EAC4U – The Writer’s Craft

Modules

• Unlocking the Writer’s Voice

  In this module, the student will explore how voice, tone, perspective, dialogue, and character shape writing that feels vivid and personal. Through creative practice with language, structure, and emotional detail, the student will see how personal style influences their work. These early steps will help the student build confidence, take creative risks, and begin developing a strong writing voice that will carry through the rest of the course.

• Laugh Out Loud: Writing Humour

  This module invites students into the world of sitcom writing by exploring how voice, timing, structure, and contrast create strong comic scenes. Students analyze how humour techniques shape tone, pacing, and character interaction, then apply these tools to build their own sitcom concept. Through scaffolded activities, they develop character voices, structure scenes, and craft comic beats. The module culminates in writing a sitcom mini pilot that showcases intentional humour, clear comic structure, and a strong sense of tone.

• Children’s Literature: An Imaginary Ride!

  In this module, the student will discover what makes children’s stories powerful, from playful voices to meaningful themes. Step by step, they’ll create their own children’s book through brainstorming, writing, and revising. They will get ready to bring a story to life for young readers.

• Indigenous Voices

  In this module, students will explore poetry not only as art, but also as resistance, truth-telling, and healing. Guided by the voices of Indigenous poets and musicians, they will experience how metaphor, repetition, and imagery speak for identity, justice, and land. Students will see how structure, tone, and rhythm can strengthen a poet’s message — and then try these tools in their own writing. By listening closely to lyrical voices and shaping your own poems, this module invites you to reflect on the role of poetry in history and in your life. Students discover how their voice can challenge, comfort, and inspire.

• The Power of Persuasion

  In this module, the student will explore how language, tone, and imagery influence audience perception and behavior. The student will analyze persuasive techniques in various media, practice rhetorical strategies such as ethos, pathos, and logos, and create original messages that demonstrate audience awareness, emotional impact, and ethical integrity.