335 F21 Al Ethari

ENGL 335 Sec. 002- Fall 2021 - L. Al Ethari

Week

Readings & Discussion Topics

Activities & Assignments

Due Date

Points

Week 1

Sept. 8Sept.14

Morley, “Chapter 5: Processes of Creative Writingâ€​ (pp. 125-133)(Link)

Schneider, “Introduction: Writing with

Othersâ€​ (pp. 177- 181) (L)

Introduce Yourself

Due:Tuesday, Sept.21,2021(11:59 pm)

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Week 2

Sept.15Sept. 21

Images and Details

Burroway, “Concrete, Significant Detailsâ€​ (pp. 20-27) Course Pack

 (Also see "Course Pack & Readings" under

"Table of Contents")

Minot, “Chapter 4: Images: The

Essential Elementâ€​ (pp. 57-68) (CP)

Participate in

Weekly Discussion

Closes: Tuesday, Sept.14 (11:59 pm)

3

Submit

Project Choice & Summary  to the Dropbox

Closes: Tuesday, Sept. 21 (11:59 pm)

5

Week 3

Sept.22-

Sept.28

Building Characters

Burroway, “Chapter 4: Characterâ€​ (pp. 95-108) (CP)

Tobias Wolff, “Bullet in the Brainâ€​ (L)

Participate in Weekly Discussion

Closes: Tuesday, Sept. 28 (11:59 pm)

3

Submit Section 1 of Your Project

(Up to 600 words or 2-3 poems) to the “Workshopâ€​ Discussion Forum

Due: Tuesday, Sept. 28 (11:59 pm)

Counts

Towards

10 Points

Week 4

Sept. 29-Oct.5

Settings

Bailey, “The Lesser Angels of

Fiction: Setting and Timeâ€​ (pp. 54-63) (CP)

Excerpt from Lien Chao’s Narrative Long Poem, “Silence of the Wild

Land: Qing Ming, Homebound for Mt.

Hua Baoâ€​ (CP)

Participate in Weekly Discussion

Closes: Tuesday, Oct. 5 (11:59 pm)

3

Participate in Workshop (1)

Closes: Tuesday, Oct. 5 (11:59 pm)

10

Week 5

Oct. 6-Oct. 8

Checking In

Join a Group Meeting to Ask Questions and Discuss Your Writing

Date & Time TBD

 

Reading Week

Oct.9-Oct. 17

No Assignments or Discussions

     

Week 6

Oct. 18-Oct.24

Sound

Minot, “The Sound of Wordsâ€​ (pp. 72 – 82) (CP)

Scholes, Comely, Klaus and Staines, “Musicâ€​ (pp 388-389) (CP)

Participate in Weekly Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Oct. 24 (11:59 pm)

3

Week 7

Oct. 25-Oct.31

No Discussions

Submit Section 2 of Your Project

(Up to 1200 words or 4-6 poems) to the “Workshopâ€​ Discussion

Forum

Closes: Sunday, Oct. 31(11:59pm)

Counts

Towards

10 Points

Week 8

 Nov. 1- Nov.7

Voice and POV

Burroway, “Voiceâ€​ (pp. 49-61) (CP) Bailey, “Dialogueâ€​ (pp. 41-43) (CP)

Participate in Weekly Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Nov.7 (11:59 pm)

3

Participate in Workshop (2)

Closes: Sunday, Nov.7 (11:59 pm)

10

Week 9

Nov. 8- Nov.14

Developing the Plot

Bailey, “The ‘Why?’ Behind the Power of the Plot: Shaping the Short Storyâ€​ (pp. 45-53) (CP)

Minot, (Poetry) “Internal Orderâ€​

(pp. 117-126) (CP)

Participate in Weekly Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 14 (11:59 pm)

3

Submit Section 3 of Your Project to the “Workshopâ€​ Discussion Forum

Short Story:  Up to 1800 Words

OR

Chapbook: 8-10 Poems

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 14 (11:59 pm)

Counts

Towards

10 Points

Week 10

Nov.15-

Nov. 21

Proofreading and Editing

Participate in Weekly Discussion

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 21 (11:59 pm)

3

Participate in Workshop (3)

Closes: Sunday, Nov. 21 (11:59 pm)

10

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

Submit Section 4 of Your Project to the “Workshopâ€​ 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

Week 12 Nov.29-Dec. 5

No Discussions

Participate in Workshop (4)

Closes:  Sunday, Dec. 5 (11:59 pm)

10

Dec. 6-7

Checking In: Final Edits & Polishing Your

Drafts

Participate in Final Discussion

Closes: Tuesday, Dec.7  (11:59 pm)

3

Submit Final Project to the Dropbox

Closes: Tuesday, Dec.7

 (11:59 pm)

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