CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
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Creative Writing I - Start Writing!
If you haven't already, please take a look at the video
which explains our Creative Writing program for ages
9-adult. It can be found in the Upper School
menu. This can be found by using the Menu Bar that
runs across the top of this page. Go to Upper School
and pull down the menu. Use the link there to go to
the page on Upper School Creative Writing. The video
is near the top of that page. When finished, please
return to this page and keep reading.
What is Creative Writing? How does one write
creatively? Find out! Our Creative Writing I course has
been successfully completed by hundeds of students, and has
been proven over the past seven years to jump start any
student in the direction of being able to fully express
their own creativity in words.
Learn the basics contained in this very simple starter course, written by Emmy and Dramalogue award-winning author. Complete with test and answer guide, and a very useful teacher's guide with great advices and exercises to help students through any difficulties. Start writing today!
Our
Creative Writing I
course is called "START WRITING!", and that's
what it accomplishes. It provides the students with key
concepts in writing, defining many of the most important
terms, and starting the student in a highly creative
direction unique to our curriculum. The course comes with a
Teacher's Guide, which will assist the teacher at any point
where the student may possibly run into a problem. There are
no additional purchases needed to do this course s the
course materials are self-contained: the Study Guide,
Teacher's Guide, test and answer guide. This course has
proven remarkably effective with students of all ages above
nine who are reticent to write, and is a tremendous success
with students already interested in writing! Generally,
students take between 25-40 hours to complete this
course. One of our most popular courses!
To view a sample please find the picture of the cover
for this course (on this page). Click it. A new
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I have learned so much from
these courses! It's incredible how much I've learned.
In my old school, I hated history. I couldn't stand
the subject at all. But now that I've done
Connect The Thoughts
, I actually like history a lot! Especially the
history of Egypt.
I've had many wins from Creative Writing.
Before I did these courses, I wasn't interested, or very
good, at writing. Doing these courses, I became much
better at writing. I can write long or short stories,
if I want. I can write poetry, which I could never do
before, even if my life depended on it! I can write
lyrics and screenplays. I know all the names of every
cameral shot, in a movie. Now, whenever I watch a
movie, or anything with a plot line, I can usually guess
what's going to happen, because I'm beginning to think like
a writer. I love these courses.
| by K.H., 16 year-old student | Date Added: 08/27/2010 |
The best thing about Creative Writing I is that after it's made you realize that you are, innately, an author, it gets you to see for yourself your own inspiration. You see that you are capable of create. And this course doesn't just teach you, like a school, it gets you to teach yourself. My biggest cognitions came from my own writing. My greatest cognition came from an exercise that has you write your views on creative and non-creative writing; I realized for the first time what creative writing was to me.
| by M.D., 17 year-old student | Date Added: 08/27/2010 |
I have 2 children, a boy 14
and a girl 9. We used CTT
Creative Writing I
recently and they both enjoyed it.
My 9 yo especially loved it and her writing has improved
tremendously. She is actually writing for a change and
with a smile on her face! She loves it. My 14 year
old's writing has really grown through this course.
I've been truly amazed.
Thank you for a great course!
This review [below] was written by my 9 year old daughter
about the
Creative Writing I
course by
Connect the Thoughts
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I didn't mention this in my earlier review, because I forgot, but my daughter is right that her spelling has improved tremendously after taking this course and others by CTT. I can't explain it but it really has. She even shows an interest in spelling now and before she just didn't care. I think the fact that the "teacher" is not supposed to really critique their work gives the children freedom to express themselves. I do mention when a word is misspelled or that a comma might be needed and so on but I try to limit that because I want them to write and to enjoy writing. She definitely does NOW.
My 14 yo son wrote the following review of the Creative Writing I Course by CTT...
"As I progressed through the course I began to write entire pages and more when only 50 words were required. I'm now on Creative Writing III and am enjoying my writing even more still. I would recommend the writing course to anyone who loves to read and write as much as I do."
| by S.W. and her children | Date Added: 08/27/2010 |
After doing the creative writing courses, I felt I was ready
to conquer the world of writing and literature! It has
always been a favorite subject of mine in school, but
something always pulled me back. I would have the
inspiration to write a story, but I couldn't quite ever put
it into words. But after I did the creative writing course,
I realized how simply and utterly uncomplicated it was to
JUST WRITE, without all the considerations that it wouldn't
turn out well, people would think it was stupid, etc. It
actually turned out nearly flawless every time!
The science course (Upper School
Science I
) helped me in various surprising ways as well: I never
quite understood what I could study in science, and what I
did learn in science would never come in handy in my daily
life. But when I did this course, I realized how often we
use science everyday! And I got the BASIC concepts of
science, without getting into excruciating details. Now I'm
extremely interested in scientific things. You have made
home schooling easy, interesting and fun!
| by S.G., 15 year-old student | Date Added: 08/27/2010 |
My son, who is now 15 years
old, has never had much of an intention to be a student or
learn.
I witnessed this many, many times throughout his life and
education. One factor was, he disliked Math, and constantly
fought being in a "classroom".
By the time he was 12, he announced to me that he was
"done with school and ready to work". I knew that
he didn't have many of his basics in enough to go out and
work. he struggled through 2 1/2 more years of school with
very little success.
One other situation was his complete inability to
write or express himself. He'd take a simple test and it
would take literally hours. The same thing would occur with
writing a short, simple letter — hours later he'd say
he was done. When this occurred at his previous school, the
personnel would be stunned by his pace. He'd be given timed
periods in which to complete the test — to no avail.
We tried remedies, but nothing changed this. This was
agonizing because I knew he was bright and capable, and
could be "brilliant" if he had intention.
