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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.