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CREATIVE WRITING 1ST 6 WEEKS ASSIGNMENTS AND DUE DATES

AUG. 20 (Tues.) 22 (Thurs.)


-Fill out Course Expectations sheet -Prompt: 6 word memoirs
-Mini-lesson: building towards publishing -Mentor texts: Gloria Anzaldúa (“How to
-Prompt: Nosy Questions Tame a Wild Tongue”).
-Hw: try turnitin.com -Mini-lesson: crummy first drafts
-Hw: get supplies by 8/27 -Prompt: What are you not supposed to say?
27 (Tues.) 29 (Thurs.)
-Mini-lesson: editing and commenting -Journal check [quiz grade]
-Mini-lesson: your writing life -Mini-lesson: show, don’t tell
-Prompt: graham cracker exercise -Edit and gallery walk for graham cracker
exercise
-Mentor text: Imbolo Mbue, “Behold the
Dreamers”
SEPT. 3 (Tues.) 5 (Thurs.) 6 (Fri.)
-Mentor Texts: B.J. Best (“Commander -Mentor text, annotations, and edited text -BRING 5 COPIES OF A PIECE YOU’VE
Keen,” “Q*Bert” completed in class [MAJOR GRADE] WRITTEN (2 pp. max).
-Prompt: Write what you see. -Hw: Bring 5 copies of a piece you’ve -Writing circles/workshopping
-HW: Bring 1 page of “show” mentor text to written (2 pp. max) for next class -YOUR notes on others’ papers for writing
class next time and a 1st draft of your work. workshop (for 3 different texts) [daily grade]
-Portfolio assigned, major grade, due Sept. 17
10 (Tues.) 12 (Thurs.) LATE START
-Mini-lesson: Stephen King on dilemmas -Mini-lesson: Stephen King on passive voice
-Prompt: Write/trade/write on dilemmas, -Mentor Text: Ray Bradbury (“There Will
questions, or conflicts Come Soft Rains”)
-LeGuin, “The Ones Who Walk Away from -Prompt: 10 nouns, 10 verbs, sentences
Omelas” -Time to work on portfolio and edits.
-Journal Check [quiz grade]
17 (Tues.) 19 (Thurs.) 20 (Fri.) END OF 1st 6 WEEKS
-Mini-lesson/discussion: villains -Mini-lesson: Stephen King on Adverbs and -All make-up work due in hard copy by 3:45 Fri.
-Prompt: Write your villain. Hemingway’s Iceberg Theory -Process Piece assigned, due Oct. 17
-Portfolio due [MAJOR GRADE] -Mentor Text: Ernest Hemingway, “Hills -Bring your 5 favorite books [daily grade, NEXT
Like White Elephants” 6 weeks]
-Prompts: Write badly, write long/Cut, cut, -Prompts: 5 favorite books writing
cut
Hw: Bring 5 favorite books
Note: You will also have several participation checks, which count as daily grades. See the syllabus for details.

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