Class Date:
Mondays - Sept. 21, 28; Oct. 5, 12, 19, 26; Nov. 2
Class Time:
7:00–8:00 PM EST
Class Size:
6-8 students
Age Group:
4th-6th Graders
Location:
Online via Zoom; link to be provided the week before the class.
Do you remember a particular moment or place because of the smells, sounds, tastes? Do you remember the best creamy, cold, ice cream cone ever? The warmest, clearest water plunge you ever took? The highest mountain or lowest valley you have walked and the smells, sounds, feelings you had as you experienced it? Don’t these experiences deserve to be captured forever?
Well this writing class will provide the opportunity to do just that!
Students will recreate an experience into a sensory poem (rhyming or not) that encapsulates those marvelous and unusual senses. Reliving those will be fun and exhilarating. Join us as we open our minds and write.
All enrolled students will have the opportunity to publish work in the 2027 issue of the National Writers Series’ literary journal.
Note:
It is highly recommended that students have experience writing, word processing, and editing skills on the computer. We will use Google documents to share between the instructor and the student writer. Completed poems, student bios, and student headshots will be due the last day of class.
Kelly Almer is a passionate life-long learner and teacher of 33+ years, all in public education. In her teaching career, she taught students in grades K-7, Gifted and Talented, and was an Instructional Coach.
Kelly lives to teach and can say her crowning achievement has been the joy of connecting with over 1,200 students during her career. She still substitute teaches every week in the district she retired from. She loves connecting with and helping students to uncover, discover, and develop their creative abilities to write. It isn’t unusual to find her seated on the floor of any learning space, in a huddle with six or more students, brainstorming and passionately supporting them while they craft their writing. Her experiences in the classroom and her “magic” to connect with every student she has taught, is a gift she treasures.
