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Tools for the Classroom

The following exercises can be adapted for lesson plans in the classroom, or exercises that writers complete independently.

establishing agreements on day 1

An exercise to help establish an inclusive culture in the creative writing classroom from the first day of a course.

CRAFT

ways to tell it

A multi-part exercise modeled after Matt Madden's 99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style.

imitation

A prompt that experiments with the idea that every text can be rewritten and that imitation is a tool for invention.

political texts, polemical texts

A brief presentation of differing perspectives about the relationship between literature, argument, and activism.

IDENTITY

PRIVILEGE

unpacking privilege

An exercise adapted from Peggy McIntosh’s “White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack." 

REPRESENTATION

reading as a writer

A list of lenses or orientations that writers use to approach the texts they read.

LANGUAGE

APPROPRIATION

research in creative writing

A catalog of strategies that creative writers use to draw upon outside material in their work.

EVALUATION

contingencies of value

An exercise that motivates discussion about the complexities of literary evaluation.

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preparing for workshop in fiction

Questions to consider when reading a fictional story for workshop.

experimenting with process

A series of ideas for how to "make it new" in your writing process.
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        • Toward an Inclusive Creative Writing
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    • For Program Faculty
  • Creative Writing Studies
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