Write Your Way: Four Ways to Make Your Words Work (Teen Writing Workshop)

Free | Ages 13 - 18 | WRITE YOUR WAY helps young people develop the writing skills—and the confidence—to do all four. Cost: FREE | Attendance: Individual Workshops Youth Writing Program | Ages 13–18 WHAT DO YOU WANT YOUR WORDS TO DO? Explain something? Tell a story? Make someone imagine? Persuade someone to see things differently? WRITE YOUR WAY helps young people develop the writing skills—and the confidence—to do all four. FOUR WORKSHOPS. FOUR WAYS TO WRITE. EXPLAIN IT — October 17 | 12:00 to 2:00 PM Expository Writing: Make ideas clear. TELL IT — November 7 | 12:00 to 2:00 PM Narrative Writing: Turn experiences into stories. IMAGINE IT — November 21 | 12:00 to 2:00 PM Creative & Poetic Writing: Use imagination, language, and voice to say something real. ARGUE IT — December 5 | 12:00 to 2:00 PM Argumentative Writing: Make a claim. Support your ideas. Make your case. WHAT STUDENTS WILL DEVELOP Clear communication • Writing voice • Organization • Critical thinking • Creativity • Evidence and reasoning • Revision • Presentation • Confidence MORE THAN AN ENGLISH ASSIGNMENT Students will write about the questions, experiences, ideas, and issues that matter to them while developing skills they can use in school, college, careers, and everyday life. BUILT FOR SCHOOL. DESIGNED FOR LIFE. WRITE YOUR WAY reinforces Georgia's secondary ELA expectations while giving students something traditional classroom writing assignments don't always provide: room to experiment, take risks, find their voice, and discover what their words can do. WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE? Young people ages 13–18 who want to: • become stronger writers • gain confidence expressing their ideas • explore creative writing and poetry • strengthen school writing skills • learn how to write for different audiences • develop work they can be proud of For students: Got something to say? WRITE YOUR WAY gives you four ways to say it. Tell a story. Explain an idea. Make something up. Take a stand. Experiment with poetry. Write about what's happening in your world. You don't have to sound like a textbook. You need to learn how to make your words work. For parents: Strong writing is more than getting an English assignment done. It is the ability to communicate ideas clearly, tell meaningful stories, think critically, make an argument, and express yourself with confidence. WRITE YOUR WAY gives young writers ages 13–18 four opportunities to practice those skills in an engaging, creative environment. For teachers/schools: WRITE YOUR WAY provides supplemental writing instruction for students ages 13–18 through four workshops focused on expository, narrative, creative/poetic, and argumentative writing. The program reinforces secondary ELA skills—including purpose, audience, organization, evidence, revision, craft, collaboration, and presentation—while giving students opportunities to write about subjects that matter to them. ____________________________ Instructor: Theresa Davis, ArtsXchange Literary Directror