Creative Writing I

Welcome to Creative Writing I! 

This is the place to look for in-class work, class experiments, handouts, projects and anything else that might fit your Creative Writing I needs.  
Quarter 1 - Fall 2012

Friday, August 31:

Signed class policy signature pages are due by the beginning of today's class period.  We will take the class policy quiz in today's class period.  



Tuesday, September 4:

Please complete your Autobiography of My Writing Life draft, submit it to www.turnitin.com and bring a print copy to today's class for peer review and oral reading.


Monday, September 10:

Develop a mind map  from the center word, "Moon".  Use your "Brainstorming for Writers" for an example of a mind map/web.  Then, develop a first draft of a short story from an idea or group of ideas that appear in your map.  Bring a print copy to class to peer review and be ready to read your story aloud in Monday's class.

Wednesday, September 12:

Put your music player/iPod etc. on shuffle.  Write whatever comes into your head - feelings, reactions, memories, etc. while the music plays.  When you have finished listening to your player for 30-40 minutes, take some time to look over your musings for anything that might inspire you.  Then, develop your inspiration into a first draft of your "music" short story.  Bring a print copy to class for peer review and be ready to share in today's class.  You must submit a digital copy of your draft to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today for homework credit.

Friday, September 14:

Look at your picture.  Consider what you see, what is just beyond the frame of the picture, what you associate with the image, how it makes you feel etc.  Jot down your ideas in a free-form, stream-of-consciousness style.  When you have finished writing, take some time to look over your musings for anything that might inspire you.  Then, develop your inspiration into a first draft of your "picture" short story.  Bring a print copy to class for peer review and be ready to share in today's class.  You must submit a digital copy of your draft to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today for homework credit.


Wednesday, September 19:

Read the words on the free association word list.  For each word, jot down the first word, phrase or idea that pops into your head.  When you have finished writing, take some time to look over your musings for anything that might inspire you.  Then, develop your inspiration into a first draft of your "word association" short story.  Bring a print copy to class for peer review and be ready to share in today's class.  You must submit a digital copy of your draft to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today for homework credit.

Friday, September 21:

Please read "Death by Landscape" by Margaret Atwood located on pp. 24-36 in your green Norton Anthology of Short Fiction.  When you have finished reading the story, please answer all questions on "Exposition and Setting" in the "General Questions" section on p. xxvii in the front of your anthology, type up your answers and post them to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today.


Monday, September 24:

Using our class discussion about setting development in Margaret Atwood's "Death By Landscape" and the Developing Setting handout disseminated in Friday's class, develop a short story with a focus on setting - incorporate imagery, consider historical and social context in developing your story.  Remember,"break the hoagie into chunks, or your reader will choke."

Tuesday, September 25:

Please read "The Rules of the Game" on pp. 1423-1430 in your Norton Short Fiction anthology.  Answer the questions on "Character and Conflict" on p. xxviii and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.

Wednesday, September 26:

We will take the Elements of Fiction quiz based on the powerpoint handout disseminated in last Friday's class and our class discussions.  Also, please complete the Character Building Activity and upload your "Hot Seat" prep document to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM for today's class.

Thursday, September 27:

Please develop a draft of your Character Sketch assignment located on the reverse side of your Character Building Activity, upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today and bring a hard copy to today's class for peer review and class reading.




Friday, October 5:

Arranged Marriage Scenarios are due to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today.  Please bring a print copy to peer review and share in today's class.


Tuesday, October 9:

Please read "The Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce on pp. 140-146 keeping in mind our discussion of how to effectively introduce conflict and build tension to develop an effective plot in your writing.  Do you think that Bierce does this?  Why or why not?  Also, please answer the questions on Plot on pp. xxvii-xxviii in the "General Questions" section of your Norton Short Story anthology and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period. 

Friday, October 12:

 Please develop a plot outline using the ReadWriteThink: Plot Diagram generator, print two copies and bring them to class for peer workshopping.


Monday, October 15:

Please develop a first draft of your short story focusing on the plot you developed in your last assignment, upload it to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today and bring a print copy to class to workshop.

