Creative Writing with Wacky Narrators Printed Curriculum

Help students understand the role of point of view in writing and encourages them to explore different types of narrators. A complete, print-based curriculum that teaches middle and high school students how to write creatively with a focus on narration. Includes a student workbook and teacher manual with step-by-step lessons, practice activities, and guidance for several creative sketches and a full short story.  Includes lessons on description, inner ideas, playing with time, figurative language, and dialogue. No online access or enrollment required.

Creative Writing with Wacky Narrators is a structured, print-based curriculum that uses fun writing activities to teach both literary techniques and writing strategies.  It helps students create their own unique narrator and write a developed short story.  Strategies are taught with excerpts from literature and step-by-step instructions on how to write with those same tools yourself.  Lessons include point of view, unreliable narrators, writing strong settings, dialogue structures, and more.  A complete, offline curriculum to teach strong creative writing.

Ideal for homeschoolers or co-ops, this course provides all the tools needed to guide a middle or high school student through the elements of creative writing with a focus on narrators. Flexible, self-paced, and designed for independent learning with parent or teacher support, this curriculum helps students bring their ideas to life—without screens, apps, or logins.

Features:

  • Best for students in grades 5-12.
  • Activities are flexible and include additional challenges for older students.
  • Activities could be completed more than once with different results–use the curriculum again and again!
  • Optional peer-based activities are offered for siblings or co-ops to share and revise together.

Students will learn to:

  • Understand narrator point of view
  • Experiment with multiple narrators in one situation
  • Develop a narrator profile and backstory
  • Create stories and sketches from 1st and 2nd point of view
  •  Develop and revise a short story

What’s Included:

Student Workbook: 10 step-by-step lessons, practice activities, and space to write all their stories

Teacher Manual: Complete teaching notes, model answers, scoring rubrics, and guidance for review and feedback

The manual and workbook can be purchased separately or bundled for a 10% savings. Available in print or ebook format.

Not ready to teach? Take our guided workshop instead!