers exam texts more closesly and apply it in their writing. The writing activities were great and challenge writers to think creatively and outside the box.
ROBIN – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Great examples and mentor text ideas!
Carolina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative. It’s a must-watch!
Astrid – DUNCANVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I love the large assortment of texts she explained with and that could be used for many grade levels.
Tina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is a great training. The different writing activities, including books to get the student’s creativity going is a great tool.
Kathy – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this course. It provided/reminded me about good teaching strategies for writing. I am inspired to use this in my classroom. Next year, my assignment is to teach writing for our three sections of 2nd grade.
Alison – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
enjoy the courses about writing
kayla – SAN PERLITA ISD (verified owner) –
great course very informational
Brandee – BOERNE ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful presentation of mentor texts to use when teaching writing.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course! Lots of fun writing ideas using mentor texts.
Denise – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
I really liked this course and feel it’s ideas I can use with my 1st graders.
Kim – TIPP CITY EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
I would recommend this course to anyone. Great ideas! As she spoke, I thought of books that I use in my classroom that would work for many of her lessons.
Jason – GROVEPORT MADISON LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great course and very thorough with plenty of examples.
Karen – COSHOCTON CITY (verified owner) –
Very informative – and fun!
Khara – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
I loved this course! Lots of great ideas that will get kids excited about writing. I love that the presenter shares a number of great mentor texts that can be used in the classroom.
tiffany – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I love all of the ideas in the training. Many of them are more appropriate for older elementary students, but most can be adapted for younger students.
Donna – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided great examples of mentor texts and ideas for how to incorporate them into my writing lessons.
Michele – FAYETTE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS (verified owner) –
So many great ideas for quick writing lessons as well as longer writing units!
Marissa – BURLESON ISD (verified owner) –
Loved all the ideas shared for encouraging a love for writing through different approaches
Kelly – NEWARK CITY (verified owner) –
Great examples and ideas to help with writing.
Claire – NEWARK CITY (verified owner) –
This training was helpful in terms of creative writing.
Stacey – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome! Very useful.
Kristin – SPRINGFIELD CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This has plenty of creative writing ideas to get students engaged in learning!
SHERRY – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Wonderful course! Ms. Anderson shares great and fun ideas to try with you students during your writing block. You won’t ever wonder what to do during this time again!
Krista – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was a great course! So much information packed into one hour, but the information was so useful and worth the time.
JENNIFER – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course to help inspire the writing of students.
Keelie – BETHEL LOCAL (verified owner) –
I would love more of this type of course.
ANGELICA A – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
It is very good, I like it.
Jennifer – NEWARK CITY (verified owner) –
This course gave many great examples for writer’s workshop
Elena – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
Great course with great ideas.
James – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course!
Rosario – LOS FRESNOS CISD (verified owner) –
I could barely keep up with all the methods provided to use mentor text and successfully incorporate writing. I can also apply the suggestions made to my middle school student population.
Nancy – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This course has a wealth of ideas and books for teachers to use when engaging students in Creative Writing.
Nicole – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Gives great examples on different ways to get children to begin writing and to love it!
THERESA – DELAWARE CITY (verified owner) –
Shannon is a recently retired teachers. She has a wealth of knowledge and a variety of experiences that she has used in her own classroom experiences.
Sara – LAREDO ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent source for teaching a fun way of writing.
Kristen – WESTERVILLE CITY (verified owner) –
Very helpful for writer’s workshop type resources.
Elizabeth – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
Good if you are an elementary-age teacher with lots of time to dedicate to writing projects. Note: There are lots of product promotions in the training.
Megan – BIG WALNUT LOCAL (verified owner) –
Interesting concepts were shared.
CRYSTAL M – SOCORRO ISD (verified owner) –
EXCELLENT information! 🙂
Trisha – COLUMBUS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
This was a great course. Possibly breaking it down into smaller presentations might be better. Tons of awesome information! My mind is swimming!
Glennda – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Good for younger kids
Tara – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
I loved how she gave the titles of books that would be wonderful texts to use to teach different kinds of writing! Also, the activities she shared would be fun and engaging for students within the classroom.
Paige – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
There were a lot of good examples throughout the presentation.
Wilma – HPS – HOUSTON SOUTH/WEST (verified owner) –
I like the ideas for mentor text selections for writing
Mary Lee – HILLSBORO CITY (verified owner) –
I thought this course was very educational. She was pleasant to listen too and had amazing ideas to use with our young writers.
Christina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This class is SOLID!!!
Paula – BOLING ISD (verified owner) –
good
Cyndi – CORPUS CHRISTI ISD (verified owner) –
The speaker gives wonderful examples of ways to get your students to write creatively!
Marissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Too long.