CW250: INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING SPRING 2017 SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, CHECK COURSE WEBSITE

TUESDAY HOMEWORK THURSDAY HOMEWORK

1/17

Read the syllabus, check out the course website, read “How to Email Your Professor,” by Laura Portwood-Stacer and “How to Find Love: Lessons From an Old Maid – Dating Advice for the Socially Awkward,” by Connie Sun (course website: cw); write and or draw a creative response titled, “How to Write Like Me,” “How to Succeed in College/ My College Major,” “How to Be a Part of My Family,” “How to Own a Dog,” “How to Date,” or another “How To” that inspires you. Purchase the Burroway text.

1/19

Read Dinty Moore’s “Mr. Plimpton’s Revenge,” (cw) and then read Miller and Paola’s, “Writing Online: Hypertext and Social Media.” (handout) Choose One: Write a creative response detailing one or many of your frustrations, write something in multiple medias, write a list of “50 Ways to _____,” “The Year of Living ____,” or 10 “Tiny Truths.”

1/24

Listen to Kristi Murray-Costello’s essay, “To the Woman…,” (cw) read Ch. 8, Non-fiction (Burroway), “Standing By,” by David Sedaris (Burroway) and Chapter 6, Story (Burroway); and write a response that considers the questions on the class website. Come to class ready to discuss. Start working on your first draft of your creative non-fiction piece if you have not already.

1/26

Read “How to Choose a Detail,” Mary Karr (handout) and “The long good-bye,” by Amanda Coyne (login and search in Library Databases (Academic Search Complete) to listen or read); As you read or listen to Coyne’s piece, underline or write out the details that resonate with you. Then, write about an experience (like one of your Steppingstones) and choose details like Karr advises. We will use this to practice a short peer review next time and you will turn it in.

1/31

Draft your nonfiction, Internet, or multimedia piece for next week. Read “Playing With Form: The Lyric Essay and Mixed Media,” by Miller and Paola (handout) and “The Female Body,” by Margaret Atwood (Burroway, pg. 245) Come ready to discuss the readings, especially the different forms detailed in Miller and Paola. Write your own creative non-fiction using one of the techniques discussed in Miller and Paola OR Write your own creative non-fiction inspired by the form of the essay “The Female Body.”

2/3

Read the selected student CNF and the Peer Review handout and bring it with you to class, ready to discuss. Jot down notes on the draft. Comment using terms from Burroway, Miller and Paola, or Karr when possible. Coming up: Bring 4-5 copies of your completed Creative Non-fiction, multimodal, or internet writing to class for peer review R/ Feb. 9 (enough for everyone in your group). Read a few sample reviews if you haven’t already.

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TUESDAY HOMEWORK THURSDAY HOMEWORK

2/7

VOLUNTEER CLASS PEER REVIEW CNFBring 4-5 copies of your completed Creative Non-fiction, Multimodal or Hypertext writing to class for peer review R/ Feb. 9 (enough for everyone in your group). Read a few sample reviews if you haven’t already.

2/9

GROUP PEER REVIEW CNF (ALL)Hand in a complete draft of your 1st genre (CNF, multimodal, Internet) Feb. 9th (next class) for feedback and approval for your portfolio.

2/14

CNF DRAFT DUE

Read Ch. 5 – Setting (Burroway), and “Fat Ladies Floated In the Sky Like Balloons,” by Amanda Davis (cw); write a response that addresses how Davis opens and closes her story. Use terms from Ch. 5 Burroway in your response. First Proposal Due to me for Final Class Project. See the guidelines on the assignment sheet.

2/16

FIRST CLASS PROJECT PROPOSAL DRAFT DUE

Read Character, Chapter 4 (Burroway) and “Girl,” Jamaica Kincaid (Burroway, pg. 38) and write a response about Kincaid’s use of character as/ through: Desire, Image, Voice, Action, Thought, Presented by the Author, Conflict, or Stock and Flat Characters

2/21

Read “Point of View” (from Ch. 3 – Voice, Burroway), “Figures of Speech (from Ch. 2 – Image, Burroway), and “A Temporary Matter,” by Jhumpa Lahiri (handout) ; write a creative response of a single scene between two people who are uncomfortable in the same space. Try to show at least one person’s discomfort through what they say or do.

2/23

Read “Little Miracles, Kept Promises,” by Sandra Cisneros (cw) and write a response about your favorite note/ letter in Cisneros’s piece. What interests you about this section? What details are you drawn to? Bring your copy of these stories to class Feb. 28. (next class)

2/28

Read “Stories in your pocket: how to write flash fiction,” by David Gaffney (cw), “The Barbie Birthday,” by Alison Townsend, “Sleeping,” Katharine Weber, “Stories,” by John Edgar Wideman, and “Crazy Glue,” by Etgar Keret (handouts) and write your own flash fiction draft, trying to keep it from 150 to 1000 words, following the conventions laid out in the “how to” blog.

3/2

Draft your fiction piece for next week. This is your second required genre in your portfolio. Bring 5 copies of your work to class Tuesday, March 14 (not Thursday, March 9).

