This is a study group led by a study group leader. But all study groups members are leaders and should expect to be active participants in the learning activities, reading each other's work, providing each other with feedback, and helping each other with any questions that may arise.
The goal of the course is to end the 8 weeks with a revised draft of a short personal narrative (600-800 words).
Each week of the course students will learn about creative nonfiction and memoir writing and write and develop this essay step-by-step. Students will participate in all the steps of writing a short personal narrative (600-800 words): generating ideas, writing drafts, reading, and rewriting. Every week, students will read from the reading list, complete the weekly learning activities, and contribute to class discussion. Study group members will give each other feedback on development work. Expect intermittent feedback from study group leader on your ongoing work and extensive feedback on ONE working draft only.
All of the lessons will be available at the start of the course, allowing students flexibility in working.
Every other week, students will have short creative writing assignments due on their blogs with the final draft of the essay due Week 7. The creative writing assignments build upon each other and will result in a working draft of a short personal essay.
Students will engage in discussion and provide feedback to each other.
Study group leader will comment briefly on students' on-going work and will provide extensive feedback on ONE 800-word maximum working draft of personal essay. Students will inform study group leader of draft they want extensive feedback on.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment