ENGLISH 11 CREATIVE WRITING
COURSE OUTLINE
SEMESTER 2
WEEKS 1-7: THE SHORT STORY (reading & responding to short stories, exploring literary elements & modes of storytelling, writing & revising an original short story, critiquing a classmate's short story
WEEK 8: THE HORROR STORY ( analyzing mood, creating suspense, developing conflict, writing short horror stories)
WEEKS 9-10: THE ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (writing a screenplay adapted from your original short story)
WEEKS 11-12: THE MEMOIR (reading & writing a memoir)
WEEKS 13-15: THE NOVEL (creating a multi-dimensional protagonist for a novel)
WEEKS 16-19: THE SCREENPLAY (in a group, think of an idea for a movie, create a character sketch and treatment, pitch the idea to the class, write a section of the screenplay, write and film a movie trailer for your movie)
WEEK 8: THE HORROR STORY ( analyzing mood, creating suspense, developing conflict, writing short horror stories)
WEEKS 9-10: THE ADAPTED SCREENPLAY (writing a screenplay adapted from your original short story)
WEEKS 11-12: THE MEMOIR (reading & writing a memoir)
WEEKS 13-15: THE NOVEL (creating a multi-dimensional protagonist for a novel)
WEEKS 16-19: THE SCREENPLAY (in a group, think of an idea for a movie, create a character sketch and treatment, pitch the idea to the class, write a section of the screenplay, write and film a movie trailer for your movie)