Creative Writing Workshop Reflection:

The Journey of Me

For your final project of this semester, explore the growth of your writing throughout your high school career. Examine pieces from the of your high school years. Find work from each of the Writing Workshop

experiences you have had and trace your growth as a writer through this fall.

What have you learned?

What have been the greatest catalysts of that growth?

With what do you continue to struggle?

Where will your future focuses be?

Quote from your own work. Liberally sprinkle this with bits and pieces of you. Finally, put it together in a micro-portfolio (no need for anything fancy this time) that illustrates your personal writing journey over the last four years.

Ah, but wait….

Does it have to be another portfolio?

NO!!!!!!

Well, not exactly…

You may do a mini-portfolio, but I’d actually prefer that you do this in a completely different format. Try something you’ve never tried before. Make a DVD* or CD-ROM. Make a web-site** or blog***. You are creative people: be creative! The rules are that you must explore your career in writing as noted above, but the format is wide open.

* Lots of programs make this easy. I’m a Mac girl myself, so I use iMovie. Easy as pie.

** Mac has one for this too: iWeb. I imagine Vista has one, but I don’t know that universe.

*** Here’s a super-simple option and it’s universal: use Google! If you create a free account on Google, they will guide you through the creation of a blog, provide templates, and publish it for you!

So…have fun!

This is due when we get back, so we can share them in class on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. (I won’t be here on Thursday and Friday. L)