ENGLISH 2307/63848: CREATIVE WRITING I: Spring 2011
TTh 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. FAC 315
DR. SHARON KLANDER
Office: FAC 206 713-718-6626/713-718-6671 (English Dept.)
Hours : MW 1:00- 2:30 p.m. and by appointment
sharon.klander@hccs.edu
Required Texts:
The Triggering Town, Richard Hugo
Poetry Handbook, Mary Oliver
Making Shapely Fiction, Jerome Stern
Required Work:
Grades will be based (1) 40%on regular participation and peer critique in
workshops; and (2) 60% on a portfolio of work completed during the
semester, which will include, but will not be limited to, 5 poems and 1
short story per student.
Student Learning
Outcomes:
(1) Understand literary tropes and points of craft
(2) Apply terms to specific examples and written exercises
(3) Analyze representative works of published writers
(4) Analyze and evaluate other students’ works
(5) Write creative works in a variety of genres
SPECIAL NOTE: All electronic devices (laptops, cellphones, etc.) must be turned off
completely (not merely muted) BEFORE you enter the classroom, and they are to remain off
for the duration of every class session. This is non-negotiable.
Attendance will be taken. HCC policy allows for students to be administratively dropped from
a course if they are absent six hours' worth of class time (four class sessions--there are no such
things as excused absences--either you're present or not). Arriving to class 15 minutes or more
late is very disruptive; any third and following late arrivals will count as absences and will
be calculated into the six hours of class time missed.
ADA ACCOMMODATION STATEMENT:
Any student with a documented disability (e.g., physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing,
etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services
Office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty is authorized to
provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office.
For questions, contact Donna Price at 713-718-5165 or the Disability Counselor at your college.
The ADA Web site is located at www.hccs.edu, where you should click "Future Students," then
scroll down the page and click "Disability Information."
Central College ADA Counselors: John Reno or Martha Scribner: 713-718-6164.
ENGLISH 2308/63850: CREATIVE WRITING II
TTh 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. FAC 315
Spring 2011
DR. SHARON KLANDER
Office: FAC 206 713-718-6626/713-718-6671 (English Dept.)
Hours : MW 1:00- 2:30 p.m. and by appointment
sharon.klander@hccs.edu
Required Work:
Student Learning
Outcomes:
Under the direction of the instructor in workshop and in bi-weekly
individual conferences, students will work on manuscripts of either poetry
or prose that should be, by the end of the semester, at least 25 pages long.
In addition, students will write a short (5-7 pages typed) scholarly analysis
of their own work as an introduction to the manuscript. Final grade will be
based: (1) 20% on attendance and participation in scholarly critique; and (2)
80% on the poetry or fiction manuscript.
(1) Develop an advanced understanding of the inter-relatedness of literary
tropes
(2) Apply that advanced understanding in a variety of written assignments
(3) Analyze the effects of these alternatives in published works
(4) Evaluate the usefulness and implications of these applications in
original peer writing
(5) Create an original manuscript that demonstrates mastery and
understanding of one’s own work and that of others
SPECIAL NOTE: All electronic devices (laptops, cellphones, etc.) must be turned off
completely (not merely muted) BEFORE you enter the classroom, and they are to remain off
for the duration of every class session. This is non-negotiable.
Attendance will be taken. HCC policy allows for students to be administratively dropped from
a course if they are absent six hours' worth of class time (four class sessions--there are no such
things as excused absences--either you're present or not). Arriving to class 15 minutes or more
late is very disruptive; any third and following late arrivals will count as absences and will
be calculated into the six hours of class time missed.
ADA ACCOMMODATION STATEMENT:
Any student with a documented disability (e.g., physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing,
etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the Disability Services
Office at the respective college at the beginning of each semester. Faculty is authorized to
provide only the accommodations requested by the Disability Support Services Office.
For questions, contact Donna Price at 713-718-5165 or the Disability Counselor at your college.
The ADA Web site is located at www.hccs.edu, where you should click "Future Students," then
scroll down the page and click "Disability Information."
Central College ADA Counselors: John Reno or Martha Scribner: 713-718-6164.