ENGL 335 Sec. 002- Fall 2021 - L. Al Ethari
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Week |
Readings & Discussion Topics |
Activities & Assignments |
Due Date |
Points |
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Week 1 Sept. 8Sept.14 |
Morley, “Chapter 5: Processes of Creative Writing†(pp. 125-133)(Link) |
Introduce Yourself |
Due:Tuesday, Sept.21,2021(11:59 pm) |
3 |
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Week 2 Sept.15Sept. 21 |
Images and Details Burroway, “Concrete, Significant Details†(pp. 20-27) Course Pack (Also see "Course Pack & Readings" under "Table of Contents") Minot, “Chapter 4: Images: The Essential Element†(pp. 57-68) (CP) |
Participate in Weekly Discussion |
Closes: Tuesday, Sept.14 (11:59 pm) |
3 |
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Submit Project Choice & Summary to the Dropbox |
Closes: Tuesday, Sept. 21 (11:59 pm) |
5 | ||
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Week 3 Sept.22- Sept.28 |
Building Characters Burroway, “Chapter 4: Character†(pp. 95-108) (CP) Tobias Wolff, “Bullet in the Brain†(L) |
Participate in Weekly Discussion |
Closes: Tuesday, Sept. 28 (11:59 pm) |
3 |
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Submit Section 1 of Your Project (Up to 600 words or 2-3 poems) to the “Workshop†Discussion Forum |
Due: Tuesday, Sept. 28 (11:59 pm) |
Counts Towards 10 Points | ||
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Week 4 Sept. 29-Oct.5 |
Settings Bailey, “The Lesser Angels of Fiction: Setting and Time†(pp. 54-63) (CP) Excerpt from Lien Chao’s Narrative Long Poem, “Silence of the Wild Land: Qing Ming, Homebound for Mt. Hua Bao†(CP) |
Participate in Weekly Discussion |
Closes: Tuesday, Oct. 5 (11:59 pm) |
3 |
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Participate in Workshop (1) |
Closes: Tuesday, Oct. 5 (11:59 pm) |
10 | ||
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Week 5 Oct. 6-Oct. 8 |
Checking In |
Join a Group Meeting to Ask Questions and Discuss Your Writing |
Date & Time TBD | |
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Reading Week Oct.9-Oct. 17 |
No Assignments or Discussions | |||
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Week 6 Oct. 18-Oct.24 |
Sound Minot, “The Sound of Words†(pp. 72 – 82) (CP) Scholes, Comely, Klaus and Staines, “Music†(pp 388-389) (CP) |
Participate in Weekly Discussion |
Closes: Sunday, Oct. 24 (11:59 pm) |
3 |
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Week 7 Oct. 25-Oct.31 |
No Discussions |
Submit Section 2 of Your Project (Up to 1200 words or 4-6 poems) to the “Workshop†Discussion Forum |
Closes: Sunday, Oct. 31(11:59pm) |
Counts Towards 10 Points |
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Week 8 Nov. 1- Nov.7 |
Voice and POV Burroway, “Voice†(pp. 49-61) (CP) Bailey, “Dialogue†(pp. 41-43) (CP) |
Participate in Weekly Discussion |
Closes: Sunday, Nov.7 (11:59 pm) |
3 |
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Participate in Workshop (2) |
Closes: Sunday, Nov.7 (11:59 pm) |
10 | ||
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Week 9 Nov. 8- Nov.14 |
Developing the Plot Bailey, “The ‘Why?’ Behind the Power of the Plot: Shaping the Short Story†(pp. 45-53) (CP) Minot, (Poetry) “Internal Order†(pp. 117-126) (CP) |
Participate in Weekly Discussion |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 14 (11:59 pm) |
3 |
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Submit Section 3 of Your Project to the “Workshop†Discussion Forum Short Story: Up to 1800 Words OR Chapbook: 8-10 Poems |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 14 (11:59 pm) |
Counts Towards 10 Points |
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Week 10 Nov.15- Nov. 21 |
Proofreading and Editing |
Participate in Weekly Discussion |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 21 (11:59 pm) |
3 |
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Participate in Workshop (3) |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 21 (11:59 pm) |
10 | ||
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Week 11 Nov. 22- Nov.28 |
Checking In: How is the Writing Process Going? |
Participate in Weekly Discussion |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 28 (11:59 pm) |
3 |
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Submit Section 4 of Your Project to the “Workshop†Discussion Forum Short Story: Up to 2400 (or complete) OR Chapbook: 12-14 Poems |
Closes: Sunday, Nov. 28 (11:59 pm) |
Counts Towards 10 Points | ||
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Week 12 Nov.29-Dec. 5 |
No Discussions |
Participate in Workshop (4) |
Closes: Sunday, Dec. 5 (11:59 pm) |
10 |
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Dec. 6-7 |
Checking In: Final Edits & Polishing Your Drafts |
Participate in Final Discussion |
Closes: Tuesday, Dec.7 (11:59 pm) |
3 |
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Submit Final Project to the Dropbox |
Closes: Tuesday, Dec.7 (11:59 pm) |
25 |