Description
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
Fidel – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
Good course!
Maria – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
Good information and engaging.
Dariela – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
It was really interesting.
Dalia – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the books that were choosen.
Laura – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
I loved it
Elizabeth – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
Great explanation
Stephanie – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I love this presenter. She always gives us practical, helpful, and creative ideas.
Eliza – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
Loved it! Excellent creative methods to promote writing.
Ruben – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
Easy to follow.
Mary – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I love the activities the presenters shows in the end. I especially like the one where kids are to create something they just can’s do without. It is an activity which we can do when we study inventions.
Maria – EDCOUCH-ELSA ISD (verified owner) –
This was an excellent module I think I will come back to every year.
Tracy – EAST MUSKINGUM LOCAL (verified owner) –
A lot ideas and examples were given.
Daisy – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed it. Very informative.
Bri – NORTHRIDGE LOCAL (verified owner) –
So many fantastic ways to get kids excited about writing.
Dora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It is very helpful to motivate students to write.
Kelly – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This was good — but I was not aware it would be focused mainly on elementary school aged kids.
Amanda – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
I got some great ideas from her. I do Cinderella in my class and will add the writing component to it.
Ernesto – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Loved the variety of writing lessons
Delfina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was very informative. It gave many examples of different writing styles along with literary elements.
Karen – CARROLL ISD (verified owner) –
Would be great for elementary students. Upper level high school students, not so much.
Kim – WESTERN BROWN LOCAL (verified owner) –
Great ideas! Wish she wrote a book about all the writing activities she discussed.
Yesenia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great resource! Definitely recommend.
Dawn – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Outstanding examples that can be used in the classroom!
Everardo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I liked this course. It gave me sources which I can use to give my older students examples of different forms of writing. It may make the times that they have to write a bit more fun for them.
Elizabeth – HALLETTSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation! Super engaging!
erin – LA FERIA ISD (verified owner) –
Good ideas for motivating students to write
Adriana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
A refresher on Figurative Language
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Love all the ideas to get kids writing!
Lori – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Awesome information!
Dustin – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
Good job , will have kids write in notebook daily.
Annette – HILLSBORO ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon is an excellent and extremely knowledgable presenter–great course!!
Lee – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I love all the examples and strategies…It’s true what Ms. Anderson said at the beginning of the presentation “Teaching writing is hard, until it isn’t”. This course will give you creative ways to engage our students in the writing process through mentor texts and strategies. Thank you for the information.
Eduardo – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It guides you all the way and explains all in detail.
Cecilia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent!
Elisa Liz – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great because it shares an abundance of book examples that you can use figurative language, sensory language, and poetry.
Lesley – WYLIE ISD (verified owner) –
Fantastic ideas to use children’s literature as authentic mentor texts. I appreciate her giving book examples.
Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
She is brilliant. Very informative and knowledgeable. She gives lots of great ideas to use in your classroom
Jeannie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Wow! Great Job! The presentation has so many amazing ideas and implementing them is very exciting.
Eliza – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Really enjoyed this session; I love incorporating picture books, fables, tall tales, myths, and other short stories into my curriculum along with novels. The students remember the plot, moral, and theme of the picture books and stories better than the novels.
Thelma – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
She is a great presenter with great ideas to implement easily.
Rhonda – PALACIOS ISD (verified owner) –
great content and presentation. Lots of great ideas.
Victoria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It gives easy steps to help all levels of writers in your class.
Christine – NEDERLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Great info
Sara – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course gives teachers great ideas to promote writing so the students can develop an understanding and love of it.
Amanda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very fun and interesting.
Brooke – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was informative, but I felt like the instructor just talked at us the entire time. It made it difficult to focus on what she was saying. She gave a lot of examples from other texts, but I found it hard to fully engage in what she was teaching – my mind wondered quite a bit.
Lyndsay – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
enjoyed
Maria – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! I really enjoyed that the examples provided came with the name of books that could be used for specific figurative language or writing organization.
Grace – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Ideas are practical and useful.
Liliana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is fun and seems to be very easy to implement. I can even see how all of these activities can be adapted for older learners.