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OUR CURRICULUM

Developing writers and change-makers one story at a time

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  • ages 7-15

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  • free, weekly, in-person, hour-long workshops

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  • ​all materials provided​

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  • creative writing with a social justice angle

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We invite every student to keep a Tri-Notebook—a three-part journal for capturing inspiration. Its sections: Quotes, Funny & Fascinating, and Things That Happened to Me. Here, students jot down observations and moments that resonate with them, many of which become the fodder for some of their best writing. We write a paragraph at the start of each section with questions to ask, examples, and a broad framework to set students up for their idea-collecting. Check out the photos below for a peek at Tri-Notebooks from our workshops!

Write to Right's copyrighted curriculum consists of: â€‹

  • exercises resulting in short and long fiction, poetry, and plays 

  • an emphasis on the main elements of story: plot, setting, characters, dialogue

  • writing focused on social justice issues, current events, and recent headlines in the news

  • letters to leaders on issues students care about

  • writing based on the UN's Sustainable Development Goals

  • sharing and workshopping students' pieces with each other to further develop the writing

  • reading example writing from professional writers to learn from and emulate in students' own works

  • developing a culmination of pieces in a range of genres, including stories, poems and plays 

  • writing based on the New York Times Year in Pictures

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"Write to Right has been an incredible program offered to our after school and summer program. While writing can feel like a tedious task for kids- especially in the age of texting and voice-to-text, our kids absolutely loved engaging in creative writing with the team. The lessons are bite-sized and accessible to all of our students and the facilitators have done a great job working with students 1-on-1, should they require additional support. As a former classroom teacher and now Program Director, I love what this program brings to our youth and appreciate that the initiative started from one of our high school partners."

     -- Sterling Pino-DeGale, Senior Program Director, Kid Power Inc.

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