The Creative Writer - Boris Fishman : Well-Planned Lessons with great prompts

Creative Writing
Written By Madeline Goldsmith

The Creative Writer is a book series with 4 different levels, each designed to help students cultivate the creative writing skills they need. Each Creative Writer book is designed to help students improve their writing skills. There are exercises and stories in each lesson. The Creative Writer also includes poetry lessons. Boris Fishman wrote the Creative Writer books to help educate students in the art of creative writing. He hoped to increase students' confidence in their work and their awareness of language. Parents can purchase the books online, in either a paperback format or in a kindle format. The books are designed to be done in a mentor/student relationship so parents help guide their children through the lessons and exercises. Parents love how organized the book is. The lessons are well planned out and the exercises prompt lots of thinking from the students themselves. Some parents don't like how short the lessons are. They felt like there weren't as many exercises per lesson as they wished for.

Grades: Middle schoolers and high schoolers

Cost: The Kindle version is around $10. The paperback version is around $17.

OTHER DETAILS

Key features

Type of Tool: Textbook

Time required: The lessons are relatively short and the book is designed to be completed in a year.

Special Needs:

Literacy Requirement (does a child need to know how to read):

Screens

Screens:  Screens are optional

Online requirement:

Time

Parent/Caregiver Involvement: No, parent/teacher/caregiver involvement is necessary

Prep Time:  No prep time required

Other characteristics

Modality: Visual, Hands-on/kinesthetic

Adaptive: No, it is the same for every student

Educational Philosophy: Not really, doesn't seem to be influenced by a particular educational philosophy

Other characteristics:   Writing

Accountability

Assessment:

State Standards: No

Teacher Accounts:

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Madeline Goldsmith

Madeline Goldsmith is a rising junior at a high school in Northern California. She has worked with the San Ramon Valley Education Foundation Summer Program to co-teach students interested in STEM fields and is a tutor at her high school. Due to shelter-in-place restrictions, she has first-hand experience with the boredom students can face when stuck at home, so she is excited to provide parents with additional resources to keep their children engaged in learning.

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