A creativity school
Careers
A creativity school
Classes
Ninth House offers:
A new way of looking at children:
No talking down! We treat children as fully-realized people.
A concrete and expansive space for children to amplify the creative dimensions of their minds
We teach creativity and language skills like:
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concision
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expression
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expansion
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figurative understanding
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imagistic thinking
Adapted for children from the original Iowa Writers' Workshop model, children learn:
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poems by contemporary, living poets
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to write their own work
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to edit their work
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to live as published poets
Class Structure
WHO: Children aged 9-14, class size capped at 9
WHAT: 6-week (Summer) or 8-week (Spring, Fall) once a week, 90-min poetry workshops where children will:
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Read and discuss poems not traditionally taught in an English classroom, by contemporary poets writing today
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Write their own poems in class during Quiet Writing Time based on dynamic weekly prompts
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Participate in an “editing workshop” where they revise their own work
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Receive personalized feedback and edits on their work
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Publish a revised poem
WHERE: Class Space in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn
WHEN: Wednesdays 3:30-5pm
