Creative Writing: Drama, Fiction + Poetry

Dramatic interpretation is a great way for students to literally see a story come to life. Students are able to create dramatic scripts, perform for their peers, and react honestly in real time. They can speculate what a character is thinking or feeling, or reinterpret stories to fit their own lives and experience. Burke says that "few activities teach [students] to read fiction better than writing it themselves"--with the right models and supports, students can interact with texts in highly innovative ways. 

• Short Fiction includes Sudden or "Flash" Fiction (no more than 3 pages) and Microfiction (250 words). 
• Creative Nonfiction reveals an individual of study in action, and reveals who the person is through actions, gestures, and speech. 
• Poetry is something teachers can incorporate all year long, rather than put into a single unit. List poems, found poems, odes, curse poems, magnetic poems, dialogue, and others mentioned in the previous post are all great ways to use poetry in the classroom.