Online Creative Writing Course for Children (7-12)

TUTOR: John Berkavitch is a poet and performer with over 20 years experience as an artist in education. His unique approach to learning and collaboration with a focus on transferable skills served as an inspiration to thousands of hard-to-reach and disenfranchised young people across the UK, Europe and Asia.

DURATION: 6 weeks

Start Date: January 20, 2021 – 1 place remaining

TIMING: 

5pm on Wednesdays  – 1 hour session. Start/End Date: January 20th, 2021-February 24th, 2021

FEE: £120

Note: We are currently experiencing a high demand for our online creative writing course for children. We therefore recommend that you book early to avoid disappointment. 

This is a group class. Places are strictly limited to 10 participants.

This online creative writing course for children is suitable for 7-12 year olds. This course will focus on poetry.

The course is divided up into six modules. These are live classes through Zoom. We review the student’s work during each session, providing verbal feedback and guidance.

You don’t have to be based in the UK to take the course. We accept students from around the world!

When you have processed the payment, please email us at info@creativewritingink.co.uk with your child’s name and age.

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Week One – What is a poem?      

Finding different ways to begin writing poetry as well as establishing an understanding of what poetry is. Does it have to rhyme? does it have to follow rules? How are we using punctuation? and more than anything, is it a poem just because I say it is?

Week Two – Rhyme and Rhythm

For writing intended to be read out loud both of these tools have an incredible power. We will explore ways of using both to their greatest effect.

Week Three – Simile and Metaphor

How do we look at something and see something else? We will explore the depth of metaphoric writing and how it can add power to our poetry.

Week Four – Personification

Bringing objects to life and bringing life to objects. Developing our writing using this incredible tool.

Week Five – Forms and Rules

We’ll look at several different poetic forms and develop our understanding of how to create them.

Week Six – Using everything we’ve learned to set our own rules

We will develop completely new and original poetic forms and create poems using all the skills and tools we have learned in previous weeks.

PAYMENT: Please note that we do not require you to fill out a registration form. Instead, please click the ‘Check Out Securely’ button. During the payment process, you can input your name and email address which we will use to contact you. When you have processed the payment, please send the student’s name and age, as well as your chosen time to info@creativewritingink.co.uk. Once you have processed the payment, we will email you within 24 hours to confirm receipt.

If you have any further queries, you can email us at info@creativewritingink.co.uk

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