“Empowering Young Writers: A Manifesto for Teaching Writing and Nurturing Creativity” As a future teacher, my beliefs about writing are deeply rooted in the power of creativity and self-expression. I believe that every child has the potential to

This is the culminating assignment for the class.  There is no final exam. 
You will write a manifesto that describes your beliefs about writing, the teaching of writing, and/or how kids learn to write.  You’ll also articulate your intentions as a future teacher: how do you intend to implement these beliefs?  How long might it take, and what challenges might you face? 
To get started, you might look over some of the work you’ve done in this course: your responses to readings in About the Authors; your play with memes, arguments, letters, and drawings; the activities you planned and your process reflections on all your Makes. If you read across these writings, what do you see about yourself and your ideas about writing?  
And as you start to write your manifesto, please include details about your desired grade level and the specific ideas you have about incorporating ideas from About the Authors (creativity, mentor texts, illustrating and writing, book production, working with big ideas, holding one-on-one conferences, etc.) into your desired school, grade level, or population of kids.
300 words minimum, 500 maximum.
Your manifesto needs a great, original title.
You don’t have to use an “academic voice” in this paper; it’s the sharp ideas that count.