Creative Writing Syllabus for 2011-2012
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Course

ENGL-2307-001 Creative Writing

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Course Description

Technique of writing and marketing fiction, nonfiction and poetry; analysis of stories, articles and poems. Emphasis on student writing, exercises in market analysis, manuscript preparation and submission.

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Hours

(3 sem hrs; 3 lec)

Class Type

Online Course

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Textbooks

No textbook is required for this course.

Supplies

Computer with Internet Access

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Expected Student Behavior

\ Plagiarism: The following description is taken from the English Department website:

\ “According to the Amarillo College Student Code of Conduct, plagiarism is the ‘appropriating, buying, receiving as a gift, or obtaining by any means another’s work and the unacknowledged submission or incorporation of it in one’s own written work.’

\ Misdocumented Plagiarism:

\ 1.      Using someone else’s exact words that are quoted but not cited or cited but not quoted.

\ 2.      Using a citation at the end of a block of prose without clarifying which material is borrowed.

\ 3.      Missing or incomplete works-cited entries.

\ Misdocumented plagiarism will receive a maximum 50 percent deduction for the first offense, and the student will be required to meet with the instructor.

\ Undocumented Plagiarism:

\ 1.      Using someone else’s exact words that are neither quoted nor cited.

\ 2.      Paraphrasing someone else’s words without citing them.

\ 3.      Using someone else’s research without citing it.

\ Undocumented plagiarism will receive a minimum penalty of 50 percent for the first time and 100 percent off for all subsequent infractions. The student will be required to meet with the instructor and the English Department Chair.”

Grading Criteria

10 submissions 50%
Peer feedbackParticipation* 50%.

90-100=A, 80-89=B, 70-79=C, 60-69=D, Below 59=F

*I grade participation based on the quantity and quality of your comments. I expect you to comment on at least five submissions each week, which means by the end of the semester you will have posted 50+ peer comments. Failure to meet this minimum requirement will result in an automatic "F" for the class. I also want you to follow up on other students’ comments and feel free to pose questions to the writer, other students, and me. Finally, a quality post is one that seeks to improve a submission rather than merely praise or trash it. Be respectful but be honest.

So how long should a response to a submission be? Write whatever you are able to write. I do not expect a treatise. Sometimes all we are able to offer is “I do not understand this poem because…” or “The literal situation is confusing. Here are some questions I had….” On works for which you have strong feelings, you might spend more time making specific comments. And definitely use my method of providing feedback as a touchstone for developing your approach. At a bare minimum, however, even if you cannot make sense of the poem, or for any other reason, you should produce more than five sentences of commentary.

See instructor for specific makeup policy.

Attendance

This is an online course and participation is required in order to pass the course.

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