Bonus Post: REVIEW of Behind the Curtain open-mic event
Behind the Curtain, Dec. 10th
Post your review (with name) on the class blog prior to the beginning of class on Monday, Dec. 14th.
*This blog post is worth bonus marks for Skill-Building
50 Shades of Graphite -- the 2015 Sardis Secondary Writing 12 Blog
Thursday, December 10, 2015
Post your review (with name) on the class blog prior to the beginning of class on Monday, Dec. 14th.
*This blog post is worth bonus marks for Skill-Building
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Postcard Fiction
"Very short fiction pieces that wish they were poems."
Write a piece of postcard fiction no longer than 300 words, combining basic short story elements with the figurative imagery, intensity, and economy of poetry.
Post it in the comments box below BEFORE the start of Monday's class, Nov. 2nd. (Late posts will not be counted as complete.)
Monday, October 26, 2015
Term 2 Skillbuilding
1. Haiku response to Louder Than a Bomb posted on blog by Monday, October 26, 11:45 am
2. Spoken Word poem ready for Writing Workshop, Oct. 29th
3. Spoken Word, self-edited draft (#1. of Workshop)
4. "Listening" set of editing feedback on Spoken Word (Oct. 29th)
5. "Page" set of editing feedback on Spoken Word (Oct. 29th & 30th)
6. Postcard Fiction posted on the blog by Monday, Nov. 2nd
7. & 8. Make two separate comments on two different Postcard Fiction posts
9. Constraints of Setting, Atmosphere, and Character
10. Writing Workshop, Nov. 5th
11. Self-Evaluation Form, Nov. 5th
12. Claremont Workshop
13. Claremont submission X 3
14. Revealing Character - outer characteristics
15. Character Takeover -- inner and outer characteristics
16. Questions about Outer to Inner assignment
17. Writing Workshop, Nov. 26
18. Self-Evaluation form, Nov. 26
19. Gestures character description
20. Writing Workshop, Dec. 7
21. Self Evaluation form, Dec. 7
22. Writing Workshop Dec. 11
23. Self Evaluation form, Dec. 11
24. Experimenting with Audience #1
25. Experimenting with Audience #2
26. BONUS: 200 wd. Review of "Behind the Curtain" show, posted on blog for December 14th class.
27. Subtext analysis
28. Subtext dialogue for Writing Workshop, Dec. 17
29. Editing Questions on Subtext DIalogues -- hand in your best one
30. Voices Visible Submission X 3
31. Voices Visible Workshop,
32. Short Story due, Jan. 13th
33. Short Story Author Self-Feedback
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
Louder Than a Bomb
To (almost) conclude our Skill-Building unit on poetry, please write an original haiku that expresses your response to the documentary Louder than a Bomb. Post your haiku in the comments section of this post.
Remember: a traditional haiku has a 5/7/5 syllable format and consists of three lines.
Your haiku needs to be posted for the beginning of Monday's class, October 26th.
Friday, October 9, 2015
Imagist Poems -- Add them here!
"The written word should be clean as bone [or marble]."
Add your imagist poem in the comments box below following the principles laid out by the Imagist movement and the guidelines given in class:
- a free verse poem
- contains between two and twelve lines
- your poem delivers a single, concrete image without excess of language
"The written word should be clean as bone."
Monday, September 28, 2015
Prose-to-Poem Assignment
2. You may cut as much of the original as you want.
Lastly: Post your new creation, your Prose-turned-Poem, in the "Comments" box of this post by Wednesday, Sept. 30th. Be sure to attach your name to the post itself.
Find an existing piece of prose that you've written--a journal entry, a quickwrite, a section of a short story, a paragraph of an essay, a letter, your atmospheric description of a setting, or something else--and re-format it with a sense of line. Create line breaks to add pacing, drama, emphasis, suspense, or new associations.
Two rules:
1. You're not allowed to add anything new. What was there originally is all you've got to work with.
Two rules:
1. You're not allowed to add anything new. What was there originally is all you've got to work with.
2. You may cut as much of the original as you want.
Lastly: Post your new creation, your Prose-turned-Poem, in the "Comments" box of this post by Wednesday, Sept. 30th. Be sure to attach your name to the post itself.
Monday, September 21, 2015
Skill-Building Assignments (Part 1 of your WIP File)
1. Introductory Letter
2. I remember the sound
3. I remember the colour/smell
4. Reflection on writing #2 and #3
5. Multi-Sensory Clustering: Setting
6. First draft of Setting piece
2. I remember the sound
3. I remember the colour/smell
4. Reflection on writing #2 and #3
5. Multi-Sensory Clustering: Setting
6. First draft of Setting piece
7. Writing Workshop, Sept. 18
8. Self-Evaluation form, Sept. 18
8. Self-Evaluation form, Sept. 18
9. Colour Poem
10. Love Poem -- 15 lines
11. Monosyllabic piece -- 1 1/2 pgs s.spaced
12. Writing Workshop, Sept. 25
13. Self-Evaluation form, Sept. 25
14. Prose-to-Poem
12. Writing Workshop, Sept. 25
13. Self-Evaluation form, Sept. 25
14. Prose-to-Poem
15. Post Prose to Poem on the blog by the deadline--beginning of class, Sept. 30
16. List Poem (10 things you love) embellished according to seven criteria
17. Second "List" poem modeled after "You Bring Out the..", "13 Ways...", or another variation.
17. Second "List" poem modeled after "You Bring Out the..", "13 Ways...", or another variation.
18. Writing Workshop, Oct. 6
19. Self-Evaluation form, Oct. 6
20. Extended Metaphor poem
21. Imagist poem posted on the blog
22. Writing Workshop, Oct. 14
23. Self-Evaluation form, Oct. 14
24. Pantoum poem OR e.e. cummings style poem
24. Pantoum poem OR e.e. cummings style poem
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Our newly-christened Writing 12 Blog "50 Shades of Graphite" and its blank pages await the magic touch of this semester's creative writing students (2015)! Prepare to be alternately startled, captivated, inspired, transported, lulled, chilled, and awakened by words and ideas worth paying attention to!
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