Fall 2008 |
Tuesday -- Reading Due |
Thursday -- Writing Due |
Sunday -- Workshop Responses Due |
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Week 1 |
26-Aug |
Questions About the Course: Study all of the sections in the Blackboard course (Announcements, Policies, Schedule, Materials, Discussion, Workshop Groups, Portfolios). If you have questions, please post them in the Questions about the Course Forum.
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28-Aug |
Favorite Writers: In the Favorite Writers forum, post a 500 word note that describes your 5 favorite Living American poets (for our purposes they must be alive and they must be American). Consider the following questions: What draws you to their work? What career paths have they followed? What work of theirs have your read or would you like to read? |
31-Aug |
Course Goals: In the Course Goals forum, post a 500 word note that clearly define 5 goals you have for the semester. You will use these goals when you write your final portfolio, so it is important that they are specific. Consider the following: What aspects of craft would you like to improve? What are your strengths and weaknesses with poetry: titling, speaker, characters, setting, theme, tone, structure, imagery, figurative language, and musical devices. |
Week 2 |
2-Sep |
Group Orientation |
4-Sep |
Group Orientation |
7-Sep |
Group Orientation |
Week 3 |
9-Sep |
Reading 1 • meet the word-length requirement of 400-500 words (or surpass it) Chapter 1 An Introduction |
11-Sep |
Poem 1 For all 10 poems you will write an original poem that responds directly to the question listed here. Question 1 page 14 |
14-Sep |
Workshop Response 1 For all 10 workshop responses you will compose a response to your group members and post it in the Writing Board. In order to receive credit your response must: • meet the word-length requirement of 400-500 words (or surpass it) |
Week 4 |
16-Sep |
Reading 2 Chapter 3 Making the Line I Chapter 4 Making the Line II |
18-Sep |
Poem 2
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21-Sep |
Workshop Response 2 |
Week 5 |
23-Sep |
Reading 3 Chapter 5 The Sound and Look of Sense |
25-Sep |
Poem 3
Question 1 page 102 |
28-Sep |
Workshop Response 3 |
Week 6 |
30-Sep |
Reading 4 |
2-Oct |
Poem 4 |
5-Oct |
Workshop Response 4 |
Week 7 |
7-Oct |
Reading 5 Chapter 7 Metaphor |
9-Oct |
Poem 5 |
12-Oct |
Workshop Response 5 |
Week 8 |
14-Oct |
Group Orientation |
16-Oct |
Group Orientation |
19-Oct |
Group Orientation |
Week 9 |
21-Oct |
Reading 6 Chapter 8 Tale, Teller, Tone |
23-Oct |
Poem 6 Question 2 page 174 |
26-Oct |
Workshop Response 6 |
Week 10 |
28-Oct |
Reading 7 Chapter 9 The Mysteries of Language |
30-Oct |
Poem 7 Question 1 page 195 |
2-Nov |
Workshop Response 7 |
Week 11 |
4-Nov |
Reading 8 Chapter 10 Finding the Poem |
6-Nov |
Poem 8 Question 3 page 224 |
9-Nov |
Workshop Response 8 |
Week 12 |
11-Nov |
There is no school on Nov 11 so you can post this the following day. Reading 9 Chapter 11 Devising and Revising |
13-Nov |
Poem 9 Question 3 page 248 |
16-Nov |
Workshop Response 9 |
Week 13 |
18-Nov |
Reading 10 |
20-Nov |
Poem 10 Question 4 page 269 |
23-Nov |
Workshop Response 10 |
Week 14 |
25-Nov |
Happy |
27-Nov |
Thanksgiving |
30-Nov |
Break |
Week 15 |
2-Dec |
Portfolio First Draft Due |
4-Dec |
Portfolio Workshops Due |
7-Dec |
Portfolio Final Due |
Week 16 |
9-Dec |
Happy |
11-Dec |
Winter |
14-Dec |
Break |
Patricia Colleen Murphy, MFA * Arizona State University * 240M Santa Catalina Hall * 7291 E Sonoran Arroyo Mall * Mesa, AZ 85212