ENG2262 - POETRY WRITING
3 Credit Hours
Student Level:
This course is open to students on the college level in the sophomore year.
Catalog Description:
ENG 2262 - Poetry Writing (3 hrs.)
This course is designed to improve the writing skills of students through use of various methods of brainstorming and poetry writing. Critical analysis of writings will be used to aid in developing students’ thinking, support of thesis/message and style. They will learn various techniques in creating, drafting, and revising works of poetry.
Course Classification:
Lecture
Prerequisites:
A grade of C or higher in ENG2260 Creative Writing or instructor approval.
Controlling Purpose:
This course is designed to allow the student to experiment with different types of poetry writing. Writing is a means of self-expression and a means of communicating emotions, ideas, history, and perception of the world and the human condition. Through poetry, the student becomes aware of how powerful words are in the world today.
Learner Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course the student will understand a variety of poetic methods and be able to compose poetry using these methods. Various techniques involved in brainstorming of ideas will be learned so that the student knows the methods that work best for him/her.
Unit Outcomes and Criterion Based Evaluation:
The following outline defines the minimum core content not including the final examination period. Instructors may add other material as time allows.
Unit 1: Focusing and Generating Ideas
Outcomes: Student will be able to initiate a writing task.
- Generate ideas through a variety of prewriting techniques and exercises.
- Study and analyze professional works of poetry.
- Pattern poetry after professional models of writing.
- Collect expressive ideas, responses and reflections in a journal.
Unit 2: Drafting Creative Works
Outcomes: Student will be able to assess ideas and write a poem.
- Select prewriting ideas most likely to convey creative expression effectively.
- Focus on a style consistent with specific methods of poetry writing.
Unit 3: Revising
Outcomes: Student will strengthen creative works through revision.
- Critique student’s own poem as well as poems of other students to determine if the intended objective has been achieved.
- Appraise similar professional writings.
- Reconstruct poems in response to comments and comparisons.
- Closely analyze poem to make best use of figurative language, tone and format.
Unit 4: Editing
Outcomes: Student will produce a finished work consistent with standards of correctness.
- Recognize various structures and choose that appropriate for work.
- Assemble interesting and appropriate structure
- Produce text free of incorrect spelling.
- Maintain consistency in person, subject, voice, tense, and mood.
Unit 5: Presentation of Poetry
Outcomes: Student will understand techniques for oral presentation.
- Understand variety of presentation techniques.
- Decide on presentation techniques for an original work.
- Critique oral presentations of poetry.
Projects Required:
Completion of a minimum of four major creative works as assigned by instructor. Compilation of portfolio.
Textbook:
Contact Bookstore for current textbook.
Attendance Policy:
Students should adhere to the attendance policy outline by the instructor in the course syllabus.
Grading Policy:
The grading policy will be outlined by the instructor in the course syllabus.
Maximum class size:
12 students hybrid or F2F
20 students online
Course Time Frame:
The U.S. Department of Education, Higher Learning Commission and the Kansas Board of Regents define credit hour and have specific regulations that the college must follow when developing, teaching and assessing the educational aspects of the college. A credit hour is an amount of work represented in intended learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student achievement that is an institutionally-established equivalency that reasonably approximates not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and a minimum of two hours of out-of-class student work for approximately fifteen weeks for one semester hour of credit or an equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time. The number of semester hours of credit allowed for each distance education or blended hybrid courses shall be assigned by the college based on the amount of time needed to achieve the same course outcomes in a purely face-to-face format.
Refer to the following policies:
402.00 Academic Code of Conduct
263.00 Student Appeal of Course Grades
403.00 Student Code of Conduct
Disability Services Program:
Cowley College, in recognition of state and federal laws, will accommodate a student with a documented disability. If a student has a disability which may impact work in this class which requires accommodations, contact the Disability Services Coordinator.
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