|
Learner Outcome
|
Activity (optional)
|
Assessment
|
|
1. Identify and analyze poetic genres.
|
|
1. Classroom discussion, quizzes, and imitation exercises.
|
|
2. Compose and experiment with forms, discursive structures, and voice in original works of poetry.
|
|
2. Students will write and submit drafts of poems for workshop discussion.
|
|
3. Contribute effectively and meaningfully to workshop discussions of creative works-in-progress.
|
|
3. Participation in and leading workshops.
|
|
4. Apply revision techniques to the development of quality poems.
|
|
4. Students will synthesize feedback from the workshop group and instructor to produce a portfolio of revised poems.
|
|
5. Demonstrate familiarity with the structures and conventions of contemporary poetry books and develop criteria for comparative analysis of contemporary creative work.
|
|
5. Classroom discussions, analytical papers on assigned contemporary collections, and presentations on poems.
|
|
6. Develop strategies that lead to publication success.
|
|
6. Students will research publication sources, write cover letters, and submit a precis or finished piece for consideration.
|