Creative Writing Assignments - Term 1 Click on the links to access materials and resources
Writer's Journal
All exercises must be completed. If you miss class you're responsible for having your journal up to date
All exercises must be completed. If you miss class you're responsible for having your journal up to date
Piece #2 - Poem in your choice of type and form reviewed in class (assignment checklist here)
Oct. 29 - peer- and self- review and revise
Nov. 1 - finalize and submit. GC is due this period
Submit as follows: GC on top, rough copy peer- and self- reviewed, AND annotated (list and label all the form rules you followed AND as many techniques as you tried to use); all 5 draft poems in the 5 poetic forms tried (ballad, sonnet, roundel, villanelle, free verse); all 5 poetic type freewrites (ode, elegy, apostrophe, confessional, allegory), the checklist goes last filled out properly.
Nov. 1 is the last day of the term. It is the last day to hand both projects for this term. No late marks are deducted in this option class.
- Minimum # of lines must follow the prescribed form - if ballad minimum is 16 lines, if free verse minimum is 30 lines
- Poetic Forms handout
- Sauve's first full draft of chosen form villanelle
- Sauve's rough copy with labelled techniques - feedback was mostly positive except for 'drumbeat' and no title
- Sauve's final copy
- Sauve example reflection for the bottom of your checklist
Oct. 29 - peer- and self- review and revise
Nov. 1 - finalize and submit. GC is due this period
Submit as follows: GC on top, rough copy peer- and self- reviewed, AND annotated (list and label all the form rules you followed AND as many techniques as you tried to use); all 5 draft poems in the 5 poetic forms tried (ballad, sonnet, roundel, villanelle, free verse); all 5 poetic type freewrites (ode, elegy, apostrophe, confessional, allegory), the checklist goes last filled out properly.
Nov. 1 is the last day of the term. It is the last day to hand both projects for this term. No late marks are deducted in this option class.
Piece #1 - Writer's Choice (assignment checklist here)
Sept. 24 (day 7) - Rough draft #1 for peer- and self-review and revision in class based on content, flow, sense, tone (line breaks, development, adding depth and detail)
Sept. 26 (day 9) - Rough draft #2 for peer- and self-review and revision in class, including titling your work (focus on literary techniques, figurative language, flair, voice)
DUE: Tues. Oct. 1 (day 3) - GC is due this period
Submit as follows: GC on top, all related rough drafts (min 2), evidence of self- and peer- review over 2 cycles, and evidence of revision based of the feedback - self and other - from both rounds (including completed feedback sheet and checklist goes last, properly filled out).
- Sauvé's first full draft with self-editing as to flow, content, and sense - ie filling in the gaps
- Sauvé's second draft with evidence of peer- and self- review
- Sauvé's revised third draft with round 2 peer- and self- review, plus a third (Bussey)
- Sauvé's final copy and copy with highlighted techniques
Sept. 24 (day 7) - Rough draft #1 for peer- and self-review and revision in class based on content, flow, sense, tone (line breaks, development, adding depth and detail)
Sept. 26 (day 9) - Rough draft #2 for peer- and self-review and revision in class, including titling your work (focus on literary techniques, figurative language, flair, voice)
DUE: Tues. Oct. 1 (day 3) - GC is due this period
Submit as follows: GC on top, all related rough drafts (min 2), evidence of self- and peer- review over 2 cycles, and evidence of revision based of the feedback - self and other - from both rounds (including completed feedback sheet and checklist goes last, properly filled out).