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Assignments2nd Workshop Groups: Critical Classmate Responses
2nd Workshop Groups: Critical Classmate Response: DUE Friday 11/7 2nd Workshop Groups:
Critical Response Criteria. (SAME as last time!!)
You are responsible for PRINTING OFF all 4-5 poems of your group-mates (see groups above), reading each carefully, at least twice, and doing the following:
FOR the 2-3 poems you are not doing a critical response to:
FOR the TWO CLASSMATES you are doing a critical response for (the two listed after you on the list; if you are the last, you will do the first two; E.g.: Group 1: Emily will write responses for Dinelia and Henry; Dinelia for Henry and Ludny; Henry for Ludny and Tyler; Ludny for Tyler and Ryan; Tyler for Ryan and Emily; and Ryan for Emily and Dinelia), on a TYPED PAGE list the following:
Be ready to SAY everything on your sheet to the author. And be ready to say something about each poem.
Critical Classmate Response: DUE Friday 10/31 Workshop Groups:
REVISED You are responsible for PRINTING OFF all 4-5 poems of your group-mates (see groups above), reading each carefully, at least twice, and doing the following: FOR the 2-3 poems you are not doing a critical response to:
FOR the TWO CLASSMATES you are doing a critical response for (the two listed after you on the list; if you are the last, you will do the first two; E.g.: Group 1: Emily will write responses for Dinelia and Henry; Dinelia for Henry and Ludny; Henry for Ludny and Tyler; Ludny for Tyler and Ryan; Tyler for Ryan and Emily; and Ryan for Emily and Dinelia), on a TYPED PAGE list the following:
Be ready to SAY everything on your sheet to the author. And be ready to say something about each poem. Revision Assignment: DUE Wed. 10/29 By Wednesday at noon, you must post ONE of your poems to the class website for workshop. In order for your group to retrieve your poem, please name it thusly: “Group (insert your number) First Name 1.” In other words, if I were in group #1, I would name my post: Group 1 Kris 1.
BEFORE you post a poem, please return to it and do some preliminary work on it. Read it out loud. Note where it sounds strange—where the rhythm seems off or places where you stumble; where the words sound wrong; where there’s unintended repetition. Address these as best you can. Ask yourself these questions:
Only after you have spent some time revising your poem should you post it. Post your best effort at a poem. Be proud of yourself. You’ve done GREAT work…it’s just not over.
Form Assignment DUE Monday, Oct. 27
You will either write ONE sonnet (see choices below) OR ONE piece of flash fiction following these guidelines:
Option 1: The Sonnet (14 lines, “x” syllables per line, rhyme scheme)
Option 2: Form Flash Fiction Write a 26-sentence story where the first sentence begins with the letter “a,” the second with “b,” and so on through the entire alphabet in order. Other stipulations: 1) one sentence (and only one sentence) must be exactly 50 words and grammatically correct; 2) one other sentence must be exactly 3 words. Things to consider: remember that this is to be a STORY, meaning there must be tension/conflict, character, and something has to happen.
PLEASE DO NOT HAND IN ONE OF EACH!! IF YOU DO BOTH, PICK THE ONE YOU LIKE THE MOST AND HAND THAT ONE IN.
Critical Reading Response Paper Grading Criteria: DUE 10/1 and 11/5
You will be responsible for writing 2 brief response papers (1 - 2 double-spaced pages) over the course of the semester (one in response to a single poem, one in response to a piece of fiction). Response papers should focus on one of three things: 1) the way a particular craft element discussed in class is being put to use; 2) why and how a particular image, phrase, line, etc., really struck you, and why/how it’s effective; or 3) any craft-based question the poem or story raised for you. Response papers are not to be summaries of what the story or poem was about, nor litanies of what the poem or story reminded you of from your own life. Rather these papers should engage critically with something we have read, asking the question “how/why did the author do that?” Response papers will be graded.
An ‘A’ paper will fully engage—in other words, both ask and concretely answer—one of the above-mentioned questions, keeping in mind that authors choose each word deliberately.
A ‘B’ paper will ask a good critical question and attempt to answer it, perhaps vaguely or with little support.
A ‘C’ paper will simply ask the question without answering it.
A ‘D’ paper will fail to focus on one of the questions above.
An ‘F’ is reserved for work that is either not turned in at all, or has no relevance whatsoever to the assignment.
Think of a person, a concept/condition (e.g., poverty, love, weakness, etc.), or any single subject (e.g., election year, your favorite pair of jeans, etc.) and answer at least 20 of the following questions about whatever you’ve chosen. Answer the questions on another sheet of paper avoiding the use of simile (“X is like a…”), utilizing metaphor instead (“X is a pacing wolf,” or “it’s a grand piano in an 8 x 8 room”).
If your subject were a(n):
Be careful to avoid familiar or overused phrases like “raging river” or “torrential rain;” don’t let your words congeal into dead metaphors. Your responses—all of them concrete, specific nouns and adjectives—will provide the metaphors for you to work with. The longer your list, the more aspects of the subject your poem will reveal.
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