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
Deborah – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
I loved the way the presenter modeled strategies and gave examples of mentor texts.
Viviana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, thank you!
Jennifer – CLEAR CREEK ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon Anderson is so uplifting to watch and I get motivated just by listening and engaging with her excitement.
Raquel – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
I thought this course was great for teaching different ways of writing using mentor texts.
esperanza – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great.
Nolan – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course provided really good examples and tools that I may use in my lessons.
Silvia – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
love all the examples
Stephanie – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed this session.
chris – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of book examples.
Gloria – RIVER VIEW LOCAL (verified owner) –
Lots of great ideas here. I will re-visit this as the year gets into full swing.
Melida – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, thank you for all of the examples of Mentor text.
Julie – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
The module had great examples of literature for mini lessons regarding creative writing.
Heather – Region 17 (verified owner) –
Very good ideas about writing and hands on ways to implement it in your classroom.
Carrie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course if full of dozens of ideas that are easy to implement into any class! I am excited to try these great ideas out.
Kathy – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
I love Shannon Anderson courses! She is such a pleasure to listen to. She inspires me every time I hear her.
Brooke – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
So many great ideas to help my writers! I loved it all!
Paige – Region 17 (verified owner) –
Mostly geared for elementary, but I do love using picture books with my secondary students so many of the activities will be fun to try.
Christina – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon always has so many great examples of instructional strategies. In this PD she went through so many writing activities to implement in the class and mentor texts to correspond to writing techniques.
Kristi – HALLSVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Not for secondary teachers.
Julie – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
An ample of of suggestions/examples of how to use mentor texts to teach writing. Thank you for exposing me to new literature to use for writing with my students!
Crystal – BEXLEY CITY (verified owner) –
I liked some of the ideas but felt too much time was given to “teaching” topics that I already knew – at the start with the types of fig lang.
Veronica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This is worthwhile for English teachers and all else who should incorporate writing in their classroom.
Claudia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great. Its filled with many examples of fun ways to get kids to write.
Marta – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very formative and interesting.
Norma – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great!
Chandra – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
All the examples are so great and get me excited to teach writing.
Debbie – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas for teaching writing!
Stephanie – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy how the presenter gives concrete examples of what to use and how to use it in a classroom. This is the second course of hers that I have taken and I plan on signing up for more of hers in the future.
Kristy – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course is great for elementary students as well as secondary. I think these ideas can help motivate the teens to write and even help them have more measurable goals when it comes to writing.
Jennifer – SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD (verified owner) –
This is a course that I am beyond excited to take the ideas and actually use them in my classroom. Real world ideas that are easy and applicable to my day to day teaching!!
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great course.
Marie – DRISCOLL ISD (verified owner) –
I learned lots of great examples for modeling creative writing for students using mentor texts.
BILLIE – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Great information about different types of writing. Creates excitement for students in their writing. Lots of examples. Love it.
Rosie – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of great ways to use mentor text and model how writers develop stories. Strategies are easy and fun to do. I can’t wait to try this with my students.
Paula – COLUMBIA-BRAZORIA ISD (verified owner) –
Unlike a lot of online courses that just give theory and aren’t helpful at all, she gave a lot of practical ideas that can be used in the classroom tomorrow.
Daniela – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed all the suggestions.
Melanie – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative. Shannon Anderson is very easy to understand!
Ana – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
Great course! Speaker was engaging.
Rebecca – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great ideas that can easily be used in any classroom.
Amelia – ECTOR COUNTY ISD (verified owner) –
This course has great ideas on how to teach writing.
Elia – MIDWAY ISD – WOODWAY (verified owner) –
Excellent examples that are easy to implement.
Genevieve – SPRING BRANCH ISD (verified owner) –
It had great ideas to implement immediately in your classroom.
Corinna – DRISCOLL ISD (verified owner) –
I loved this course! Lots of great ideas!
Debra – ASHTABULA AREA CITY (verified owner) –
Great writing ideas! This course seems to give writing ideas for classes of all ages.
Tracy – Region 17 (verified owner) –
So many wonderful ideas for all types of writing! Loved it!
Christi – CHESAPEAKE UNION EXEMPTED VILLAGE (verified owner) –
I would love for Shannon to come and present writing fun to our teachers. I feel like writing is where we lack.
Janet – MERCEDES ISD (verified owner) –
I thought that this was an amazing, engaging, and interesting course.
Kendall – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
Gives great ideas!
Brittany – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
great course!
Lori – KILLEEN ISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed getting new, creative writing ideas to excite our students and teachers about writing.