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Course Description and Expectations
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Haworth, West Yorkshire, England--home of the Bronte sisters
Course Description:Creative Writing is an intensive course designed to challenge skilled student writers to broaden their skill by working in various literary genres. Students will study and analyze a variety of writers, and employ literary techniques to create original poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Students will also analyze their own creative writing process.
Pre-requisite: • Successful completion of the Minnesota Basic Standards Test and the MCA II reading and writing tests.
• Students must be either a junior or a senior.
Course Expectations and Grades:
Students are expected to complete reading and writing assignments outside of class. Students are also expected to participate in large and small group discussions, reading journals, group and individual presentations, formal and informal writing assignments, and peer editing. Students are expected to teach or present to the class specific selections from literary works and share their own writing with the class. Students need to be in class daily and turn in class assignments on time at the beginning of the hour on the due date. Students are responsible for the work that they miss when they are absent. It is up to each student to find out what was missed. Ask Ms. Peifer for any missed handouts.
Students will keep a reader’s response notebook for both formal and informal written responses. Written analysis of individual stories, essays, and poetry will also be done throughout the semester. A final project will involve a collection of the student’s original works that was written within the semester.
Papers need to be completed in the Modern Language Association (MLA) style. This includes headings, in-text citations, and works cited pages. Computer processed papers are mandatory except for in class assignments. Public libraries have computers and typewriters for public use. All other assignments need to be written legibly or are impossible to grade.
Grades are based on a combination of written work and class participation. This class is considered an advanced level of literature, and students will receive weighted honor points for their grades. Therefore, students will be expected to work at an accelerated level, manage their time independently, complete many assignments outside of class, and take personal responsibility for the quality of their work. Students should be familiar with and use the standard mechanics of formal written English.

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