ewrt 30 class 18
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EWRT 30 Class 18
AGENDA• Discussion:
• Red Wheelbarrow submissions• Coming Attractions• Terms 19-25 • Short Plays
Poetry: up to 5 poems Fiction: 1 short story (up to 5,000 words), or
up to 3 short-shorts Plays: 1 dramatic piece up to 5,000 words Creative Nonfiction: 1 piece up to 5,000
words Comics: 1 brief graphic story
Red Wheelbarrow Literary Magazine
Editor: Ken Weisner [email protected] http:/faculty.deanza.edu/weisnerken/
How to submit your work
• Send an email with your name and the title(s) of your work to [email protected]
• Attach your clean and edited text in a word document.
• Leave your name and other identifying information off of your submission.
Coming Attractions• Class 19:
• Due: Self-Assessment of homework posts (electronic via email). • Terms: Test #3 Drama • Groups work on plays
• Thursday of Week 10: • No class. Alternative Assignment: Work on your Portfolio
• Class 20: • Make-up or Retake of Terms Test (optional)• Writers' Workshop: Drama Project #4
• Class 21: • Due: Project #4 Drama• Begin play readings/performances.
• Class 22: • Due: Portfolio (Electronic in one file; Please save as last name only).• Due: Submission to Red Wheelbarrow (please copy me on your submission)• Finish play readings/performances
Posting: Self-AssessmentThe blogging post points (175) require self-assessment. Consider three aspects of your posts: • First, how many of the posts did you make? • Second, what was the quality of your
response? • Third, how timely were your submissions?
Write a brief argument for your homework grade. You must include either a letter grade or points out of 175.
This is due before class 19. You may send it in an email.
Here is the Math!• Your final grade will be figured this way: 175/16 points per post (10.93 points each)
minus 5.46 points for each late post (48 hours after the due time. There are no points awarded for posts more than 48 hours late). Then, multiply the total times the average grade percentage for the quality of your work.
Example
• Posts completed: 15 x 10.93 points = 163.95 points
• Late posts: 1 x 5.46 =5.46
• Subtract the smaller from the larger: 163.95- 5.46 = 158.49
• Quality of posts: A or 94% (Quality only exceeds 95% if you have positive comments from me.)
• Multiply the total times the quality:158.49 x .94 = 148.98 or 149/175 points
TermsLast Batch!
19.Allusion: A reference to well-known people, places, or events from history, historical documents, literature, or myth, for example.
20.Motive: A reason for a character’s thoughts or actions.
21.Gesture: The physical movement of a character during a play. Gesture is used to reveal character, and may include facial expressions as well as movements of other parts of an actor's body. Sometimes a playwright will be very explicit about both bodily and facial gestures, providing detailed instructions in the play's stage directions.
22.Props: Articles or objects that appear on stage during a play. The Christmas tree in A Doll's House and Laura's collection of glass animals in The Glass Menagerie are examples.
23.Stage direction: A playwright's descriptive or interpretive comments that provide readers (and actors) with information about the dialogue, setting, and action of a play. Modern playwrights, including Ibsen, Shaw, Miller, and Williams tend to include substantial stage directions, while earlier playwrights typically used them more sparsely, implicitly, or not at all.
24.Staging: The spectacle a play presents in performance, including the position of actors on stage, the scenic background, the props and costumes, and the lighting and sound effects.
25.Fourth wall: The imaginary wall of the box theater setting, supposedly removed to allow the audience to see the action.
Discussion Subject• Group Work: Rules, Expectations, and
Suggestions
Rules• Everyone must contribute to the writing, though
everyone might not contribute equally.• Everyone must play some part in the creation,
production, design, or delivery of the presentation.
• Everyone must be in class on both presentation days to get full credit for the project.
• All presentations are due on Monday of finals week. I must have a copy before class begins. We will use a lottery to choose the order of performances/productions.
Expectations• All students will participate enthusiastically.• Group members will establish realistic goals that
work for everyone. • Group members will keep their agreements
about what they will accomplish in a given time. • Group members will see me immediately if
someone in the group needs “encouragement” to manage a share of the work.
Suggestions• Set up an electronic collaboration system to minimize
scheduling problems. • Appoint a note-taker within your group.• Assign different members leadership jobs in different
aspects of the project: planning, coordinating, research, IT skills, writing skills, presentation skills.
• Make a plan that assures your project is ready on time. • Check video or computer needs ahead of time. • Let me know well ahead of time if you need me to help
you do something.
Get into your Groups and
work!
Homework• Work on your projects.• Write your self-assessment
and post it via the comment section of Kaizena before our next meeting
• Study for terms test #3, which is at our next meeting