Writing and Literature Courses, 1997 ATDP


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1609 Introduction to the Writing Process
Introduction to the Writing Process
Reading to Write
Reading to Write
Intermediate Writing
Intermediate Writing
Reading and Writing for Animation
Improvisational Theater
Shakespeare as Theater
Prose Writing
Poetry Writing
The Spectrum of Poetry
Advanced Writing
Advanced Writing
19th Century English Lit. & Culture M/Th, 8:30-12
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The lab fee for each class is $16, unless otherwise indicated.

Introduction to the Writing Process
5 units M/Th, 8:30-12:00 K. Simontacchi $346
This class will focus on the process of writing: pre-writing, drafting, editing and revision. Students will work together in editing groups, helping each other revise drafts and discussing the qualities of good writing. Students will discover the importance of voice and point-of-view in writing, and they will learn various writing styles, including Autobiographical Incident, Reflective Essay, Interpretative Essay, Evaluation Writing, Comparison/Contrast Writing, and Controversial Issue Writing. Students will practice sentence and paragraph modelling and will learn three techniques for developing a paragraph. They will also keep a journal throughout the course. Students will read two short novels and a variety of stories, essays and explanatory materials.

Introduction to the Writing Process
5 units M/Th, 1:00-4:30 G. Austin $346
This class will focus on the process of writing: pre-writing, drafting, editing and revision. Students will work together in editing groups, helping each other revise drafts and discussing the qualities of good writing. Students will discover the importance of voice and point-of-view in writing, and they will learn various writing styles, including Autobiographical Incident, Reflective Essay, Interpretative Essay, Evaluation Writing, Comparison/Contrast Writing, and Controversial Issue Writing. Students will practice sentence and paragraph modelling and will learn three techniques for developing a paragraph. They will also keep a journal throughout the course. Students will read two short novels and a variety of stories, essays and explanatory materials.

Reading to Write
5 units M/Th, 8:30-12:00 M. Mogk $346
This class will focus on reading critically and passionately, and on fostering elementary creative and expository writing skills. Students will read a novel a week, as well as selected short stories and poems. Students will learn to identify and experiment with various narrative techniques by writing weekly responses to the readings and by developing a portfolio of their own creative work. This class is designed to be an introduction to Prose Writing and Poetry Writing, and to encourage the analytical reading skills necessary for Intermediate Writing.

Reading to Write
5 units M/Th, 1:00-4:30 M. Jones $346
This class will focus on reading critically and passionately, and on fostering elementary creative and expository writing skills. Students will read a novel a week, as well as selected short stories and poems. Students will learn to identify and experiment with various narrative techniques by writing weekly responses to the readings and by developing a portfolio of their own creative work. This class is designed to be an introduction to Prose Writing and Poetry Writing, and to encourage the analytical reading skills necessary for Intermediate Writing.

Intermediate Writing: Writing for High School
5 units T/F, 8:30-12:00 C. Schrager $346
This class will provide a vehicle for students to learn to mold facts, speculations, beliefs, and opinions into cogent, powerful statements. Through reading, class discussions, and group work, students will investigate different styles and forms of writing which provide a range of models for approaching thinking and writing. Emphasis will be on learning to refine thinking and on improving writing through editing and rewriting. Students will be assigned approximately 2Ð4 pages of writing, in addition to regular reading assignments, per class.

Intermediate Writing: Writing for High School
5 units T/F, 1:00-4:30 C. Schrager $346
This class will provide a vehicle for students to learn to mold facts, speculations, beliefs, and opinions into cogent, powerful statements. Through reading, class discussions, and group work, students will investigate different styles and forms of writing which provide a range of models for approaching thinking and writing. Emphasis will be on learning to refine thinking and on improving writing through editing and rewriting. Students will be assigned approximately 2Ð4 pages of writing, in addition to regular reading assignments, per class.

