Monday, April 25th
- Q&A with Guest Poet Rodney Gomez
- Homework
- compose WA#4 in Google Drive
- in Google Drive, name your file like this: Poetry_YourFullName
- Guidelines for this assignment
- Compose a series of free verse poems
- Your poetry should
- be SINGLE-SPACED and cannot exceed three (3) pages
- include concrete imagery and make use of figurative language (42-50)
- consider all of the following
- meter and rhythm (31-38)
- "music" of poetry (38-42)
- diction and syntax (50-54)
- print/bring three (3) copies of your poems to class on Wednesday for Workshop #7
Wednesday, April 27th
- Workshop #7: Free Verse Poetry
- Homework
- revise Poetry in Google Drive
- REVISED poetry due for instructor feedback with Final Portfolio (Sunday, May 8 by 10pm)
Post your reading response to Starkey, pgs. 14-54, below.
Here are the guidelines:
- Reading responses must be AT LEAST 350 words.
- Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
- From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
- Reading responses are due by 10pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.
Monday, April 11th
- **Guest Professor: Thomas de la Cruz**
- Workshop #5: Dramatic Scene
- Homework
- revise Dramatic Scene draft in Google Drive
- print/bring three (3) copies of REVISED Dramatic Scene draft to class on Wednesday for Workshop #6
Wednesday, April 13th
- Workshop #6: Dramatic Scene
- Homework
- revise Dramatic Scene draft in Google Drive
- REVISED Dramatic Scene due for instructor feedback by 10pm on Friday, 4/15
- Read Starkey, pgs. 14-54
- post Reading Response #17 on course blog by 10pm on Sunday, 4/17
Post your reading response to Bone China, pgs. 322-328, below.
Here are the guidelines:
- Reading responses must be AT LEAST 350 words.
- Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
- From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
- Reading responses are due by 10pm on the day PRIOR to our discussion of the required reading.
Monday, April 4th
- Discuss Love on the B-Line
- Reading/Writing Activity
- Homework
- read Bone China, pgs. 322-328
- post Reading Response #16 on our course blog by 10pm on Tuesday, 4/5
- Writing Assignment
- using the STAGEPLAY FORMAT, compose a 2-3 page scene wherein the central conflict between your two characters revolves around their differences/similarities in race or gender.
- print/bring two (2) copies of your new dialogue to class on Wednesday for group activity
Wednesday, April 6th
- Quiz #9
- Discuss Bone China
- Reading/Writing Activity
- Homework
- compose WA#3 in your Google Drive shared folder
- in Google Drive, name your file like this: Drama_YourFullName
- using the STAGEPLAY FORMAT, compose a short scene wherein the central conflict between your two characters revolves around their differences/similarities in relation to a theme of your choice (e.g. politics, gender roles, reality TV, iOS vs. Android, etc.).
- Your scene should
- be between 3-5 pages
- include a creative main title
- include no more than two characters
- include one prop (animate or inanimate)
- pring/bring three (3) copies of your scene to class on Monday for Workshop #5