Then, he began
Creative Writing Study Guide #1
, as part of his home schooling. I decided to have him do
that intensively and just continue until he was actually
writing. After about five hours on the study guide, he
"broke through". Suddenly he was writing, and
writing them with ease!
His father and I are amazed at the change. His esteem
is out through the top. Now my son wants to be educated,
and started working longer hours of study on his own. He is
also doing
Connect the Thoughts Pre-History
, and has beaten every target given him.
I can't believe the change and resurgence. He is now
truly "on the road" to a better life and future.
| by Mary Young | Date Added: 08/27/2010 |
Connect the Thoughts Creative Writing I is an awesome curriculum! It is "just what the doctor ordered" for the student who has a fear of writing or is a reluctant writer. My daughter had a tremendous fear of writing after bad experiences while still in school. She no longer has a great fear of putting pen to paper and we have only covered half of Level I. I plan to continue using Connect the Thoughts curricula and would recommend it to anyone.
| by Donna Gadde | Date Added: 05/07/2008 |
Creative Writing I - Start Writing helped my 9 yo son immensely. He started the curriculum unable to organize his thoughts or put his thoughts on paper. By the time he completed Start Writing, he was able to write creative stories. More importantly, he now enjoys putting his thoughts into words, both oral and written.
| by Angie Barnett | Date Added: 02/08/2009 |
I am grateful for this product. After much trial and error
we have found a program that actually encourages her to
write. I knew she had it in her, but I did not know how to
bring it out.
Right away, this course has coaxed her thoughts onto
paper in small reasonable bits which are now naturally
growing. She can do this! She now says she would like to be
a writer!
I have found myself entertained and impressed with her
writing now. Before, I could not get her to write much of
anything and her self-confidence was very low in this area.
I am delighted that we have found this resource. I only wish
I had started her sooner and not wasted my time and money on
less effective programs that underestimate the individual's
contribution to their own learning environment.
If you are considering a different course from Connect
the Thoughts or 1st Step, you will not be disappointed. I
have bought at least a dozen. I have read through them and I
am really impressed. He gives the student ownership and
pride in their learning. The author is available online via
his Yahoo group and he really does answer questions and the
other homeschool parents are there to discuss them too. You
will not be stuck alone, not knowing what to do. I highly
recommend his courses.
| by Tasha Stanton | Date Added: 02/12/2009 |
This was an excellent beginning Creative Writing course! My son loved it. By the end of the course, he had woven all the short writing exercises into a very clever short story that entertained the entire family. Awesome!
| by Kimberly Boone | Date Added: 08/27/2010 |
We started Connect the Thoughts several years ago when
CurrClick offered the Spelling course as the free Monday
give-away. I was immediately impressed with the brilliance
of the author, Steven Horwich, as he recommended exactly
what we were already doing.
When we needed some Creative Writing assistance it was
easy to turn to Connect the Thoughts for aid. My daughter,
then 9, flat out refused to attempt any of the multiple
creative writing aids we had purchased. All of the courses
varied in price, cuteness, length, reviews, and
recommendations. The only thing they had in common was my
daughter’s resistance to anything they offered.
The Connect the Thoughts Creative Writing turned her
around and did so quickly. She went from not wanting to put
anything on paper to asking me how to write on the computer
so she could save the book she planned to author. She became
proud of her writing.
During her first Connect the Thoughts year our
daughter entered and placed Third in the Georgia Public
TV’s Reading Rainbow contest. She hasn’t stopped
writing, yet. After reading the How to Do Connect the
Thoughts Course, my daughter decided she wanted to try a few
of their offerings.
We started with Manners, Science and History. She
became excited about learning in a way that we had not seen
before. Giving her control over how fast and how in-depth
she studied changed everything for her. She started
notebooks for her courses and would study a subject for
hours spending time at our local library and at the home
computer. She would have discussions with her friends about
the things she was studying and seek their opinions. She
would chat, daily, with her father and I about things she
had learned.
We are a Connect the Thoughts family, now. We use
Saxon for Math and Grammar and Connect the Thoughts for
everything else. I converted my loyalties after hearing my
daughter quote Connect the Thoughts during a play date. We
had just finished the Information, Right or Wrong course.
The course is one of the best and I believe it should be
required for all students. It is a course that teaches
students to think. I don’t know of any other course
like it. The course suggests to the students that they get
the proof of information given to them. My daughter was
discussing something with a playmate and when they could not
agree on the facts of the matter she asked, “Where is
your proof?” I was so proud of her. She has since
become comfortable enough to ask the same question of her
father and me. I am still proud of her. The question tasks
me on occasion because I am forced to think, rather than
mime my answers.
The Upper School courses are as well done as the Lower
School courses. Steven Horwich is more than fair in his
pricing of the various courses. The courses include free
web sites for required movies, suggested books that can be
found in most libraries, experiments the students can do
(almost on their own) and hints and instructions for the
parents/teachers. My daughter has friends who are public
schooled and home schooled. All her friends have made
positive comments on her course notebooks. One of her public
schooled friend asks every visit to see what is new in the
science notebook. She says my daughter “gets to learn
so much more” than she ever learns.
Our family will be staying with Connect the Thoughts
through Upper School. I am sure our daughter will take the
lessons, so beautifully presented, with her on her
life’s course. “Where is the Proof?” is
part of our daughter now and we know it will serve her
well. Some people never learn to ask that question. Because
of Steven Horwich our daughter learned to ask the question
before she had a real need to ask it. Her father and I will
be thanking Steven in our prayers for the rest of our lives.
| by Karen Ann Osborne | Date Added: 08/27/2010 |
