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San José State UniversityDepartment of English and Comparative LiteratureENGLISH 71: Introduction to Creative WritingSpring 2015Section 8 (On the World Wide Web)Instructor:Prof. Alan SoldofskyOffice Location:FO .eduOffice Hours:T W 2:45 – 4:15 PM, or TH by appointmentCanvas s/1113763GE CategoryLetters C2Course DescriptionExaminations of works of poetry, creative nonfiction and short fiction as expression ofhuman intellect and imagination, to comprehend the historic and cultural contexts, andrecognize issues related to writing by men and women of diverse cultural traditions.Students will also write poetry, creative nonfiction, and a short fiction.Introduction to Creative Writing (English 71) is a 3-unit lower-division course designedand administered by the Department of English & Comparative Literature at San JoseState University in accordance with the University’s General Education ProgramGuidelines to fulfill Core General Education requirements in the “C2” Letters area ofHumanities & the Arts.The primary activity in the class is for students to write original works of poetry, fiction,and, creative nonfiction in response to works by published authors that will be used asmodels.The class will be divided into small groups to read and workshop group members’ earlydrafts of creative writing assignments. The instructor will provide online lecture notesEnglish 71: Section 8 Introduction to Creative WritingSpring 2015Page 1 of 30

and worksheets that address the basic elements of the creative writing genres, and thewriting techniques, practices, and conventions associated with them. Course content isorganized as weekly content modules for students to access containing weekly ActivityPages that list readings assigned from the required textbooks and other various readingassignments, occasional short pre-writing exercises, writing assignments, and weeklyself-grading quizzes. The materials you will encounter in the weekly Course Modulesoften contain more examples of—or links to—significant literary works that represent thekinds of poetry, creative nonfiction, and short fiction you will write during the semester.Methods and ProceduresThis section of ENGL 71 is a fully online course offered through eCampus on theCanvas Learning Management System. With Canvas it is easy to upload anddownload Webpages and attached files that can be read either on a PC or Mac. Thecourse will be taught using a combination of small Student Writing Group Discussionsand whole-class writing Workshops Discussions of peers’ creative writing. With Canvasit is easy to view, upload, and download Web pages and Word files that can be readeither on a PC, Mac, or mobile device.To prepare for each writing assignment, class members will read and analyze publishedworks of poetry, creative nonfiction, and short fiction written by professional writers—work which students’ can emulate as models for creative writing assignments. Thereading assignments include material from the assigned textbooks as well as materialsposted on the Canvas course site. In the writing workshop forums, drafts of students’creative writing will be analyzed and be given constructive feedback by class members,teaching assistants, and the instructor, encouraging further revision. The workshopprocess is designed to facilitate students completing successful final drafts of theircreative writing assignments.Canvas includes its own internal email system used to send and receive messagespertaining to this ENGL 71 class. When contacting the instructor with questions or tosubmit work for feedback, please use the Canvas internal email system, which is apassword-protected environment.Describing how writers read, the Nobel Prize-winning novelist Toni Morrison writes:"Writing and reading are not all that distinct for a writer. Both exercises require beingalert and ready for unaccountable beauty, for the intricateness or simple elegance of thewriter's imagination, for the world that imagination evokes. Both require being mindfulof the places where imagination sabotages itself, locks its own gates, pollutes its vision.Writing and reading mean being aware of the writer's notions of risk and safety, theserene achievement of, or sweaty fight for, meaning and response-ability."Course Learning ObjectivesEnglish 71: Section 8 Introduction to Creative WritingSpring 2015Page 2 of 30

English Department Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)Student LearningObjectives:SLO 1: Read closely in avariety of forms, styles,structures, and modes, andarticulate the value of closereading in the study ofcreative writing.Skills/Knowledge Acquired: Activities:1. Identify basic elements ofcreative writing that modelsof published poetry,creative nonfiction, andshort stories contain.Identify what these variousstrategies and techniquescontribute to a work’soverall quality and success.2. Identify creative writingstrategies and techniquescontained in students’original works of poetry,creative nonfiction, andfiction written for this class.3. Evaluate the level ofsuccessful application ofvarious creative writingelements and techniquesobserved in student workscreative writing submittedfor this class.SLO 2: Show familiaritywith major literary works(of poetry), genres (styles),periods, and criticalapproaches to British,American, and WorldLiterature.1. Read and understandworks of poetry, creativenonfiction, and short storieswritten by prominentmodern and contemporaryauthors representing a rangeof American, British, andWorld literatures.1. Identify basic elementsand techniques found inpoetry, creative nonfiction,and short stories.2. Read published modelsof poetry, creativenonfiction, and shortstories. Identify keycreative elements andstrategies they contain.3. Write critical comments(positive and negative) onworks of student poetry,creative nonfiction, andfiction posted on the classCanvas Discussion pagesduring the semester.1. Complete weeklyassignments to readexamples of poetry, creativenonfiction, and short storiesby prominent publishedauthors.2. Complete weekly shortquizzes on the assignedreadings from prominentauthors of poetry, creativenonfiction, and shortstories.3. Attend two readings bycreative writers presented atSJSU, or in the local area,English 71: Section 8 Introduction to Creative WritingSpring 2015Page 3 of 30

