Week 16 Agenda [Tentative]

Monday, December 10th

• EXTRA CREDIT DUE BY NOON IN MY MAILBOX IN ELABS 125

Friday, December 14th

• FINAL PORTFOLIO REVISIONS DUE BY MIDNIGHT

Week 15 Agenda [Tentative]

Tuesday, December 4th

• Potluck & Workshop #4: Poetry
• Homework
• continue revising/preparing your FINAL PORTFOLIO

Wednesday, December 5th

• ENGL 4351 TEN-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL (7-10pm@UTRGV Studio Theater)

Thursday, December 6th

• MALINALLI: THE CONCERT WORKSHOP OF ACT 2 (8-10pm@UTRGV Student Union Theater)

REFLECTION #4: On Poetry

Post your reflection to the Poetry unit below. 

Here are the guidelines for your end-of-unit reflection:

1. In your Reflection, I want you to discuss the following:
• What did you learn in this unit? Be sure to provide specific examples and page numbers.
• What did you find interesting/uninteresting in this unit?
• What challenged you in this unit? What came easy?
• After experiencing this unit, what do you look forward to trying out in your short fiction assignment?
2. Reflections must be AT LEAST 200 words.
3. Include your full name at the end of your reflection. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
4. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
5. This Reflection is due by midnight on Thursday, 11/29, no exceptions.

Week 14 Agenda [Tentative]

Tuesday, November 27th

• On Final Portfolio & Reflective Essay
• On Publishing, Creative Writing Certificate, & MFA Program
• Discussion Leader/s: Kimberly Cervantes & Naissa Acosta
• Poems by Alexie, Dee Cervantes, Equi, Harjo, Nurske, Shihab Nye, Parédez, Soto, Vando, and Villanueva
• Share Your Poems
• Homework
• Complete Reflection #4 on our course blog by midnight on Thursday, 11/29
• in your Google Drive shared folder, create a Google Doc and name the file like this: Poetry-YourFullName
• Compose a series of FREE VERSE POEMS 
• NO LESS than 2 poems, and DO NOT exceed 3 pages total
• Your poetry should:
• be single-spaced
• include a title for each poem
• illustrate an understanding of most of the following elements:
• Meter & Rhythm (Starkey, pgs. 31-38)
• The "Music" of Poetry (38-42)
• Imagery & Figurative Language (42-50)
• Diction & Syntax (50-54)
• print/bring three (3) copies of your poetry to class on Tuesday, 12/4 for Workshop #4

RR#10: Poems by Alexie, Dee Cervantes, Equi, Harjo, Nurske, Shihab Nye, Parédez, Soto, Vando, and Villanueva

Post your reading response to the required reading below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. This Reading Response is due by midnight on Monday, 11/26, no exceptions.

Week 13 Agenda [Tentative]

Tuesday, November 20th

• Discussion Leader/s: Jose Contreras
• Starkey, pgs. 14-54
• Homework
• Pick three (3) prompts from the following website and compose three (3) poems: http://www.writersdigest.com/editor-blogs/poetic-asides/poetry-prompts
• your three poems should fit on no more than two pages
• each poem should include its own original title
• print/bring two (2) copies of your poems to class on Tuesday, 11/27
• read Poems by Alexie, Dee Cervantes, Equi, Harjo, Nurske, Shihab Nye, Parédez, Soto, Vando, and Villanueva (pgs. 71-95)
• post Reading Response #10 on our course blog by midnight on Monday, 11/26

RR#9: Starkey, pgs. 14-54

Post your reading response to the required reading below. 

Here are the guidelines:

1. Reading responses must be AT LEAST 200 words.
2. Include your full name at the end of your comments. Unnamed comments will be deleted.
3. From the "Comment As" drop-down menu, choose Anonymous, then click "Publish."
4. Reading responses are due Thursdays at midnight, no exceptions.