Mini lessons
In addition to using resources from the Young Writers Program of NaNoWriMo, I have developed some lessons of my own to support my 8th grade students on their novel-writing journey.
Click below for resources for each lesson:
Click below for resources for each lesson:

- Novel writing advice: ask the experts
- Start with 6-Word Stories
- Getting ideas: ask & suggest
- Creating juicy characters
- 3 layers of a character
- Plot your novel with the Hero's Journey
- Settings
- Fish-out-of-water conflicts
- Writing effective dialogue (Note: this resource uses a scene from a novel that includes a shooting in an airport. Not intended for young audiences; may be disturbing for older students, too.)
- The box castle: Flexible seating and writer's block
- Settings: houses and hamburgers
- Holiday meals
- Tips for writing a title (helpful for story ideas, not just titles)
Hello, high school teachers!
Check out these mini-lessons (and soon more to come!) from Sean Krazit, high school teacher in California who has his 9th and 12th grade students write novels with NaNoWriMo.
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