Operation Arctic Adaptation
Overview
We all know that global warming is well under way. But while humans might not be doing much to get ready, the animals have got a plan! They know that if they’re to survive, they need to adapt, so they’re conducting a training program for all interested arctic (and Antarctic) animals. Based on these animals’ real habitats and diets, students will create stories about how they learn to survive in not-so-icy conditions!
The online section of this workshop will run for 8 group sessions, followed by a one-on-one for each student as they prepare their stories to be published.
Learning objectives
As a writer:
- Be introduced to ECP process of writing, revising and publishing a story
- Stretch creative thinking and take creative risks
- Express ideas with detail and specificity
- Slow down to elaborate each part of a story fully
- Improve writing skills through individualised feedback from the teacher
- Revise writing for continuity, consistency and focus
- Practise proofreading skills and correct identified technical errors in their work to prepare writing to be published
- Develop creativity and collaboration through a workshop environment
- Learn to look at own work critically and consider how to improve it
- Learn to be open to and respond to constructive feedback
- Gain confidence as a writer by writing and publishing a story in a booklet for a real audience
Creative Writing & Publishing
For children aged
8 to 10
