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-Use the processes of revision, editing, and rewriting to improve upon existing pieces.
Course schedule:
Procedures:
I will be using Google classroom for all assignments and portfolios. Students will need to
create a separate folder on their laptop to save their work. They will be creating a
portfolio of their writing this will be the final exam grade.
Course Activities:
While the quantity and quality of what we cover will partially depend upon your own
willingness to commit to the class and to push your own creative boundaries and
comfort zones, we will aim to adhere to this basic schedule of topics:
Journal Each day, you will begin class by writing based on the prompt you will find listed
for you on the board. These prompts are designed to simply get your brain to click over
into creative mode and to get you ready for productive, useful work. This may be done
in a composition notebook or online.
Peer Response Once we establish our class community and routine, we will have days
where we may begin with someone sharing a piece or part of a piece they are working
on and for which they desire feedback. These sessions will be more quick, informal
readings aimed at giving constructive criticism while building a writers confidence.
Writing assignments this class will cover a wide range of writing styles, genres and
topics. Students will complete writing pieces that will demonstrate their creativity and
writing style.
Portfolio all writing work from this class will need to be saved. Specific instructions will be
given on which pieces of writing should be included in the final portfolio. This will count
as the final exam.
Grading Policy
Each completed assignment will earn a specific number of points. Journals will earn a
grade of 100 points given for having all completed at periodic checkpoints.
Course outline
Week One
The Writer Within Complete online survey, discuss value of writing in your own life,
hopes and fears revolving around this class, exercises to get our brains into a writing
mode and to establish a sense of community
How Reading Makes Us Writers Discussion of what we read, why we like it, how it
connects and influences our own writing, and analysis of a favorite or current selection
Week Two
Element Focus: Image Use of concrete, significant, specific details to generate interest
The Objective Correlative Using background objects in writing to emphasize greater ideas
and add depth to piece
Writing sample two pages of their choosing, can be narrative, fiction, anything
Week Three
Journal Activity show random pictures of characters from online students are to create
a character description
Stock and Flat Characters Why background characters may be necessary to the plot
Week Five
Element Focus: Setting Making vivid, inspiring locations for your pieces
Profluence How establishing clear settings can give a story a sense of getting
somewhere
Peer review
Week Six
Peer review
Editing practice
Week Seven
Reading Assignments
Since reading is integral to writing well, you will be expected to complete an analysis of
either novels, short story collections, poetry collections, plays, memoirs and/or
biographies, personal essay collections, or anything else I approve. Instead of the
normal book review type of response, you will be reading these selections with a
writers eye and specifically evaluating the authors use of one or more of the elements
we will be discussing in class.
Week 8
Genre Exploration Brief overview of the elements found in each of the following: creative
nonfiction, fiction, poetry, and drama
Development and Revision: How editing, revising, and rewriting improves your pieces
Writing piece #7 working alone or with partner one act play script
Week 10
Week 11
The Final Product: Drafting, collaborative workshopping, and revision of the final portfolio
Final Portfolio
For your final in this class, you will be submitting a Final Portfolio consisting of the
following items:
Section 2 - Self-Reflection on how you will incorporate what youve learned in class into
your writing routine, and your writing plan for how you will continue to make time for
writing in your life 2 pages
Section 3 The collection of writing work done in class, final copies only.