College Creative Writing* (Non-AP, Senior Year)
The Course
The creation of any work is an act meant to be shared. Group experience of shared work is a dynamic exchange between the author, the work created and the audience. The exploration and interpretation of poetic works from various time periods and cultures will be used as a springboard for the creation and sharing of our own poetic works. In the course of the semester students will create two portfolios:
- Author's Portfolio — a culmination of their personal experience of a poet that interests them. In this portfolio students will discover the background, style and voice of their selected poet. Students will share their authors' portfolio. (Midterm)
- Poet's Portfolio — a culmination of the students' personal experience as a writer, their best performances or works in progress that the students have put the "finishing touches" on. The process that went into creating their works, developing their styles and voice will also be elements of this final project. (Final)
Goals of the Course
To engage in various strategies for reading, writing, discussing, and responding to poetry. Explore options for promoting students' engagements with poetry such as: poetry readings, student's readings. Examine aspects of poetry such as: crafting, structural element, and techniques. Evaluate methods of responding to our peers' poetry and their poetic process. In addition, fill length works will be studied. Drama (Shakespeare's Hamlet, Othello) and fiction (Wuthering Heights, Pride and Prejudice) will be explored.
Objectives
In the course of the semester students will be able to: identify elements of poetry, construct and apply individual poetic strategies of the poetry strategies and techniques. Incorporate the elements and strategies of the poetic process in works that contain their individual "voices."
Prerequisites
Students in good standing, 85 average, and recommendation of the Humanities Assistant Principal and/or subject teacher. Students may take College Creative Writing in lieu of English 7 or English 8.
* Students who take this course will receive 3 college credits via the St. John's College Extension program.
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* Denotes college credit granted via the St. John's College Extension Program.
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