The FCE Writing Club was founded in 2014. We meet with student writers from grades 2-5 on alternating Mondays from 2:50-3:50pm. We usually meet in the library.
Our club was formed so that children could have more opportunities to write and to share their writing with others. The club also offers time for our writers to receive feedback from teachers and other students during our conferencing time. Many poems and stories written by our Writing Club writers have been published in our Forest Creek Rising Star books. The children also may share their writing on our school's morning broadcast. We also encourage participation in the PTA Reflections Contest and other local writing contests as a way to have authentic writing opportunities. Of course, we always share with each other during our writing club meetings to celebrate everyone's creativity and hard work.
During our afternoon club time, the teachers present mentor texts, which are pieces of literature that model wonderful writing and then we talk about what makes that author's writing so effective. We then try some of those techniques in our own writing. Many times, we will work on specific strategies in writing such as "Show, not tell" or using sensory words. We work on all types of writing like poetry, narratives, and essays but our Writing Club writers are always able to write in a genre of their choice.
It is amazing to see the quality of writing that the children produce and even more special to see the proud look on the children's faces after they share a piece of their original writing.
Come join us for Writing Club! Go to the Forest Creek Elementary Website Calendar to see a list of our meeting dates. http://schools.roundrockisd.org/forestcreek/
