Description
While some students may have a natural knack for writing, others may need help learning how to grow this skill. A little bit of inspiration goes a long way in helping them learn to stretch their creative writing muscles. In this 1-hour course, Creativity Disclaimer — Your Kids May Fall in Love with Writing, award-winning educator Shannon Anderson shares her best tips for learning creative ways to inspire kids to write.
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
Irma – PFLUGERVILLE ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative, great ideas to incorporate writing daily while making it exciting for students.
Marie – DRISCOLL ISD (verified owner) –
This course was great! There’s so many ways to make writing fun for students by using mentor texts!
Adrien – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed this course and got some ideas I could use with my students and I learned about some great books that I need to add to my library as mentor texts.
Nora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Very informative and provides great ideas to help students become successful writers.
Shelly – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I loved how Shannon gave examples of Mentor texts with ALL of her ideas for lessons.
Valerie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very informative
Genni – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Excellent course filled with numerous examples and activities to use in the classroom to help students develop their own creative writing.
Amanda – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great training
Monica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This would be fun and easy to implement into lessons.
Bonita – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
This offers many helpful ideas for your young authors.
Julie – MCALLEN ISD (verified owner) –
I love the cool and creative ideas here that will help my students love writing.
Litzy – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Very Helpful, includes great ideas!
Melissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
very good!
CLAUDIA – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
I really enjoyed the different ways we can use mentor text to get students to write.
Orlando – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
good course, thank you!
David – ALAMO HEIGHTS ISD (verified owner) –
Many Many ideas provided here that will help with student writing and literary analysis!
KATHERINE – SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD (verified owner) –
Excellent presentation – very explicit and and presenter makes it fun!!
Jennifer – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
Great presentation with many usable examples and suggestions.
Charlott – CHISUM ISD (verified owner) –
interesting
Alma – WESLACO ISD (verified owner) –
This session had a lot of great writng activites that will keep students engaged and make writing fun.
Evelina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Exceptional model writing techniques!
Kaitlin – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –
The course offers many good suggestions on how to teach kids to be creative in their writing.
Mindy – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
Very interesting!
Araceli – GRAND PRAIRIE ISD (verified owner) –
It provides amazing tools to use in the classroom.
Dora – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Awesome Books that guide students with their creative writing helping them elaborate on their writing assignments. Books that teach figurative language, word choice, quotes, summary, point of view, and adding humor to make writing fun!
Roberta – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Loved it! The writing activities are wonderful, yet practical. Kids will love them!
Susana – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
The presenter does an excellent job laying out all of the different, fun, and creative ways to spark an interest and appreciation for writing.
Rebecca – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Great Course!
Darla – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
I got so many great ideas to make writing more fun for my students.
Michelle – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Presentation is easy to follow and hwr examples of what include how to execute. She’s awesome!
Amy – GOOSE CREEK CISD (verified owner) –
Shannon Anderson delivered a well-organized course and included many resources teachers can use immediately in the classroom.
Lorrie – Angleton ISD (verified owner) –
Lots of ideas, very interesting author and she was very engaging.
Marie – MARION CITY (verified owner) –
Great ideas! I loved that it was practical tips, rather than just theory talk. I have a lot of ideas to use in my classroom now!
Karen – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the many types of writing activities to spark the love and creativity of writing!
Anne – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
This course was amazing in that their were so very many options for motivating and instructing students to be creative writers. The mentor texts were so helpful and so plentiful, and the ideas would be motivating for all ages of student, and would result in unique, creative writing responses.
Christopher – DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT (verified owner) –
Marvelous for that age group; I would like to try to apply it to older children.
Kathy – RIESEL ISD (verified owner) –
Shannon Anderson is one of my favorite presenters. I am always inspired by what she shares. This one was like a writing pep rally!
Celina – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very helpful to get ideas on how to keep students entertained while learning.
Lisa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
It was very informative with a variety of examples that can be used in the classroom.
Belinda – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
This course shows examples of books you can use as examples for students to be able to write on their own (figurative language, organization, write it down and pass it around, etc.). It’s an excellent presentation! I took so many notes!
Stephanie – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Loved this course!!! More like them please
Kealey – PROSPER ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoyed all of the great examples given during this course. I can definitely take these new strategies back to my own classroom.
Lynda – MIDLOTHIAN ISD (verified owner) –
I LOVE this course! So many things you can take and do in your own classroom.
Veronica – SHARYLAND ISD (verified owner) –
Loved it
Sylvia – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
Love and really enjoyed the course.
Marissa – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I enjoy the enthusiasm of the presenter and how clear she made her points.
Monica – UNITED ISD (verified owner) –
I especially enjoyed the examples of each concept/skill and the new innovative ways to further students’ writing!
Olivia – East Muskingum Local Schools (verified owner) –
Wonderful course with great examples and practical uses.
Casey – New Lexington City Schools (verified owner) –
I loved how she gave many examples of short lessons for students to love writing.
Amanda – IRONTON CITY (verified owner) –
Nice ways to get kids to write creatively.