ENGL190-01 Summer 21 Syllabus Knighton PDF

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Syllabus for use in ENGL190 - Intro to Creative Writing taught by Prof. Ryan Knighton....

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COURSE OUTLINE TERM: Summer 2021

COURSE NO: ENGL 190

INSTRUCTOR: Ryan Knighton

COURSE TITLE: Introduction to Creative Writing

E-MAIL:

SECTION NO: 01

[email protected]

CREDITS: 3.0

OFFICE HOURS: By Zoom Capilano University acknowledges with respect the Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish, Sechelt, and Tsleil-Waututh people on whose territories our campuses are located. About Remote Learning: Remote teaching and learning is a new context for all of us. We will learn together and interact with empathy, care, and understanding. Your health and well-being is important to us. Please see the university website for the most updated COVID information: https://www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/get-to-know-us/covid-19-response/campus-safety/ Asynchronous Course Format: Welcome to English 190. This course will be delivered fully online at eLearn.capu.ca for a 7-week semester, two classes per week. There are no designated class meeting times in order to provide flexibility in interacting with the course materials according to your daily schedule. Students should expect to log in and spend 8‐10 hours per class on course readings, listening to Zoom recorded instruction, and composing and editing exercises drawn from our readings and lectures. Any handouts, readings, links or guidance will be posted twice weekly on Monday and Friday morning to eLearn, and each pre-recorded lesson will be uploaded to eLearn every Monday and Friday morning, as well. COURSE PREREQUISITES See information on English Diagnostic Test in the Registration section of the University Calendar. RECOMMENDED FOLLOW-UP COURSES: English 191, 260, 290, 291, 293, 295. CALENDAR DESCRIPTION In this introductory Creative Writing workshop, students sharpen their writing craft by writing in multiple genres while also studying contemporary practice. All sections of ENGL 190 involve creation of writing through prompts and exercises, editorial feedback through a variety of means, and the curation of two substantial written portfolios. COURSE NOTE ENGL 190 is an approved Culture and Creative Expression course for Cap Core requirements.

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COURSE STUDENT LEARNING OUTCOMES General  To familiarize you with the writing of different kinds of poetry and prose genres through the process of criticism and exercises to help you further your awareness of technique and craft; to help you create a body of exercises in all of the genres studied. Instructional  To help you to develop your own writing voice, eye and ear with confidence and originality; to help you write out of experiences and beyond experience/self-expression.  To help you further your understanding of creative writing as both writer and critic; to help you become more aware of the link between technical skill, formal assumption and creative expression; to help you create both through the process of rewriting and the process of criticism. Students who complete this Culture and Creative Expression course are able to do the following: 1. Engage in creative processes including conception, investigation, execution, and ongoing critical analysis. 2. Identify, analyze, and critique the element of a form of expression using its specific vocabulary. 3. Explain the significance of diverse forms of human creative expression, specifically including indigenous forms. 4. Interpret diverse forms of creative expression from different perspectives (e.g. artistic, historical, Indigenous, literary, scientific, philosophical). REQUIRED TEXTS AND TECHNOLOGY  All materials will be posted on eLearn twice per week. Students will be directed to websites, handouts, performances and online magazines each lecture for required reading.  Zoom for pre-recorded instructions / lectures COURSE WORK You will be expected to: 1. Read assigned texts for each class and listen to a weekly discussion from a writerly perspective. 2. Engage in serious and thoughtful analysis and application of the strategies presented to you each class for each exercise. 3. Compose, edit and accumulate weekly writing exercises based on our readings and our discussion of their specific elements of craft. 4. Submit TWO portfolios, one for each course unit of poetry and prose, respectively. Each portfolio must consist of all collected, revised and finished exercises. 5. Upload your portfolios to e-Learn on the due dates listed in the syllabus below.

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EVALUATION PROFILE Poetry Portfolio (5 exercises x 10%) / 50% Prose Portfolio (3 exercises x 10%; 1 exercise x 20%) / 50% TOTAL / 100% COURSE CONTENT WEEK Week 1, Class 1 (May 10) Week 1, Class 2 (May 14) Week 2, Class 1 (May 17) Week 2, Class 2 (May 21) Week 3, Class 1 (May 24) Week 3, Class 2 (May 28) Week 4, Class 1 (May 31) Week 4, Class 2 (June 4) Week 5, Class 1 (June 7) Week 5, Class 2 (June 11) Week 6, Class 1 (June 14) Week 6, Class 2 (June 18) Week 7, Class 1 (June 21)

Week 7, Class 2 (June 25)

CONTENT Introduction: you, me, Roquela, Zoom, the course. Begin listening to stories at www.themoth.org Poetry Week 1 Simile Exercise: Michael Ondaatje, “Sweet Like a Crow” Poetry Week 1 Lunch Poem Exercise: Frank O’Hara, “Day Lady Died” Poetry Week 2 Ode Exercise: Sharon Thesen, “Tsunami” and George Stanley, “Spring ‘90” Poetry Week 2 Ballad Exercise: John Prine, “Sam Stone” Poetry Week 3 Self Portrait Exercise: Margaret Atwood, “This is a Photograph of Me” Poetry Review and Final comments Prose Week 4 The Moth Exercise: Ryan Knighton, “You’re So Screwed” and three act structures DUE June 4: Poetry Portfolio to be uploaded to eLearn Prose Week 5 Guest: Tom Wilson, “The Needy” (Indigenous memoir) Prose Week 5 Romantic Chemistry Scene Exercise: Carrie Mac, “If the seal is good the chest will rise” Prose Week 6 Satire Exercise: Examples from McSweeneys.net Prose Week 6 Travel Exercise, Sentence and Style: My Happy Place / www.afar.com Prose Week 7 No exercises The Publishing World: Industry Basics DUE June 21: Prose Portfolio uploaded to E-learn Final Class, Final Special Guest