Tuesday, October 16:

Please read "The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman on pp. 597-608, complete the questions on Point of View and Person of Narration on pp. xxviii and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by the beginning of today's class period.


Thursday, October 18:

Using Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus (and your own experience with children's fiction) as a model, develop a first person "innocent eye" narrative draft, upload it to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM and bring a print copy to today's class for peer review and large group readings.

Friday, October 19:

Please develop a first draft of your "Iguana" assignment, upload the draft and bring a print copy to today's class for peer review and large group reading.


Thursday, October 25:

Today we will take the fiction final quiz in class. Please come with a #2 pencil in addition to your regular class materials.


Monday, October 29:  

Revision draft due to www.turntin.com by 7:45 AM today.



Wednesday, November 7:

Today we will take the poetry characteristics quiz.  This quiz is based on the Characteristics of Poetry powerpoint we took notes on and discussed in class.  Also, Please read "Chapter 7: External Form" pp. 255-258, 274-289 in your Norton Introduction to Poetry, answer the bulleted questions and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today.

Thursday, November 8:

Please create 3 control of the line experiments using the text of the "The blind fold their dollar bills" handout.  Bring it to class for peer workshopping and homework credit for today's class.

Friday, November 9:

Please develop an original poem using the following criteria:

  • Use at least 1 feature of control of the line included in the Characteristics of Poetry powerpoint we discussed in class.
  • Must be at least eight lines long
  • May be written on any topic

Submit your original poem to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today.  Also, bring a print copy to class for peer workshopping.


Monday, November 12:

Please develop 3 original concrete (or shape poems) to workshop in today's class.  Please bring a copy of your poems to submit for homework credit.

Wednesday, November 14:

Please read "Words and Music" on pp. 219-230 in Chapter 5, "The Sound of Poetry", in your Norton Introduction to Poetry text.  Answer the bulleted questions in this section and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com no later than 7:45 AM today.

Thursday, November 15:

Please develop three original limericks, upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com and bring a print copy to today's class to workshop in small group.


Tuesday, November 20:

Please develop three original tongue twisters, upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com no later than 7:45 AM today and bring a print copy to class to workshop in small group and read aloud. 

Wednesday, November 21:

Please develop an original villanelle using the requirements provided in the class notes, upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com no later than 7:45 AM today and bring a print copy to class to workshop in small group and read aloud.



Tuesday, November 27:

Please read pp. 258-274 in your Norton Introduction to poetry on "The Sonnet", answer all bulleted questions and upload the assignment to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today. Pay particular attention to the use of meter in the examples in the text.

Thursday, November 29:

Please develop 4 metered poems using the following criteria:

Use the four following metrical feet for your poems:

Dactylic dimeter
Trochaic tetrameter
Spondaic heptameter
Iambic pentameter

Each poem must be a minimum of 1 full quatrain.

This assignment must be submitted to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today.

Friday, November 30:

Please develop 2 original sonnets - 1 Shakespearean, 1 Petrarchan.  The drafts are due to www.turnitin.com by 7:45 AM today.



Wednesday, December 5:

First draft (text only) of the Gashlycrumb Tinies style poetry project is due to www.turnitin.com no later than 7:45 AM today.

Friday, December 7:

Final draft of the Gashlycrumb Tinies style poetry project must be uploaded to our creative writing wikispace on PBWorks no later than 7:45 AM today.  Late projects will drop a full letter grade each day that it is late.


Wednesday, December 12:

Please develop 4 original haikus (three line poems where the first line is 5 syllables, the second line is 7 syllables, and the third line is 5 syllables)  about the following four subjects:

1. a frog
2. a favorite food
3. your favorite season
4. your parents

Friday, December 14:

Please post your group rictameter drafts with the names of all group members at the top of the document to your www.turnitin.com accounts no later than 7:45 AM today.


Semester Portfolios

Portfolios must be submitted via PBWorks portfolio and hard copy no later than the beginning of class on Thursday, January 10, 2013.  No exceptions will be made.  If a student knows he or she will not be at school on the specified date, the responsibility falls to the student to submit the work previous to that date.

 
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