WRITING for COMMUNICATION 1

WRITING for communication 1 with Janelle McNeill    Semester 1 2012, 3rd period on Tuesdays

Welcome to class everybody. Your class! Welcome to an intensive, creative, and challenging arena to illuminate your writer voice, and strengthen your ability to tell stories with passion.

Class Textbook:  Writing from Within Intro  
Curtis Kelly & Arlen Gargagliano, Cambridge University Press.

Semester One will concentrate on Chapters 1 through 6. (Writing for Communication 2 will focus on chapters 7-12)

Chapter One: My Identity
Chapter Two: Places of meaning
Chapter Three: What is Love?
Chapter Four:  Photographic  Storytelling. Learning  about organization
Chapter Five: Self branding
Chapter Six: Creative invitations

>>>IMPORTANT attitudes for SUCCESS
*A curiousity and passion for self expression and making mistakes.
*A willingness to believe you are a great writer.  
*An open, friendly and respectful energy toward your fellow classmates and teacher.
*An understanding that good writing is more than just good grammar.
*A positive and motivated inner drive to complete all tasks well.

>>>CLASS goals
*To foster a deep love of self expression in the written form.
*To assist students in the imagining, planning, writing and editing stages of writing.  
*To develop a personal and unique writer identity in each student. 
*To help in the organization of clear story components and story flow.

>>>OTHER important TOOLS to make CREATIVITY flow more easily
*Bilingual dictionary (paper or electronic) or I Pad style devices for in class research    
*Desired stationery items for each class (Scrap paper, pens, (Coloured) pencils, highlighter pens, post it notes, etc.).  
*Class notebook and textbook for each lesson    
*Access to a computer and printer

>>>ASSESSMENT and EVALUATION
You may earn the following points for your efforts in this class.

*Attendance and Participation   100 points
*Textbook work  300 points
*Personal Blog stories   (10; one weekly [or more] )  200 points
*Weekly commentary on classmate blogs  (2 blogs or more)   100 points
*End of Semester Essay  150 points
*End of Semester Test  150 points

>>>GRADING 
[A] 900-1000 points,   [B] 800-899 points,   [C] 700-799,   [D] 600-699,  [F] 599 and below.    Which one will you aim for? Decide now!

>>ATTENDANCE and PUNCTUALITY
We only have 15 classes together, so it is vital you are in every class participating with your complete powers switched on!
Penalties will apply for late arrivals, and unexplained absences. If you have reasons for missing a class, email me before the lesson to explain.

20 minutes late = LATE
3 x LATE arrivals = 1 ABSENCE
5 x absences = FAIL

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