Home School Writing Classes in North Calgary, January to April, 2010

Join me for classes in creative writing, especially for home school children from the northern part of the city of Calgary and in the surrounding area, at Cardel Place, for community sports and recreation. The next set of classes take place every Thursday, from January 14 to April 1, 2010. Visit the Cardel Place website at http://www.cardelplace.com/

January 14 - February 18 Time Travel Tales – In these sessions, children create their own time travel stories, complete with a time machine, method or device. We will discuss their time travel methods, the time period chosen, the story premise and see how much attention they have paid to accurate historical research to make their story more authentic and to crafting a plausible means of traveling in time. They will then create a title for their story and a concise, attention-grabbing back cover for their potential book. We also explore how to write gripping fiction, in terms of attention grabbing back covers, page turning beginnings and cliff-hanger endings.

February 25 - April 1 Superstuff! - In these sessions, children can create their own unique superheroes, with powers, extended families and one or more archenemies. They will create a detailed biography of the character, complete with an origin story, facts about their superpowers and weaknesses, their secret identity, headquarters, arch enemy and more. Students will draw their creation, create a cover for a comic book and write a short piece describing the hero's origin tale, plus an action packed concise newspaper story, complete with an attention-grabbing headline, about a recent battle that hero had with the main villain.

Cardel Place is located at 11950 Country Village Link NE, Calgary, AB T3K 6E3. All classes commence Tuesday, January 14 and run until April 1, 2010. Registration details are available at http://www.cardelplace.com/UserFiles/file/Program%20Guides/Winter%202010/Homeschool.pdf.