Advanced Middle School Creative Writing
Open-and-go, 43-page PDF and print friendly full creative writing curriculum for advanced middle school age students!
Too many writing programs are long on lecture and short on results.
They ask students to copy, memorize, and repeat—but not to create.
And when kids don’t get to actually write, they don’t grow as writers.
At WordPlay Writing Co., we believe the best way to become a better writer…is to write.
That’s why our creative writing curricula are built around output— short, focused lessons that get out of the way so students can get to work.
How It Works
Each week, your student will:
Read a short, engaging lesson (no long lectures!)
Try a creative activity to explore the week’s skill
Write a story or scene based on that week’s prompt
Build their writing muscles without peer editing, pressure, or perfectionism
In twelve weeks, your child will have:
A collection of original stories they’re proud of
A stronger grasp of narrative structure and technique
More confidence in their voice as a writer
The foundation to keep writing and growing
Open-and-go, 43-page PDF and print friendly full creative writing curriculum for advanced middle school age students!
Too many writing programs are long on lecture and short on results.
They ask students to copy, memorize, and repeat—but not to create.
And when kids don’t get to actually write, they don’t grow as writers.
At WordPlay Writing Co., we believe the best way to become a better writer…is to write.
That’s why our creative writing curricula are built around output— short, focused lessons that get out of the way so students can get to work.
How It Works
Each week, your student will:
Read a short, engaging lesson (no long lectures!)
Try a creative activity to explore the week’s skill
Write a story or scene based on that week’s prompt
Build their writing muscles without peer editing, pressure, or perfectionism
In twelve weeks, your child will have:
A collection of original stories they’re proud of
A stronger grasp of narrative structure and technique
More confidence in their voice as a writer
The foundation to keep writing and growing
Open-and-go, 43-page PDF and print friendly full creative writing curriculum for advanced middle school age students!
Too many writing programs are long on lecture and short on results.
They ask students to copy, memorize, and repeat—but not to create.
And when kids don’t get to actually write, they don’t grow as writers.
At WordPlay Writing Co., we believe the best way to become a better writer…is to write.
That’s why our creative writing curricula are built around output— short, focused lessons that get out of the way so students can get to work.
How It Works
Each week, your student will:
Read a short, engaging lesson (no long lectures!)
Try a creative activity to explore the week’s skill
Write a story or scene based on that week’s prompt
Build their writing muscles without peer editing, pressure, or perfectionism
In twelve weeks, your child will have:
A collection of original stories they’re proud of
A stronger grasp of narrative structure and technique
More confidence in their voice as a writer
The foundation to keep writing and growing
Weekly Breakdown
Week 1 – Subplots
Students learn how subplots can support or contrast the main plot, adding complexity, theme, and tension to the overall story.
Week 2 – Themes
Students explore how even fast-paced genre stories carry deeper themes like justice, identity, or family—and how to weave those ideas in subtly.
Week 3 – Epistolary Stories
Students experiment with creative structures like letters, journal entries, lists, or timestamps to discover new ways to tell a story.
Week 4 – Symbolism and Repetition
Students learn how repeated objects, phrases, or images can gain meaning over time and create emotional resonance for the reader.
Week 5 – Timelines
Students practice using flashbacks to reveal new information and reshape how the reader understands the present moment of the story.
Week 6 – Tension
Students learn how to raise the stakes in any situation—whether life-or-death or totally ordinary—by increasing pressure and complication.
Week 7 – Pacing
Students explore how sentence length and paragraph structure can slow down or speed up a scene to match a character’s emotion.
Week 8 – Tropes
Students identify common storytelling tropes and learn how to twist or subvert expectations to surprise the reader in satisfying ways.
Week 9 – Writing Emotion
Students focus on the emotional core of their stories, learning how to channel real-life feelings into fictional characters and scenes.
Week 10 – Tone
Students revise their writing to enhance tone, learning how rhythm, word choice, and repetition shape the mood of a scene.
Week 11 – Story Planning
Students organize all their ideas into a detailed story plan, including plot structure, subplot, character arc, and pacing.
Week 12 – Final Story
Students write a polished final story that showcases everything they’ve learned—complex structure, emotional resonance, strong pacing, and intentional voice.
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