

MWF 9:00-9:50
Thatcher Addition 2211
Textbook(s):
The Practice of Creative Writing
2
nd
ed Heather Sellers
Rhetorical Grammar
6
th
ed. Martha Kolln and Loretta Gray
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Course Requirements:
Students will read assignments in the textbooks, will participate in classroom exercises to start
imaginative writing, and work exercises and problems in grammar. The final grade in this class
is based upon classroom exercises and a portfolio of creative work that includes poetry, a short
fiction, a creative non fiction, a short play, and an analytical essay comparing the formal
elements of To Kill a Mockingbird and a work the student chooses. The textbooks chosen for
this class explain these formal elements.
Tentative Course Outline
Week 1 – 4 the role of reading in imaginative writing
Week 5 – 8 starting imaginative works
Week 9 - 12 revising imaginative works
Week 13 - 16 editing imaginative works and sharing them with others
General Education Goals/Objectives
Express ideas through effective writing
Sub-competencies:
• Use the stages of a writing process to develop, organize, and present ideas in writing.
• Analyze the demands and possible strategies of a writing task, based on topic, purpose, and
audience, and then accomplish that task with clarity, understanding, and sensitivity.
• Demonstrate competent college-level writing through finished written texts that typically
include a clear, original idea, appropriate evidence and support, and a style of language that
serves the writer’s purpose and audience.
• Use Edited Standard Written English in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and syntax, and
present written work in a style and format consistent with the demands of an academic setting.
Read at a level that allows students to participate in collegiate studies and chosen careers
Sub-competencies:
• Anticipate and understand the structure and organization of written work.
• Recognize the purpose of a written text, and understand the rhetorical strategies used in a text