Treat yourself, a friend, or a loved one to a 4-week online Poetry or Songwriting workshop starting January 13 and 14! We will be offering two separate online workshops: Songwriting with musician and MWC teacher extraordinaire Caroline Keys and Poetry for Current Times with poet and veteran MWC teacher Robert Lee. Sign up for either course at www.missoulawritingcollaborative.submittable.com Classes Offered: Poetry for Current Times//Robert Lee Dates: Wednesdays 1/13, 1/20, 1/27, ... continue reading...
Free 4-week Middle School Extracurricular Fiction Class – January 2021
WORDS WITH WINGS EXTRACURRICULAR CLASS Free 4-week online class for students in grades 6-8 beginning in January. Whether your student is enrolled in the Montana Digital Academy, taking a classes in a hybrid model online and in person, or homeschooling, this class will give students a chance to express and share their interior lives through creative writing. Sign up on our Submittable site here 6-8th Grade Four Flash Fictions//Caroline Patterson//Wednesdays at 4p.m. starting January ... continue reading...
Two Free Extracurricular Writing Classes still open this Fall
Know a high schooler who loves to write fiction or a 3-5th grader who loves writing poetry? We have several free weekly extracurricular writing classes that are still open! All taught by the professional writers of the Missoula Writing Collaborative. Both in person and Zoom options. Zoom classes are open to students outside Missoula. Sign up here on our Submittable site. Featured Classes: 3-5th Grade (the other classes have filled up so we've added another class!) : Poetry / /Emily Freeman // ... continue reading...
Monday Poem: “Masks” by Harper Steele
This poem was written during our 2020 Summer Camp. (Listen to Harper read this poem) I used to give people A friendly shy smile. To tell people, Hey! You can trust me Every once in a while. But now I am hidden Behind my mask. Comfort is one of The things that I lack. No friendly shy smiles, No sticking out my tongue, For my face is covered Till COVID is done. We wash our hands Until they are clean We stay in our houses Hoping for a vaccine. We watch protests and violence All on our screen We ... continue reading...
Summer Camp 2020: Connection and Context in a Pandemic
Our fifteenth annual Words with Wings summer camp was not what I imagined when I began planning it in February 2020. At that time, there were no concerns about quarantining, social distancing, and sanitizing. Contact-less thermometers and face masks were not on the shopping list. My main concern in February was how to accommodate the growing number of students who attend our camp. By June, my main concern had become learning how to safely run a small camp during a pandemic. As this year's camp ... continue reading...
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