Syllabus
CREATIVE WRITING
Teacher: Joanne Mcginnis

Textbook
Students will use teacher notes based on the following:

CREATIVE WRITING Forms and Techniques by Lavonne Mueller/ Jerry D. Rynolds,
National Textbook Company, Lincolnwood, Illinois, 1993.

WRITE NOW! INSIGHTS INTO CREATIVE WRITING by Anne Wescott Dodd,
Learning Trends, Globe Book Company, Inc. New York, 1973.

WRITERS INC A Student Handbook for Writing and Learning by David Kemper, Patrick Sebranek, and Verne Meyer, Great Source Education Group, Inc., a Houghton Mifflin Company, Wilmington, Massachusetts, 2001.

Course Objectives
Students will be given the opportunity to develop their creative abilities in writing. They will practice and improve their writing by taking notes, examining various genres of professionals and peers, and completing specific assignments based on these. Students will spend one day a week in class reading a book approved by the teacher.

Requirements
Each student will:

1. Keep a notebook for Creative Writing only. It will contain class notes, journal   entries and writing assignments
2. Keep updated a folder of marked and revised assignments.
3. Bring to class each Friday a book for reading –preferable fiction.

5.   Keep a log of Friday reading-number of pages read and summary of these.
6.   Choose 10 pieces from journal entries and revised assignments to present and submit as a bound copy to be used as the exam at the end of the semester
7.   BE READY TO WRITE, WRITE, WRITE.

Evaluation
Notebooks will be checked weekly. 20%
Journal entries 20%
Specific writing assignments will be collected, marked filed, revised and filed. 50%
A log of weekly in-class reading will be submitted each week. 10%
A bound copy of writing assignments will be presented orally and submitted at the end of the semester the exam.

3rd Quarter                                                            4th Quarter

Jan. 5-7-Intro/organization                                     Mar 15-19                        Fiction techniques
Jan. 8 – begin Friday reading                                     Mar. 22- Apr.9            One-act plays
Jan. 11 –Journal                                                 Apr. 12-13                        Present One-act play
Jan. 12 – Feb. 8 Warm ups                                    Apr. 14-30                        Short Story unit
Jan. 19- 20 Kairos                                                 May 3—7                         Children’s Story
Feb. 16 – Mar. 13 Poetry                                    May 10- 18                        CD biography
Mar. 12 End of 3rd quarter                                     May 19                        Presentation of exams
                                                                        May 29 End of 2nd semester

Expectations
Each student will

1. Arrive on time and be at his/her desk when the signal sounds.
2. Show reverence during the prayer time.
3. Participate in classroom activities.
4. Complete home and classroom assignments on time.                              Points will be given for home and class assignments handed in                  ON TIME – WHEN CALLED FOR IN CLASS.                               First – FULL CREDIT                                                 Second day –THIRD CREDIT                                           After second day – THIRD CREDIT                                     In case of an emergency, the student should see the teacher BEFORE             7:50 a.m. to explain the difficulty. Absentees will request missed work            and complete it within 2 days of returning to class.                              Be sure to prepare a typed assignment early enough because the      teacher will not accept the excuse of a printer breakdown. Half credit             will be given for handwritten copies.                                                                                                

5. Be courteous and respectful to all members of the class, both teacher and students by listening when another is speaking.
6. Observe this room as a gum free and food free zone.
7. Refrain from game playing (cards, electronic) and working on another class assignment unless otherwise permitted by the teacher.
8. Say “Hello, Mrs. McGinnis,” when we meet in the hall, gym, cafeteria,
grocery store, parish church, etc. I will extend the same courtesy to you.
9. Know how to access grades in Progress Book and do so weekly.