SLO 3: Write clearly,effectively, and creatively,and adjust writing styleappropriately to the content,the context, and nature ofthe subject.1. Write original works ofpoetry, creative nonfiction,and short stories thatdemonstrate successfulapplication of key elementsand techniques of poetry,creative nonfiction, andshort stories identified asessential for the success ofeach genre.or (or that you view online).Write brief detailed reviewsdescribing the work writerspresented.1. Complete assignments towrite works of poetry,creative nonfiction, andshort stories, to be postedon the Canvas Discussionpages for comments andanalysis by members ofyour assigned WritingGroup and T.A.s.2. Complete and revisepoetry, creative nonfiction,and short stories to beposted on Canvas forweekly WorkshopDiscussions viewed by allclass members and T.A’s.3. Revise poetry, creativenonfiction, and short storiesafter receiving commentsfrom Writing Groupmembers, other classmembers, T.A.’s and theinstructor. Submit assignedworks of poetry, creativenonfiction, and short storiesin final portfolio form to begraded by the instructor.GE Area C2 Student Learning Objectives (SLOs)Student LearningObjectives:SLO 1: Letters courses willenable students to recognizehow significant worksilluminate enduring humanconcerns.Skills/Knowledge Acquired: Activities:1. Identify how basicelements of creative writingin models of publishedpoetry, creative nonfiction,and short stories contributeto a work’s overall qualityEnglish 71: Section 8 Introduction to Creative WritingSpring 20151. Identify basic elementsand techniques found inpoetry, creative nonfiction,and short stories.2. Read published modelsPage 4 of 30

and to its insights intoenduring human concerns.2. Evaluate the level ofsuccessful application ofcreative writing elementsand techniques in student’swork to enable the student’swork to illuminate enduringhuman concerns.2. Letters courses willenable students to respondto significant works bywriting both research-basedcritical analyses andpersonal responses.3. Letters courses willenable students to writeclearly and effectively.Writing shall be assessedfor correctness, clarity, andconciseness.1. Understand how works ofpoetry, creative nonfiction,and short stories byprominent authors areconstructed from elementsand techniques that arebasic to each of thesecreative writing genres.of poetry, creativenonfiction, and shortstories. Identify key creativeelements and strategies theycontain that contribute tospecific enduring humanconcerns.3. Write critical comments(positive and negative) onworks of student poetry,creative nonfiction, andfiction posted on the classCanvas Discussion pagesduring the semester.1. Write works of poetry,creative nonfiction, andshort stories in response toreading works by publishedauthors of these genreswhich demonstrate basiccreative writing elementsand techniques beingstudied.2. Attend and comment ontwo readings by prominentcreative writers presentedon the SJSU campus or inthe local Silicon Valleyarea. Or view readings byprominent writers on theInternet.1. Demonstrate the ability to 1. Read drafts of peers’meet the standards ofcreative writingcorrectness, clarity, andassignments posted inconciseness in writingStudent Writing Groups andoriginal works of poetry,class Workshopcreative nonfiction, andDiscussions to analyze theshort stories.correctness, clarity, andconciseness and overall2. Demonstrate the ability to effectiveness of work.improve the correctness,clarity, and conciseness of a 2. Regularly post commentscreative writing text through and replies to StudentEnglish 71: Section 8 Introduction to Creative WritingSpring 2015Page 5 of 30

