Posts for tag: creative writing

Take Writing to the Dark Side

Posted on November 21, 2016

Fall is my favorite season.  I love fall fashion, the crisp chilly mornings, bonfires with friends, football, the changing landscape with beautiful autumn colors and,of course, Halloween!  It’s also a great time for teaching writing.  There are so many ways you can incorporate the season into your writing lessons.  Students can write descriptive paragraphs and poetry about the fall landscapes.  Another favorite is to encourage students to develop their own scary stories.

My students glow with excitement as soon as