Westlake High School – Poet’s Workshop
Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester
1 credit Grades 11, 12 $1 %$ credit Grades 11, 12 This course is an elective study of the craft of writing poetry. Students will focus on the various fundamental elements of this art, examine how professional writers employ literary devices to create poetry, and use those techniques to compose original poetry that will be peer-critiqued using a workshop format. The main objective for this course is to create a community of writers and thinkers. Students will keep a works-in-progress folder from
Prerequisites: # Prerequisite: Parent/guardian approval, meets established criteria
Grades: 11, 12
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