creative writing (secondary education)

Presents a list of seven thousand topics appropriate for high school writing projects, grouped by category of writing.

Explains techniques and methods that can be used for writing poetry, short stories, and novels.

Includes 365 writing prompts to help writers of all ages experiment with words and play with language.

Provides step-by-step help for writing poems, covering how to find ideas, write the first draft, and revise, and includes specific guidance, examples, and activities for haiku, list poems, dramatic monologues, ballads, and sonnets.

Presents a practical guide for teaching forms, elements, and writing of poetry to students in kindergarten through high school, and contains samples and bibliographies for sixteen poetic forms.

Offers rationales and strategies to teachers on how to use visual art in the writing workshop, and includes illustrations and worksheets, as well as examples of student writing.