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 weisnerken@fhda.edu http:/faculty.deanza.edu/weisnerken/

How to submit your work

• Send an email with your name and the title(s) of your work to weisnerken@fhda.edu

• 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

• 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 (200) 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 200.

This is due before class 19. You may send it in an email.

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19.Allusion: A reference to well-known people, places, or events from history, historical documents, literature, or myth, for example.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 Thursday of week 11 (Class 21). 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 email it to me.

• Study for terms test #3