Secrets of Storytelling: A Creative Workbook for Kids
Part 3 – The End, for 3rd through 6th grade students
By Natalie Rompella
Thursday, September 15, 2022 @ Thursday, September 15, 2022
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Does your student love reading and have a creative mind? Does your student want to write his or her own stories – but doesn’t know where to start? And (perhaps most importantly) would you like your student to grab onto a love of writing – right now – getting skilled and confident with writing before middle and high school in a fun and enjoyable way?
This Creative Writing Club is Part 3 of a series – and we’d love for you to join in! In Part 1, “The Beginning,” we worked through how to get started on writing a story. In Part 2, “The Middle,” we learned about how to create a story’s characters, plot, setting, and dialogue. In this Club, you’ll join Ms. Schuett to complete the the workbook, Secrets of Storytelling: A Creative Workbook for Kids—which is all about finishing a fiction story. This fun, skills-based club with “writing classes” helps your writer become confident – AND, along the way, we’ll learn about how stories in literature “work”!
There are no prerequisites for this club! Even if your student didn’t participate in Parts 1 and 2, you are welcome to join in on Part 3, “The End” – and revisit Parts 1 and 2 in the recorded Clubs. And even the writer of the workbook, Ms. Natalie Rompella, tells our young writers to use the workbook in any order that they’d like!
In the Secrets of Storytelling: A Creative Workbook for Kids Club, each week, you’ll follow the writing prompts, learn how to think and write well, practice putting your ideas to paper, and then share the creativity together in Club. In this way, we’ll “try out” new ways to write with excitement (and enjoyment!) and become better writers. You and your Literary Guide, Ms. Schuett, will have so much fun learning about writing and creativity along the way! Come join us!
What Makes This Special
It’s led by a writer! Secrets of Storytelling: A Creative Workbook for Kids was written for young writers – and because Ms. Schuett has been writing since she was in the fourth grade, she knows what it’s like to have creativity bubbling up inside yet not know “where to go from there” with the writing. It’s time to learn how to make writing fun and easy, and this Club is perfect for just that…
Your Guide is a teacher with wonderful experience that helps your child learn to love writing and learning! Your Guide, Ms. Schuett, is an experienced teacher with a terminal degree (Master of Fine Arts) in storytelling. When you sign up for this Writing Club, you get a professional, highly skilled Guide who helps your student develop a love for writing while learning how to dig deeper into all the different parts of creating a story.
Your Guide
Ms. Anna Schuett is a professional writer and teacher with Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English degree from Concordia University (with an emphasis in Creative Writing) and a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, Genre Fiction (MFA, terminal degree) from Western Colorado University.
While studying for her MFA, Ms. Schuett was an elementary school Para-Educator and Librarian/Technology Assistant. Spending a great amount of time with students who struggled with their studies, Ms. Schuett found a love for helping students learn and grow.
Ms. Schuett currently works as an I.T. Coordinator for Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapy clinics across the state of Nebraska. Because of a love of working with students, she is excited to be in her role as an Instructor Access Instructor with Aquinas Writing Advantage.
Born, raised, and living in Nebraska, USA, Ms. Schuett enjoys reading, quilting, baking, and writing epic fantasy novels—all with a cup of coffee or tea within arm’s reach. You can reach Ms. Schuett at akschuett91@gmail.com.
About the Book
- Buy from Bookshop.org
- ISBN-10: 1647391342
- ISBN-13: 978-1647391342
(From Amazon) Whether you’re just getting started or you’ve already written a ton of stories, practice makes perfect when it comes to writing for kids. Build your skills the fun way with Secrets of Storytelling; it’s packed with dozens of short, creative fiction prompts and plenty of space so you can write to your heart’s content.
Don’t be afraid to think outside the box, make mistakes, and get weird with words! Prompts and fun activities about writing for kids inspire you to get creative and help you build intriguing plots, strong characters, and vivid settings for your stories. It’s time to unleash your inner author!
All books about writing for kids should include:
- Fun activities―Explore engaging exercises that get your creativity flowing, including brainstorming, filling in the blanks, and beyond.
- Tips on writing for kids―Learn simple strategies for crafting strong storylines, and get pointers for overcoming writer’s block, editing your work, and more.
- Quotes for creativity―Discover inspirational and motivational quotes from famous writers.
Step up your storytelling skills with the short, creative fiction prompts and fun activities inside this book about writing for kids.
Age Range – 8 – 12 years, grades 3 – 6
Parental Guidance
Writing is a deeply personal experience, and students will be asked to create ideas from their imagination or experiences, then write their ideas. We encourage creativity and “out of the box ideas” from all students. As Club leaders, we like to say, “Creativity cannot be ‘bad’… it simply may need to be tweaked!”
Your students may or may not be comfortable sharing their writing – whether it be with a parent or the group. We are sensitive to students’ needs for affirmation with personal creativity, and if your student doesn’t want to share in class, we will work with what is best for the student as communicated by the parent. However, sharing writing in a safe and positive place is what we’re all about – and you can communicate that safety to the student!
The most important purposes of this Club are to get your student’s ideas flowing, to encourage writing and creativity, and to show your student how to critically think through ideation in writing.
Finally, because this is a Club with classes on creativity and personal writing, students may write within a wide range of ideas. If a concerning topic comes up in the Writing Club (e.g., not age-appropriate ideas, or topics containing PG-13 content such as violence), your Guide will immediately guide the topic away from the offending issue to appropriate ideas, and parents will be notified appropriately. Our goal is to encourage healthy creativity that supports the student AND you and your family. We’re here to support you!
Reading Schedule
As you read through the sections each week, simply follow the prompts to write – and together, we’ll discuss the ideas and how to make them even clearer and more powerful, as you become a great writer. If you come to a writing prompt that you really don’t like, feel free to skip it, no worries! We’ll discuss how to write for topics “we’re not excited about” and then come up with ideas right there in class together.
- Week 1: Reading – Pages 155 – 165
- Week 2: Reading – Pages 166 – 173
- Week 3: Reading – Pages 174 – 181
How To Begin
It’s easy! Follow these steps to get started…
- Sign up and get in (before it’s full!) — Use the blue button at the bottom of this page to save your spot.
- Receive your information — Within 48 hours of signing up, you’ll get an email with your Club’s details. Save this email, bookmark the zoom link, and add the club dates to your calendar.
- Prepare for your first meeting — Get the book from your own favorite source, or buy your book(s) directly from your Book Club pages. Read the assigned chapters ahead of time, and download and print the supplies list for crafts (young readers), activity pages for during the Club time (older readers), or the handout to guide the discussion (older students).
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