Schedule
of Assignments – Creative Writing – Fall 2009
All
Readings are in Janet Burroway, Imaginative
Writing
Daily
homework is not noted on this schedule and will be assigned during each
class meeting.
Week 1 (Aug. 17 - 21):
Poetry
T Review of syllabus, class policies,
and assignments.
TR Read Burroway, xxi-xxiii, xxvii-xxviii.
Week 2 (Aug. 24 - 28):
Rhythm and Meter
T Read Burroway, 309-315. Poetic
terminology.
TR Read Burroway, 315-326. In-class reading
of Hughes, “A Dream Deferred,” and Williams, “A Red Wheelbarrow.” Scansion.
Week 3 (Aug. 31 – Sept. 4):
Image
T Read Burroway, 3- 11. Image and
Details. Scansion.
TR Read Burroway, 11-15, and Billy Collins,
“Snow Day,” 27-28. Figures of Speech.
Week 4 (Sept. 7 - 11):
Voice
T Read Burroway, 37-41. Persona. Writing
Assignment 1: Poem assigned.
TR Read Burroway, 42-50. Character and Point
of View.
Week 5 (Sept. 14 - 18):
Poem Conference
T No
class meeting today; individual conferences with professor for poem
composition.
TR No
class meeting today; individual conferences with professor for poem
composition.
Week 6 (Sept. 21 - 25):
Creativity
T Read Burroway. In-class poetry peer
review. Writing Assignment 1: Poem due in class and on turnitin today.
TR Read Burroway, 237-241, and Pemberton,
“Do We Have Your Number, Mr. Jeffrey?” 252-260. Creative non-fiction, essays,
and memoirs.
Week 7 (Sept. 28 – Oct. 2):
Truth
T Read Burroway, 241-249, and Kittredge,
“Interlude,” 261-268. Technique, facts, and truth.
TR Read Burroway, 80-87. Character.
Week 8 (Oct. 5 - 9):
Character (cont.)
T Read Burroway, 87-93. Writing
Assignment 2: Creative non-fiction assigned.
TR Read Sanders in Burroway, “The
Inheritance of Tools,” 93-100.
Week 9 (Oct. 12 - 16):
Non-fiction
T Fall
break; no class meeting today.
TR Read Burroway, 131-146, Didion, “At the
Dam,” 143-145, and Capossere, “A Wind from the North,” 145-146. Setting
Week
10
(Oct. 19 - 23): Non-fiction (cont.)
T Writing Assignment 2: Creative
non-fiction essay due in class and on turnitin today.
TR In-class reading and discussion of
student creative non-fiction.
Week 11 (Oct. 26 - 30):
Story
T Read Burroway, 273-277, and Hemingway,
“A Clean, Well-lighted Place,” 296-300. Story and plot.
TR Read Burroway, 277-284, and Baxter,
“Snow,” 284-293. Scene, Summary, Text, Subtext, Backstory.
Week 12 (Nov. 2 - 6):
Fiction
T Read Burroway, 163-173, and
TR Read Burroway, 207-214, and Bishop, first
and final drafts of “One Art,” 222-225. Development.
Week 13 (Nov. 9 - 13):
Fiction Conference
T No
class meeting today; individual conferences with professor to discuss fiction.
TR No
class meeting today; individual conferences with professor to discuss fiction.
Week 14 (Nov. 16 - 20):
Revision
T Writing Assignment 3: fictional
short story due in class and on turnitin today.
TR Read Burroway, 214-222. Revision. In-class revision workshops. Bring
all working drafts to class.
Week 15 (Nov. 23 - 27):
Portfolio Conference.
T No
class meeting today; individual conferences with professor to discuss portfolio
revision.
TR Thanksgiving;
no class meeting today.
Week 16 (Nov. 30 – Dec. 4):
Revision Revision
T In-class revision workshops. Bring
all working drafts to class.
TR Last Day of Class. Portfolio due in class and on turnitin today.