Effective Creative Writing Instruction

Abstract

The purpose of this project is to couple existing literature and research along with my own experience in order to develop unique recommendations for incorporating creative writing instruction into the English Language Arts classroom. I arrived at this line of inquiry after noticing a lack of creative writing instruction during my student teaching, despite the fact that I always believed creative writing to be an integral component of the English Language Arts classroom. Through my research, I sought to discover the merits of creative writing instruction as well as good practices for implementation.