Spring 2019 Course Syllabi

701-228-5602 Email: gary.albrightson@dakotacollege.edu Lecture/Lab Schedule: 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 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.