Creative Writing: Schedule |
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Your Schedule:Please remember that is this course 10 weeks will go by very quickly. If you have any problems with this schedule let me know as soon as possible. Significant dates:
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1. Read James Joyce's "A Little Cloud"; post to the discussion and comment on the postings of at least two others.
2. Read the "Criteria" page and be prepared to discuss it.
3. Begin your first piece of fiction and send a draft to your group and instructor by the end of the week.
4. E-mail your group and discuss your goals as a writer.
5. Write two entries in your electronic journal.
1. Read the discussion on "Character" and respond to it and to the postings of two other classmates.
2. Turn in your revised first piece of fiction to your group area and comment on the postings of the others in your group.
3. First online chat with instructor and class
4. Write two entries in your electronic journal.
1. Read: Kate Chopin, "The Story of an Hour"; post to the discussion and comment on the postings of at least two others.
2. Write your second piece of fiction and send a draft to your group and instructor by the end of the week.
3. E-mail your group and describe your writing practice and process (how often you write, what you write, etc.).
4. Write two entries in your e-journal.
1. Read the discussion on "setting" and respond to it and to the postings of two other classmates.
2. Turn in your second piece of fiction to your group area and comment on the postings of the others in your group.
3. Write two entries in your journal and send them to me in e-mail with the subject: Week4 Journal [your last name]
4. Post a story or journal entry to the fourth week class discussion and comment on the work of two others not in your group.
1. Read: Virginia Woolf "Kew Gardens"; post to the discussion and comment on the postings of at least two others.
2. Write your third piece of fiction and send a draft to your group and instructor by the end of the week.
3. Second online chat with instructor and class in chat room.
4. Write two entries in your e-journal.
1. Read the discussion on "Plot" and respond to it and to the postings of two other classmates.
2. Turn in your third piece of fiction to your group area and comment on the postings of the others in your group.
3. Write two entries in your e-journal.
1. Read Franz Kafka's "The Metamorphosis"; post to the discussion and comment on the postings of at least two others.
2. Write your fourth piece of fiction and send a draft to your group and instructor by the end of the week.
3. Write two entries in your e-journal.
1. Review your work for your portfolio and consult with your group about any final revisions on your work.
2. Turn in your fourth piece of fiction to your group area and comment on the postings of the others in your group.
3. Write two entries in your e-journal.
1. Read Rudyard Kipling's "The Man Who Would Be King"; respond to the discussion and on the postings of two other students.
2. Write your fifth piece of fiction and send a draft to your group and instructor by the end of the week.
3. Write two entries in your e-journal.
4. Third online chat with instructor and class in chat room.
1. Revise your work based on the feed back from the rubics and critiques of your group.
2. Examine other groups online portfolios. Decide as a group what your best work is and select a story that represents the best of each portfolio.
3. Write two entries in your e-journal.