Lesson Plans

Coalfield Writers Approved Lesson Plan Forms

Leaders who are creating lesson plans for use in any student creative writing programs should use the template below. (There is also a template explanation).

Be sure to save the new file with a unique name (i.e., summer camp lesson 1 tracyb) and email it to the appropriate coordinator as a file attachment. Do not paste the final lesson into the body of an email.

Contact the co-director of youth with any questions regarding planning and dates for specific programs.

Creative Writing Camp Lesson Template
Creative Writing Camp Lesson Template Explanation

Round Up 2010

Goldilocks
Hansel & Gretel
Jack and the beanstalk
Ginger Bread Boy
Rapunzel 1
Rapunzel 2
Three Billy Goats Gruff

Vamp Camp

These lesson plans were created for use in Vamp Camp summer creative writing camp for middle schools, held June 2010. The camp was under the leadership of Pam Roeher, Linda McKnight, Bob Miller and Jason Browning.

Monday Morning
Monday Morning Handout
Monday Evening
Monday Evening Handout 1
Monday Evening Handout 2
Tuesday Morning
Tuesday Evening
Wednesday Morning
Wednesday Evening
Thursday Morning
Thursday Morning Houndout
Thursday Evening
Vamp Camp Bitstrips

Diversity University Documents

Diversity University was a summer creative writing program for middle school students. The goal of the program was to explore diverse cultures and learn how differences among individuals, cultures, states, countries, and groups make our world a richer, stronger place. Camp was under the direction of Mary Hawkins.

China Flag
Flag of China
Jewish Lesson 1
Jewish Lesson 2
Asia Lesson 1
Asia Lesson 2
African American Lesson 1
African American Lesson 2
African American Lesson 3
African American Lesson 4
Native American Lesson 1
Native American Lesson 1
Writing Camp Schedule

Celebrating Rural Poetry

Marshall University Writing Project's satellite, Coalfield Writers, was one of a few sites selected to participate in the Celebrating Rural Poetry program. The lesson plans below were created by TC leaders of the site, working with a local teacher (not a TC). They were distributed to all secondary Language Arts teachers in Logan, Mingo, Lincoln and Boone Counties, along with the invitation for students to participate in the student contest portion of the program.

Eulogy Lesson Plan
I Hear America Singing
Self Portrait Lesson Plan
When I Was Young Lesson Plan
Shape Poem Lesson Plan
List Poem Lesson Plan
Lyric Poem Lesson Plan
Legacy Poem Lesson Plan
Ballad Lesson Plan

Round Up 2008 It's a Small World

These lessons were created by the teacher leaders who participated in Weekend Writer's Round up 2008. They were used in a creative writing/ inservice program for students in grades 3 - 6. They are adaptable for a variety of courses.

Ancient Greece Diversity Writing Lesson
Amish Diversity Writing Lesson
Jamaica Diversity Writing Lesson
Japan Diversity Writing Lesson
United Kingdom Diversity Writing Lesson
Netherlands Diversity Writing Lesson
Diversity Resources and Links

Report from It's a Small World