Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Checking Our Progress

In your portfolio it is hopeful (and helpful) to have the following drafts/assignments:

1. Narrative structure draft (May 2)
2. Penfield Poem draft (April 24, 26 & April 30)
3. Pamela Houston Draft (April 15, 18, 20, 24)
4. Vonnegut advice revision (April 20)
5. Nature poem draft (Ode, Elegy, or Pastoral) (April 2)
6. Character Sketch & Internal Monologue poem (March 27)
7. Tense revision (March 23)
8. Madonnas of Leningrad poem or fiction free choice (March 19)
9. The Limerick draft (March 19)
10. The Bradbury-style fiction draft (March 1, 4, 7, 13, 15)
11. Summer, Winter, Spring, Autumn Haiku drafts (March 1, 4, 7, 13)
12. Workshop revisions (we have done a variety of workshops in which you were expected to make some revision and progress on various drafts).

For each draft, please indicate the draft number to indicate a revision.

Other in-class assignments/homework: Debra Dean Workshop, character sketch, Cowboys Are My Weakness Review, Workshop participation, Cat's Cradle reading participation #1, #2, #3...

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About this course!

This course stresses understanding the characteristics & techniques in the literary genres of fiction, poetry, and dramatic writing. This course will continue to build on students’ reading and writing skills begun in previous creative writing classes. Readings and discussions of works by major writers in the field will be examined as inspiration and models of fine writing. This educational blog is designed for the use of the students at the School of the Arts in Rochester, NY.