I'm thrilled to announce the first graduate from my Reach for the Stars Writing Workshop at Suzy's Writing Corner.
 Amy (Booklover) has diligently completed the entire course and has earned this nifty certificate for her school portfolio:
 In order to qualify for this official-looking proof of completion of this 16-lesson, work-at-your-own-pace writing course, student smust complete the following tasks:
1) Work through the lessons in order (since they build on each other), completing all of the activities (homework) except the one that asks students to start working on their own story creations.
2) Post their work so I can give feedback.
3) When corrections and/or more complete posts are suggested, the students make an attempt to follow through and make such changes in their work, and notifying me that corrections have been made.
I asked Amy a few questions about the writing workshop. Here is the "interview."
1)Which lesson was most beneficial for you (where you learned something you hadn't known before or if you would write stories differently now because of it)? Lesson 6, Writing Cameras Part 1 where you talked about "dead words". Ever since that lesson, I try to watch out for dead words in anything I write.
2) Which lesson was the most fun to do and why? Lesson 7, Writing Cameras part 2 was probably my favorite lesson. I think its because you had "before and after". Thats' one thing that I really liked doing in the lessons. (Before and after means I gave a boring sentence, and the students change it to a vivid, grabber sentence, using the skills leaned).
3) Would you share what you plan on writing next? I think that I'll end up writing another poem soon. Otherwise, I really don't have any ideas right now. But these lessons have gotten me excited about writing!
4) Now that the lessons are finished, what would you like to see happen at Suzy's Writing Corner? Now that "Reach for the Stars Writing Workshop" is done, I want a "Reach for Higher Stars" Writing Workshop. A class with more advance stuff in it. I would also like it if kids could send in their stories/poems/essays to you so you could post them, and other kids could read them.
Congratulations, Amy! You can read Amy's lessons/stories on her Story Blog. Head on over and congratulate her on a job well done (this course is not "quick and easy" and requires higher-level thinking skills). Oh, in addition, to day is her 11th birthday. Head over to Amy's Artsy Articulations and wish her a happy birthday.
I look forward to posting other graduates as they work their way through this workshop.
(If you're wondering why I'm posting at all, the court system called last night and I didn't have to report for jury duty today, after all. Probably tomorrow, though) |
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