This is a SAMPLE BOOK containing only the First Chapter created for the EVO 2016 Session - ‘Crafting the ePerfect Textbook’.
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Ms. Anita Mishra is Lecturer English at RPVV, Tyagraj, New Delhi. A Fulbright Scholar, she is also a Teacher Trainer and Material Development Writer
This book is a guide for teacher trainers in India. It provides them with a wide variety of strategies, tasks and activities on how to teach Creative Writing to beginner teachers.
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CREATIVE WRITING
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Topic Introduction For the Trainers How to teach Short Story Writing Story Writing Plan 1.1 Sketch the basics of your Story 1.1.1 Main Character 1.1.2 The Main Character faces a problem 1.1.3 The Main Character solves the problem 1.2 Think about your Secondary Characters 1.3 Plan your setting 1.4 Fill in the details of your story 1.5 Include one major incident in your story 1.6 Plan your dialogues 1.7 Write your story 1.8 Revise
OBJECTIVES The purpose of this book is 1.
to help teachers understand the structure of creative writing
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to initiate teachers into understanding the processes and strategies involved in creative writing
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to help teachers develop skills for teaching effective writing through controlled and guided activities
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to help teachers design and develop different activities on writing
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to enable teachers to promote the teaching of writing in English using personal experiences
LEARNING OUTCOMES By the end of this Chapter, beginner teachers will be able to: 1. 2.
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enhance students’ ability to communicate effectively in writing in a variety of situations use students’ personal experiences in guided/controlled activities to develop their writing skills help students use their personal experiences and local environment to develop their creative writing skills stimulate students’ interests in creative writing inspire students to develop their creative thinking and imagination introduce to students formal written communication through letters enhance students’ ability to write creatively through the technique of shared writing.
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Welcome Teachers to the enchanting world of Creative Writing! Try to answer these Questions 1. 2. 3.
What do you mean by Creative Writing? What are the different forms of creative Writing? What are the elements of Creative Writing?
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Teaching Short Story Writing According to CBSE revised syllabus for Classes IX and X, in Section B, Question 4, students would be asked to write a short story based on a given outline or cue/s in about 150-200 words. The Question would be of 10 marks. Refer to Secondary School Curriculum 2015-16, Pages 102 - 117
Note: For details of Activity 1 refer to 1.
PPT – LET’S WRITE A STORY 1.
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Participants are divided into groups for the story writing activity. The groups are then initiated into Activity 1.
VARIATION/EXPANSION 1.
Instead of Feedback and Assessment, participants may be given a Case Study to reflect upon and give their opinion/s.
NOW IT'S TIME FOR ASSESSMENT AND FEEDBACK !! 4. 5. 6.
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After Activity 1, groups share their stories one by one Participants are then asked to reflect on the activity one After reflecting on the activity, participants assess what they learnt in this session