applying revisiontechniques and principlesdiscussed in Writing Groupsand Workshop Discussions.3. Demonstrate the abilityto improve correctness,clarity, conciseness, andoverall effectiveness of acreative writing assignmentthrough applying criteriadetailed in that assignment’sCreative Writingassessment rubric.Writing Groups and classWorkshop Discussionsregarding the correctness,clarity, conciseness, andoverall effectiveness ofpeers’ creative writingdrafts.3. Revise drafts of poetry,creative nonfiction, andshort stories on whichstudents have receivedcomments from peers inStudent Writing Groups andclass WorkshopDiscussions.REQUIRED TEXTSCahill, Tim. Hold the EnlightenmentLamott, Anne, Bird By BirdStarkey, David, Creative Writing: Four Genres in Brief.Soldofsky, Alan, In the Buddha Factory.Wolff, Tobias, The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Short StoriesRECOMMENDED TEXTSGwynn, R.S., Poetry: A Pocket Anthology (7th edition).Lam, Andrew. Birds of Paradise LostNguyen, Bich Minh. Stealing Buddha’s DinnerPerez, David. Love in the Time of Robot ApocalypseWEB SITESCourse Homepageon CANVASUp-to-date course information, syllabus, class activities,worksheets, reading/writing assigned, instructor and student blogs,presentation notes and slides, etc. Log into CANVAS 763Center for Literary Calendar of free readings and conversations by prominent authors ofArts at SJSUpoetry, creative nonfiction, and fiction presented on campus:http://www.litart.org/Academy ofLarge resource with thousands of poems, essays, biographies,English 71: Section 8 Introduction to Creative WritingSpring 2015Page 6 of 30

American PoetsURLCreative Writing:Four Genres inBriefweekly features, and poems for special occasions. www.poets.orgPoetry FoundationURLLarge archive of poems, poets, poetry news, articles, and bookreviews. Browse for poems by poet or title. Archives of PoetryMagazine. www.poetryfoundation.orgPoetry Flash URLA literary review and events calendar for the Bay Area, West, andbeyond. www.Poetryflash.org.Poetry Center SanJose URLInformation on events primarily poetry happening in the San Josearea.http://www.pcsj.org.Resources provided to support the readings in the David Starkey’s,Creative Writing. Includes PDF’s of checklists, author notes rkey2e/#t 836452OFFICE HOURSFace-to-face office hours: M, T, 2:30 – 3:45 p.m.; W, 1:30 – 2:45 p.m.; Or Th p.m. byappointment.Instructor and T.A. Response Time to Emails and Assignments:I or one of the T.A.’s will respond—usually within 48 hours—to other messagesregarding the class that class members may leave in my Canvas mailbox. If you wish tohave an electronic chat or have Facetime with the instructor, you must set up the time inadvance. The instructor will respond to assignments within 5 to 10 class days of thembeing posted or submitted. The instructor will monitor, and but not necessarily commenton all assignment drafts posted on the Student Writing Groups Discussion pages.T.A. Roles:T.A.’s will monitor and facilitate Student Writing Groups. T.A.’s will comment on draftsof creative writing assignments posted in Writing Group Discussions as well as respondto student writing individually, helping students to apply the Checklists, DiscussionGuides, and assessment rubrics used in the course to improve the overall quality ofstudents’ original works of poetry, creative nonfiction, and short stories. T.A.’s will alsomark some student assignments for correctness, clarity, and conciseness, and assist theinstructor in determining the grade for an individual assignment.Classroom Requirements and Course ProtocolEnglish 71: Section 8 Introduction to Creative WritingSpring 2015Page 7 of 30

