ENGLISh 508
Course Activities and Artifacts
Course ActivitiesOver a period of 10 weeks, Poetry Seminar students attended multiple creative events in order to "gain exposure to contemporary concepts and practices in poetry and poetics." Some of these events included attendance at the 2016 AWP Associated Writing Programs conference in Los Angeles, attendance at the 2016 CSULA Kubal Lecture featuring Fred Moten, and participation in and attendance at the CSULA Opera production of Allen Ginsberg's and Phillip Glass's Hydrogen Jukebox. Additionally, students met weekly to develop skills in close reading of one another's poems for the purposes of offering critical feedback so that we could "gain greater awareness of [our] own strengths, areas for development, and particular literary skills." Students were also encouraged to seek out their own opportunities to engage contemporary concepts and practices through attendance at other events.
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Kirsten Ogden with poet Jimmy Santiago Baca at the Pasadena City College Borders of Diversity Conference where Baca gave a keynote address on the importance of identity awareness and compassion as a prerequisite for a creative life. Kirsten's Students introduced the poet and presented scholarly poster presentations developed after reading his memoirs A Place to Stand and Working in the Dark, and his poetry collections Winter Poems along the Rio Grande and Spring Poems along the Rio Grande.
Photo Credit: Kirsten Ogden, 2016 Course Learning OutcomesAt the end of this course, students will have:
1. Completed a number of specified poetry writing tasks, demonstrating increased mastery of technique, knowledge of poetic forms and compositional methods, and a clear sense of purpose which they are able to articulate. 2. Engaged in acts of self-reflection through the process of revision, and begun to gain a demonstrable level of mastery in editing their own work. 3. Progressed in their ability to function effectively as a group member in assessing the work of their peers, accepting constructive feedback, and assuming leadership, s well as showing respect for the ideas of others. 4. Demonstrated the motivation and discipline to produce the independent work required of a serious writer. 5. Given and received critical feedback on their writing during the workshop component of the class, and incorporated feedback as appropriate into successive drafts of their poems. 6. Completed subsequent drafts, and self-reflective critical commentary into a portfolio, which is skillfully and thoughtfully edited. |
FINAL POETRY PORTFOLIO - ASSIGNMENT EXPLANATION
Go To Assignment Explanation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VBvsX-_bwuMPet0Jurf1jZ20xaw1AVXxX1-i3Su-obE/edit?usp=sharing
Go to Portfolio Table of Contents: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-bjteUUyjNM9qkSHSnA8Wk-D4W7qegSP0mz4GUi639I/edit?usp=sharing
Go to Voice Thread Craft Essay: http://voicethread.com/share/7961081/
Go To Assignment Explanation: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VBvsX-_bwuMPet0Jurf1jZ20xaw1AVXxX1-i3Su-obE/edit?usp=sharing
Go to Portfolio Table of Contents: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-bjteUUyjNM9qkSHSnA8Wk-D4W7qegSP0mz4GUi639I/edit?usp=sharing
Go to Voice Thread Craft Essay: http://voicethread.com/share/7961081/
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