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Course Schedule – Creative Writing Summer 2008 – Instructor Jenney Izzo
Introductions & Toward a Definition of Good Writing (June 30 - July 3)
July 1
Read Getting Started and the Syllabus; Familiarize yourself with the course
Post an introduction on the Welcome/Intro Discussion Board
Check Communications and then Messages for your Small Group Letter
Post Freewrite 1 to your Small Group Discussion Board (SGD)
July 2
Post Responses to the Welcome/Intro discussion board
Post Responses to all of the Freewrites in your SGD
Surf the Web: Paris Review Writers' Interviews and Poetry.org
Read Fiction Handout 1
Post to Towards a Definition of Good Writing SGD
July 3
Post Responses to Towards a Definition of Good Writing SGD
Continue discussions in Welcome/Intro, Freewrites and Toward a Defintion of Good
Writing
Begin Fiction Writing & Critique (July 7 -11)
July 7
Read "A Clean, Well-Lighted Place"; "A Rose for Emily"; "The Things They Carried"
Read Fiction Handouts 1 & 2
Post POV Rewrite to SGD
July 8
Read Peer Review / Critique Guidelines
Respond to POV Rewrite SGD
July 9
Post Character and Setting Sketches to SGD
July 10
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Respond to Character and Setting Sketches
July 11
Read two stories from "The New Yorker" website
Review Fiction Handouts
Post a Writer's Analysis of the stories to Discussion Board
Short Story Writing & Critique (July 14 -18)
July 15
Post your short story to the SGD (proofread for grammar, clarity, etc.)
July 17
Review Peer Review / Critique Guidelines
Respond to all the stories in your SGD
July 18
Continue short story discussions
Howl at the full moon
Introduction to Poetry & The Poet's Tools (July 21 - 25)
July 21
Check short story discussions for any loose threads
Read Poetry Handouts 1 & 2
Read Selected Poems 1
Post to the Introduction to Poetry & the Poet's Tools SGD
SG members select a poem topic to share
July 22
Respond to Intro to Poetry SGD posts
Post Poem of Choice (your original work) to SGD
July 23
Critique Poem of Choice SGD
Follow up on Intro to Poetry SGD posts
Post a poem to share with your notes as to why it appeals to you
July 24
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Post Poem inspired by Summer to SGD
Post poem on topic selected by group members to SGD
Read "poems to share" and respond to those that inspire you
July 25
Critique Summer poems
Critique poems of SG choice
Freedom and Form in Poetry (July 28 - August 1)
July 28
Follow-up on discussions from last week
Post poem written in trimeter and a Free Verse poem to SGD
July 30
Critique free verse and trimeter poems in SGD
July 31
Post form poem and answer form questions - SGD
Aug 1
Critique / Respond to form poem and answers to questions
Revision and Reflection (August 4 - 8)
Aug 4
Follow-up on last week's discussions
Post scene revision along with analysis to SGD
Aug 5
Critique of scene revisions SGD
Aug 6
Post poetry word change & analysis revision
Aug 7
Critique of poetry revisions
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Aug 8
Follow-up on both revision discussions
Post a small section of your story or one of your poems to share with the entire class
Add a thank you and good-bye
Submit self-analysis to me via Communications -> messages
