Class

World-Building for Grades 4-6

This group connects young writers, fostering a supportive community focused on individual writing goals, making new friends, and meeting young writers where they are at.

Build a unique and spectacular fantasy world from the ground up! During our first three sessions, you will design your new world's geography, cultures, laws, magics, technologies, languages, weather, wildlife, and more. Start your world from scratch or continue developing a world you've started outside of class.

You'll create actual artifacts--such as maps, letters, recipes, and newspapers--that will help us feel as if we're inhabiting your world. We’ll learn the best details to include to immerse readers in your story. To get inspired and sharpen our skills, we'll take tips and tricks from our own favorite imaginative worlds. To end our class, we'll host an informal “Ambassadors Meeting” for our new cultures to meet.

Register separately for a supervised lunchtime enrichment time from 12-1PM in the Performance Hall with teaching artist Kelsey Daly. Students should bring their own packed lunch and water bottle, as there is a filtered water dispenser on site.

This class takes place in-person, at the Loft at Open Book; we encourage participants to be fully vaccinated and masked in the interest of everyone’s safety. Please see the Loft’s website for the most up to date information about the Loft’s COVID policies.