ENG 411: Advanced Creative Writing, Poetry Schedule
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. Also, please post a note about yourself in the "Getting to Know You" board. |
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) Preface, Introduction, Appendices and Glossary. |
11-Sep |
Poem 1 For all 10 poems you will write an original poem that responds directly to the prompt listed here. Please type out the prompt you have chosen. Any prompt on page 7 |
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: Addonizio, Allen, Baker |
18-Sep |
Poem 2 |
21-Sep |
Workshop Response 2 |
Week 5 |
23-Sep |
Reading 3: Bly, Bujega, Coleman |
25-Sep |
Poem 3 Any prompt on page 36, 47, 48, 59, 60 |
28-Sep |
Workshop Response 3 |
Week 6 |
30-Sep |
Reading 4: Collins, Duhamel, Dunn |
2-Oct |
Poem 4 Any prompt on page 69, 81, 82, 97, 98 |
5-Oct |
Workshop Response 4 |
Week 7 |
7-Oct |
Reading 5: Dybek, Gonzalez, Hicok |
9-Oct |
Poem 5 Any prompt on page 110, 125, 137, 138, |
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: Hirshfield, Lehman, Liu |
23-Oct |
Poem 6 Any prompt on page 148, 149,159, 160, 167 |
26-Oct |
Workshop Response 6 |
Week 10 |
28-Oct |
Reading 7: Louis, McGrath, Meinke |
30-Oct |
Poem 7 Any prompt on page 178, 179, 191, 192, 205 |
2-Nov |
Workshop Response 7 |
Week 11 |
4-Nov |
Reading 8: Mueller, Olds, Roripaugh |
6-Nov |
Poem 8 Any prompt on page 215, 216, 229, 240 |
9-Nov |
Workshop Response 8 |
Week 12 |
11-Nov |
Reading 9: Ryan, Shipley, Spires |
13-Nov |
Poem 9 Any prompt on page 248, 249, 263, 264, 269, 270 |
16-Nov |
Workshop Response 9 |
Week 13 |
18-Nov |
Reading 10: Suarez, Wallace, Weaver, Williams |
20-Nov |
Poem 10 Any prompt on page 283, 296, 305, 315, 316 |
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 |