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Projects allow students to demonstrate competence and understanding of concepts and skills by completing a career-related task. For example, the assignment might be to create a mural, a package design, a speech, a film review, or a movie set – you name it! These creative projects are about applying your learning acquired through in-depth research to real-world career tasks.
Each competency will be addressed through a project that is based on a real-life career task. Here are the careers you will explore in Creative Writing Projects: Television Producer, Director, Writer, Editor, and Instructional Coordinator.
Please also review the competency statements to learn more about the major topics and concepts covered in this offering.
Projects
Television Producer
You will take on the role of a television producer for a morning talk show, tasked with putting together a list of books based on a theme for a segment about October’s National Book month.
Required Materials
18 weeks
Director
You will take on the role of a director for a nonprofit organization that helps seniors get college scholarships, and for your website, you will create an example of a personal essay that students will be writing.
Writer
You will become a writer, being considered to author a new book series. You will be tasked with creating a writing sample to show what you are capable of and will write a short story in whatever genre you choose.
Editor
You will take on the role of editor for a local newspaper tasked with writing a poem for the monthly poetry column.
Instructional Coordinator
You will take on the role of a writing center instructional coordinator applicant for a university tasked with creating a portfolio that highlights your understanding of and ability to use the writing process.
Competencies
Creative Nonfiction
Students will demonstrate an understanding of creative nonfiction by writing a piece of creative nonfiction that uses narrative elements and structures to address a specific audience.
Fiction
Students will demonstrate an understanding of fiction by writing a short story that uses plot, setting, descriptions, and dialogue to convey theme.
Poetry
Students will demonstrate an understanding of poetry by writing poems that use figurative language, structure/form, and word choice to convey theme, mood, and tone.
Read Like A Writer
Students will demonstrate an understanding of critical reading by analyzing texts from a variety of creative writing genres for mood and tone, structure, theme, and point of view.
Writing Process
Students will demonstrate an understanding of the writing process by creating a piece of writing through prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and publishing.
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