Week Class #

Creative Writing Syllabus Homework

Week One Jan. 5

Project 1: Poetry

Class 1 Adding the class Syllabus/Green Sheet Website Terms In-class writing

Establish your Wordpress user namePost #1: 2-3 HaikuBring a copy of your work to our next meeting. Read: Blank Verse-All (on the website under “course readings,” “poetry,” and “blank verse”).Study Terms 1-5

Class 2 Groups and Participation Points Discussion: Haiku Terms 6-10 Lecture: Blank Verse: Form, Meter, and StructureGuided Writing (Color Poem)

Post #2 Blank Verse: Color Poem Read: Sonnets Study Terms 1-10

Week Two Jan. 12

 Poetry

Class 3 Discussion: Blank Verse: Color Poem Terms 11-16 Lecture: Rhyme and Rhyme Schemes/Sonnet Guided Writing: Shakespearian/Petrarchan Sonnet

Post #3 Sonnet: Shakespearian or Petrarchan Read: Sestina/Villanelle Study Terms 1-16

Class 4 Discussion: Sonnet Terms 17-23 Lecture Sestina/Villanelle: Form and Structure Guided Writing: Sestina/Villanelle

Post #4: Sestina or Villanelle Read: Free Verse Study Terms 1-23

Week ThreeJan. 19

 Poetry

Class 5 Discussion: Sestina/Villanelle Terms 24- 30 Lecture: Free Verse Guided Writing: Free Verse

Post # 5 Free Verse Choose two or three different-style poems to revise for project 1.Bring copies of your proposed project for each member of your group to our next class meeting. Study Terms: 1-30

Class 6 Terms Test 1 Writers' Workshop: Poetry

Post # 6: Project #1Project 1 is due Friday Week 4 before noon.

Week Four Jan. 26

 Project 2: Fiction

Class 7 New GroupsLecture: Elements of Fiction: Plot and POVGuided Writing: POV (Three little Pigs)

Project 1 is due Friday Week 4 before noon.Post #7: 250 words of your Three Little Pigs story.Read: Note the Plot and POV of each: “The Tell Tale Heart” Edgar Allan Poe“A Very Short Story” Ernest Hemingway“Dr. Chevalier’s Lie” Kate Chopin

Class 8 Terms 1-8Review: POV and PlotDiscussion: "A Very Short Story," "A Tale Tell Heart," and "Dr. Chevalier's Lie"Lecture: Character and Setting Guided Writing: Character, place, time, situation

Project 1 is due Friday Week 4 before noon.Post #8: Guided WritingRead: “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County”Study Terms: 1-8

Week Five Feb. 2

Project 2: Fiction

Class 9 Terms 9-17 Review Discussion: "The Celebrated Jumping Frog"Lecture: Setting, ToneGuided Writing: Adventure Story

Post # 9: Guided writing (draft) Read: “The Chrysanthemums”Study Terms

No ClassConferenceWeek Six Feb 9

Fiction

Class 10 Terms 18-25 Discussion: "The Chrysanthemums” Lecture: Fiction: Dialogue Guided Writing: Fiction Adventure Story

Post # 10: post one or two dialogues from your story that demonstrate the skills we learned today.

Bring: One copy of your completed fiction for each member of your group.

Study TermsClass 11 Terms 25-30

Writers' Workshop: Project #2: FictionPost # 11: The best two paragraphs of your fiction project. Read: “The Most Dangerous Game” Study: TermsSubmit Project 2: Before Friday, Week 7, at noon

Week Seven Feb 16

Project 3 Fiction

Class 12 Terms Test #2 Lecture: Fiction: "The Most Dangerous Game." Suspense Guided Writing: Suspense

Post #12: Post a long paragraph or two that demonstrate your efforts at creating suspense. Read: "Labels"

Class 13 Discussion: "Labels"Lecture: Eliminating the passive voice; 7 genres Guided Writing: Using the Active Voice in 7 genres

Post #13: two paragraphs (without the “to be” verb) from your in-class writing.Work on your fiction 2 projectRead Science Fiction: Heinlein: Stranger in a Strange Land: Sections I-III, ending on page 19.

Week Eight Feb 23

Fiction

Class 14 Review: Eliminating "to be" verbs/ 7 Genres Lecture: Fiction: 7 plots Guided Writing

Post #14: Post a scene from your story that demonstrates a convention or step in your tale.Work on your fiction project. Finish reading the section from Stranger in a Strange Land.

Class 15 Discussion: Fiction: Science Fiction: Stranger in a Strange Land Lecture: Sentence level construction Guided Writing: Body language

Post #15: A scene of body language Bring: Three copies of your completed fiction

Week Nine Mar. 2

Fiction

Class 16 Writers' Workshop #3: Fiction Project Terms 1-9

Post # 16: The best two or three paragraphs of your fiction project.Reading: Drama: 10 minute plays: "Gray Matter"Submit Project #3 before class Tuesday week 10.Study: Terms 1-9

Project 4: DramaClass 17 Writing Exercise

New GroupsTerms 10-18 Lecture: Short Plays Guided Writing

Project #3 Due before class Tuesday, Week 10 Work on Play Study Terms 1-18

Week Ten Mar. 9

Project 4: Drama

Class 18 Coming Attractions Discussion: Self evaluation postings; Short Plays Terms 19-25 Guided Writing

Work on your projects Write your self-assessment and email it to me at palmoreessaysubmission@gmail.comStudy for terms test #3

Class 19 Due: Self-assessment Terms: Test #3 Drama Discussion Short Plays Group work

Bring a hard copy of the play. Study for make-up test (optional).

Week Eleven Mar 16

Project 4: Drama

Class 20 Make-up or Retake of Terms Test Discussion: PortfoliosWorkshop: Drama Project #4

Prepare: Reading/Performance/or Video for Monday.Email me a copy of your dramaEmail me a copy of (or a link to) your performance.

Class 21 Due: Project #4 Drama Play Readings/Performances

Prepare: Portfolio submission is due before our final class.

Week Twelve Mar 23

Drama

Final Thursday, March 24 9:15 to 11:15 am

Due: Portfolio (Electronic in one file)Due: Submission to Poetry Magazine Finish Play Readings/Performances