Course RequirementsThe class will consist of four primary activities:1. Reading assignments: Student will read and respond by emulating in their ownwriting creative writing elements that we will analyze in published works of poetry,creative nonfiction, and short stories by prominent authors, designed to be used as modelsfor students to learn about the craft and the process of creative writing. Also studentswill read relevant facts about these significant authors of poetry, nonfiction, and shortstories by closely reading samples of their work. In addition, you will read material inBird by Bird that will better help you understand and practice the writing process. Youwill find reading assignments listed each week in the Course Activities pages in theCanvas Learning Modules.2. Test Yourself: Weekly Quizzes: Each week after you finish your readingassignments, you will complete a brief self-graded quiz in Canvas. The quizzes will helpyou better understand and apply the elements and techniques of creative writing thatyou’ve been learning during the week, including learning to analyze how the examples ofliterary works you read by professional writers are put together. These self-correctingquizzes will help you monitor your progress through the course. The instructor willrecord the highest score you received on each week’s quiz. You will have two attempts toanswer the questions correctly. Each weekly quiz is worth 2 points, for a total of 28points for the semester.3. Creative Writing Assignments: You will complete Creative Writing assignments inthree genres: You will write original works of Poetry; Creative Nonfiction; and ShortStories.4. Writing Group and Workshop Discussions: Students are required to post drafts ofthe poetry, creative nonfiction, and short-story assignments on the designated StudentWriting Group Discussion pages. Each Student Writing Group will have its ownhomepage on Canvas. Each student is required to comment on 2 creative writingassignments Group members have posted. Each student is also required to reply to 2comments posted on Group members Creative Writing Assignments. To find yourWriting Group, go to the pull-down menu on the People tab on the right hand column ofthe ENGL 71 Canvas Homepage. These online small Student Writing Groups willfunction similarly to small breakout writing groups that would meet once per week in anlive in-person classroom.Students are required to post their Creative Writing Assignments, rotating one group perweek, on the ENGL 71 Creative Writing Workshop Discussion. Each student is requiredto comment on 2 creative writing assignments classmates have posted on the WorkshopDiscussion. Each student is also required to reply to 2 comments posted on classmatesCreative Writing Assignments. In the Workshop Discussions you should comment onclassmates who are not members of your own Creative Writing Group. Or on works bymembers of your group that you didn’t comment on in group discussions. This activity isEnglish 71: Section 8 Introduction to Creative WritingSpring 2015Page 8 of 30

equivalent to the once-per-week writing workshops that would take place in a live inperson classroom.5. Attend Two Readings: Attend and comment on two readings given by prominentcreative writers on the SJSU campus or in Silicon Valley or the Bay Area. Or viewreadings by prominent writers on the Internet. You should identify by title your favoritepoems, nonfiction pieces, or short fiction that the writers read. And explain what youliked about those works. Your comments should demonstrate to the instructor that youattended that particular writer’s reading and paid close attention to what your heard thewriter read. You are particularly urged to attend literary programs on campus sponsoredby the Center for Literary Arts.Creative Writing Genre UnitsPoetry Unit Jan. 22 – Feb. 27Poetry portfolio completion date (final drafts of all five poems): all submissions due byMarch 2.You are required to submit a group of five poems: Your completed poetry portfolio willinclude the following assignments:POETRY ASSIGNMENTS Poetry assignment 1: A poem (or a 250 to 500-word Prose Poem) titled “SelfPortrait,” modeled on “Self-Portrait” by Adam Zagajewski, “Self-Portrait” by LindaPastan, and/or “Self-Portrait” by Edward Hirsch.Poetry Assignment 2: A poem written in the Ghazal form—a form made up of aminimum of five self-contained couplets, each couplet combining an abstract line anda line containing a visual image (similar to a Haiku). Your Ghazal can be in strictform or in a modified less strict form.Poetry Assignment 3: A short poem that contains images, which appeal to the senses.Base the poem on a photograph or an object (such as a car, an article of clothing, pairof shoes, a bird you often see, or something in your home.) Must contain at least onemetaphor or simile.Poetry Assignment 4: Narrative Poem. Write a poem that tells a story in fixed stanzaform in a more or less regular meter or rhythm (rhymed or unrhymed). You maychoose a 4-, 5-, or 6-stress line. The story you tell may reflect your ethnic or culturalidentity.Poetry Assignment # 5: Poem in a Traditional Form: Write a Sonnet (any type),Sestina, Villanelle, or Pantoum. Poem may be rhymed or unrhymed, in accentualmeter or free verse.LATE SUBMISSIONS will be deducted 5 points per day. Submissions will not beaccepted if more than 5 class-days late. No submissions accepted after Oct. 15.Creative Nonfiction Unit: March 2 – March 30Nonfiction piece due (final draft): Submission due by April 6.English 71: Section 8 Introduction to Creative WritingSpring 2015Page 9 of 30

Your research should underlie the factual basis of your essay or narrative article. Attacha list of references you used to the end of the article. (You may wish to include abibliography or works cited list, using MLA Style citations). Examples of this kind ofwriting can be found in Tim Cahill’s book, Hold the Enlightenment. You must use aminimum of 3 credible sources in your essay or article. You may also conduct aninterview with someone as research for your piece. If you conduct an intervi

Poetry Foundation URL Large archive of poems, poets, poetry news, articles, and book reviews. Browse for poems by poet or title. Archives of Poetry Magazine. www.poetryfoundation.org Poetry Flash URL A literary review and events calendar for the Bay Area, West, and beyond. www.Poetryflash.org. Poetry Center San Jose URL

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