A Pirate's Guide t' th' Grammar of Story: A Creative Writing Curriculum

All-in-one creative writing curriculum for students 8 years and up. In this independently used, consumable workbook, an interactive, fun-loving pirate story teaches students the basic elements of a story.

• Credentials: Written by a story designer with over a decade of experience training creative story professionals.
• Engaging: Not boring or dry but captivating--students want to do the work.
• Educational: While fun, the material is not fluff. This is a serious curriculum that teaches the fundamental building blocks--the grammar--of a story. It builds creativity, improves imagination, and develops the storytelling skills that are of increasing value in today's world.
• Progressive Exercises: The exercises are designed to lead a student, step-by-step, to an understanding of each topic. Students learn by doing.
• Teacher Friendly: This simple to facilitate curriculum was designed for students to work through independently, at their own pace. The teacher's role is to oversee the process, to encourage and support, and most of all to listen to the creativity that comes out of their students.
• Course of Study: Flexible. Can be used as a single semester or year long course. Most use this as a stand alone elective, for others it complements a non-fiction writing course. Satisfies several Common Core requirements.
• Age: 11 and up can use this workbook independently. Age 8-11 may require additional parent or teacher support.
• Results: The lessons and exercises will build your student's confidence to tell stories of their own.

Chris Hansen has over a decade of experience training professional filmmakers and storytellers in creativity. He was the executive director of the Piko Fellowship in Screenwriting, a long term residency program for film and television writers. As a founding member and senior advisor to the Wedgwood Circle, he has been a creative partner among a team of award-winning artists. With the expertise and knowledge Hansen gained from this background, he started Wondertale, a company that encourages people of all ages to find and tell their stories. A published author of both novels and creative writing resources, he enjoys speaking to parents about ways they can nurture imagination in their kids. He and his wife homeschooled their three children and make their home in the gold country of California, where Chris spends his days mining for the treasures that can be found in wonder-filled stories.