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GRADING PROFILE All materials will be given a numeric grade based on the percentage of its total course value. Those numbers correspond to the table of letter grades below. A+ 90-100% A 86-89% A- 82-85%

B+ 78-81% B 74-77% B- 70-73%

C+ 66-69% C 61-65% C- 55-60%

D 50-54% F 0-49%

OPERATIONAL DETAILS Late Assignments All students have an automatic extension of one week should they choose to use it. No grade penalty will be given, but assignments submitted at any point during the extension period will receive no commentary. No extensions will be given beyond this period, with the only exception being for a serious medical reason. “I” Grades Final grades of Incomplete may be given only in pressing circumstances at the discretion of the instructor, and must be arranged before the last class. When an Incomplete grade is given, the student and instructor must agree on a due date for outstanding work and the grade to be assigned if this date is not met. VIRTUAL STUDENT SUPPORT RESOURCES – FALL 2020 Please refer to the Capilano Website for Remote Learning Support to help you succeed this semester. Services include online academic support such as Advising, the Writing Centre and the Library. A central navigation point for all services can be found at: https://www.capilanou.ca/student-life/ Digital Student Ambassadors The Digital Student Ambassadors are students at Capilano who offer peer support navigating the online learning environment or peer support with the educational technology tools such as (eLearn, MS Teams/Zoom/WebEx) please contact Digital Student Ambassadors through MS Teams Monday through Saturday at Student Online Learning or email them at [email protected] UNIVERSITY POLICY STATEMENTS Capilano University has policies on Academic Appeals (including appeal of final grade), Student Conduct, Academic Integrity, Academic Probation and other educational issues. These and other policies are available on the University website.

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ACADEMIC INTEGRITY The policies regarding Academic Integrity remain the same in a remote learning context. If you have questions about what may or may not be permitted, please ask your instructor. It is important to review your instructor’s policies regarding online exams and to follow this carefully and completely. Any instance of academic dishonesty or breach of the standards of academic integrity is serious and students will be held accountable for their actions, whether acting alone or in a group. See policy and procedures S2017-05 Academic Integrity for more information: https://www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/governance/policies/ Violations of academic integrity, including dishonesty in assignments, examinations, or other academic performances, are prohibited and will be handled in accordance with the Student Academic Integrity Procedures. Academic dishonesty is any act that breaches one or more of the principles of academic integrity. Acts of academic dishonesty may include but are not limited to the following types: Cheating: Using or providing unauthorized aids, assistance or materials while preparing or completing assessments, or when completing practical work (in clinical, practicum, or lab settings), including but not limited to the following:  Copying or attempting to copy the work of another during an assessment;  Communicating work to another student during an examination;  Using unauthorized aids, notes, or electronic devices or means during an examination;  Unauthorized possession of an assessment or answer key; and/or,  Submitting of a substantially similar assessment by two or more students, except in the case where such submission is specifically authorized by the instructor. Fraud: Creation or use of falsified documents. Misuse or misrepresentation of sources: Presenting source material in such a way as to distort its original purpose or implication(s); misattributing words, ideas, etc. to someone other than the original source; misrepresenting or manipulating research findings or data; and/or suppressing aspects of findings or data in order to present conclusions in a light other than the research, taken as a whole, would support. Plagiarism: Presenting or submitting, as one’s own work, the research, words, ideas, artistic imagery, arguments, calculations, illustrations, or diagrams of another person or persons without explicit or accurate citation or credit.

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Self-Plagiarism: Submitting one’s own work for credit in more than one course without the permission of the instructors, or re-submitting work, in whole or in part, for which credit has already been granted without permission of the instructors. Prohibited Conduct: The following are examples of other conduct specifically prohibited:  Taking unauthorized possession of the work of another student (for example, intercepting and removing such work from a photocopier or printer, or collecting the graded work of another student from a stack of papers);  Falsifying one’s own and/or other students’ attendance in a course;  Impersonating or allowing the impersonation of an individual;  Modifying a graded assessment then submitting it for re-grading; or,  Assisting or attempting to assist another person to commit any breach of academic integrity. Sexual Violence and Misconduct All Members of the University Community have the right to work, teach and study in an environment that is free from all forms of sexual violence and misconduct. Policy B401 defines sexual assault as follows: Sexual assault is any form of sexual contact that occurs without ongoing and freely given consent, including the threat of sexual contact without consent. Sexual assault can be committed by a stranger, someone known to the survivor or an intimate partner. Safety and security at the University are a priority and any form of sexual violence and misconduct will not be tolerated or condoned. The University expects all Students and Members of the University Community to abide by all laws and University policies, including B.401 Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy and B.401.1 Sexual Violence and Misconduct Procedure (found on Policy page https://www.capilanou.ca/about-capu/governance/policies/) Emergencies: Students are expected to familiarise themselves with the emergency policies where appropriate and the emergency procedures posted on the wall of the classroom....