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CW250: INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING SPRING 2017 SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, CHECK COURSE WEBSITE

TUESDAY HOMEWORK THURSDAY HOMEWORK

3/3 - 3/7

NO CLASS - WINTER BREAK

3/9

VOLUNTEER CLASS PEER REVIEW FICTION

Draft your fiction piece for next week. This is your second required genre in your portfolio. Bring 4-5 copies of your work to class Tuesday, Mar 14 (enough for everyone in your group).

3/14

GROUP PEER REVIEW FICTION (ALL)

Hand in a complete draft of your 2nd genre (fiction) Thursday, Mar 16 for feedback and approval. If your piece is digital, you may provide a link via email: “[Last Name], Fiction,” otherwise drafts should be handed in hard copy and stapled.

3/16

FICTION DRAFT DUE

Read “Introduction to Poetry,” and “Forgetfulness,” (cw) and “Snow Day” (Burroway) by Billy Collins, write a creative response (poem or prose) that is an “Introduction” to something or someone. This may be any genre you choose. Final proposal for the Class Project is due to me next class if you have not turned this in already. Only one proposal needed per class. You may email it or turn it in hard copy.

3/21

FINAL CLASS PROJECT PROPOSAL DUE

Read “The Block Method of Unblocking Writer’s Block,” by Maria Gillan (handout), “Bag of Mice,” by Nick Flynn (handout), and “Nude Interrogation” and “Facing It,” by Yusef Komunyakaa (Burroway). Take up Gillan’s challenge to write whatever comes to mind from the following prompts for 20 minutes (see cw or create your own). You can turn in the whole freewrite, or you may choose to turn in a revision, a summary of the process, another type of reflection, or a resulting poem or other creative work.

3/23

Read “Snow,” by Naomi Shihab Nye, “I Go Back to May 1937,” by Sharon Olds,(cw) and “Immigrants,” by Pat Mora (handout). Write a creative response including a description of a season, a food, a piece of clothing, or a person. Bring a photograph to the next class.

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CW250: INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING SPRING 2017 SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, CHECK COURSE WEBSITE

TUESDAY HOMEWORK THURSDAY HOMEWORK

3/28

“Resignation,” by Nikki Giovanni, “My Daughter at 14: Christmas Dance,” and “an-almost-made-up-poem,” by Charles Bukowski, (click to download doc), “For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffery,” by Christopher Smart, and “My Lover,” by Wendy Cope (handout); Write a poem from prompts on the cw.

3/30

Read “Morning at the Elizabeth Arch,” by Joe Weil and "Broadway," by Mark Doty (cw). Consider the similarities between the two poems and come to class ready to discuss their characteristics. Start revising your own poem to peer review.

4/4

Read “Definitions,” by Brooke Horvath (scroll to find), “A Box,” and “A Red Stamp,” by Gertrude Stein (scroll to find more Objects), and “Letting Go,” by Susan King (cw); try to write a stream of conscious reflection or description of an item or person around you.

4/6

Watch “Tony Steinberg: Brave Seventh Grade Viking Warrior,” by Taylor Mali, “Hands,” by Sarah Kay, “Pretty,” by Katie Makkai, “Us, Black Women,” by T. Miller, (cw) and then click around for at least 10 or 15 minutes, exploring the different poems that appear on Youtube. Send me an email with the most interesting poem you find. Tell me why you love or hate it or why you are drawn toward it.

4/18

Bring at least one completed poem for peer review next class, April 20. We will be working on our poems as a class and then exchanging them. Read through the Final Portfolio assignment sheet and come ready to discuss.

4/20

VOLUNTEER CLASS PEER REVIEW POETRY/ GROUP PEER REVIEW POETRY (ALL)

Poetry Draft due to me next class for approval and comments.Additionally: Read the Final Reflection assignment sheet and bring it with you to the next class. Work on the portfolio. Come to class with questions about the portfolio and the final reflection. We will discuss this instead of journals. The portfolio will be due the last day of class. I would recommend you exchange final portfolios with someone in your group for proofreading.

4/25

POETRY DRAFT DUE

Work on your Final Reflection and Portfolio. 4/27

Work on your Final Reflection and Portfolio.

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CW250: INTRODUCTION TO CREATIVE WRITING SPRING 2017 SCHEDULE SCHEDULE SUBJECT TO CHANGE, CHECK COURSE WEBSITE

TUESDAY HOMEWORK THURSDAY HOMEWORK

5/2

Continue to revise and edit your portfolio. Portfolios are due May 9, the last day of class, at the start of class. Portfolios should be handed in hard copy and either stapled or secured in a folder or small binder. Digital parts of the portfolio should be included via printed out link in the hard copy document and additionally in an email to me with the subject line: “[LAST NAME], Digital Portfolio Documents.” This will help to ensure that I receive them.

5/4

NO CLASS - GO TO MONDAY’S CLASSES

5/9

PORTFOLIOS DUE CLASS PROJECT DUE

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DRAFT DUE DATES:

CNF DRAFT: 2/14

FICTION DRAFT: 3/16

POETRY DRAFT: 4/25

PEER REVIEW DUE DATES:

CNF PR: 2/9

FICTION PR: 3/14

POETRY PR: 4/20

CLASS PROJECT PROPOSAL DUE DATES:

FIRST DRAFT PROPOSAL: 2/16

FINAL DRAFT PROPOSAL: 3/21

FINAL DUE DATES:

PORTFOLIO: 5/9

CLASS PROJECT: 5/9