Reading and Writing for Animation
5 units M/Th, 1:00-4:30 S. Payson-Hayes $346
Students will learn to recognize the basic characteristics of animation and be able to effectively criticize short animation films. Students will have the opportunity to design their own animation projects culminating in a written proposal (which can include character designs, flip books, dialogue, and story boards). Students will develop a variety of writing styles: critical essay, script and dialogue format, summaries for a project proposal, and short creative pieces. The content of the course will cover a variety of genresÑfrom commercial animation (Disney, Pixar, MTV, etc.) to more independent productions (Brothers Quay, Japanese animation, etc.). Students will learn the history of the animation field and the techniques of animation developed over the past 90 years. Reading will consist of critical essays about animation, project proposals, and original material that has been translated into animation format. Writing will consist of a journal, critical reviews, original stories, and proposals for projects. Students will learn how to work cooperatively in writing workshops for both critical and creative work. The class will watch animation shorts and participants may be assigned some outside film attendance. A field trip to the Museum of Cartoon Art and to Wild Brain Inc. (an animation studio in S.F.) is planned at some point during the program.

Improvisational Theater
5 units M/Th, 1:00-4:30 G. Whelan $375
Nobody hands you a script for lifeÑyou have to improvise your way through it. In this course, through improvisational scene work, theatre games and storytelling, students will develop their ability to act and interact freely and perceptively. They will learn to trust their abilities in new, untried situations, and to take risks that help develop confidence in their ability to think on their feet, whether in school, social or dramatic situations. They will also discover how to become more aware of their environment and how to be supportive of others. Improvisational theatre helps students expand their creativity and therefore influences every area of life and studies.

Shakespeare As Theater
5 units M/Th, 8:30-12:00 G. Whelan $346
This course will focus on the teenager in Shakespeare. Selected scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet, will be read, analyzed and discussed as dramatic texts. Students will be cast as characters in the scenes, study acting techniques, engage in research and rehearsal, and culminate the course with a theatrical performance for an invited audience.

Prose Writing
5 units T/F, 1:00-4:30 C. Yoes $346
This course will focus on the short story and its various permutations. Students will learn to look critically at a broad range of writing, both classic and contemporary, in order to identify and apply the components of good writing. The course will emphasize using the students' experiences and emotions--their own "stories"--as crucial aspects of their writing. They will learn to respond to each otherÕs work, strengthening editing skills and allowing them to recognize and develop their own styles. Each class session will consist of discussion of assigned readings, responses to student writing, and exercises designed to sharpen skills, inspire creativity and build confidence.

Poetry Writing
5 units T/F, 1:00-4:30 J. Tannenbaum $346
In this class, students with some writing experience will explore writing poems. Students will keep a writerÕs notebook which will help strengthen their powers of observation. They will listen to guest artists, watch poets on videotape, take campus field trips to write in a variety of settings (e.g., the Morrison Library, a Berkeley cafŽ), learn poems by heart, create picture poems and compile an anthology. They will also read poems by a number of poets to examine the ÒhowÓ of writing poems. The course will focus on the tools of free verse, but writers of all forms of poetry are welcome.

The Spectrum of Poetry
5 units M/Th, 8:30-12:00 Z. Rogow $346
In every generation, writers have chosen poetry as the form best suited to convey certain highly-charged experiences. This is a reading course that explores the wide variety of emotions, styles, and forms those poets have created. Students will have an opportunity to discuss and analyze a broad range of poetry including Japanese haiku and other forms, medieval sestinas, Elizabethan sonnets, English Romantic poetry, contemporary American work, and Reggae Dub poetry. Practicing poets will visit the class to share work and insights.

Advanced Writing: Writing for College
5 units T/F, 8:30Ð12:00 E. Colla $346
The expository essay is the best vehicle for molding facts, speculations, beliefs, and opinions into cogent, powerful statements. This course will help students learn to organize and present their ideas persuasively. Students will learn to think by writing, both in class and out. Students will explore some fascinating and provocative writing as models for their work. They will also study grammar, composition, and editing.

Advanced Writing: Writing for College
5 units T/F, 1:00-4:30 E. Colla $346
The expository essay is the best vehicle for molding facts, speculations, beliefs, and opinions into cogent, powerful statements. This course will help students learn to organize and present their ideas persuasively. Students will learn to think by writing, both in class and out. Students will explore some fascinating and provocative writing as models for their work. They will also study grammar, composition, and editing.

19th Century English Literature and Culture
5 units M/Th, 1:00-4:30 C. Yoes $346
This seminar introduces students to some short prose works from nineteenth-century England, including stories and essays by Dickens, Eliot, and Conan Doyle. Several short essays and oral presentations about the readings will be required. In addition to practicing close reading of literary texts, students will explore the history and culture of England in this period, with an opportunity to work with some primary materials from the University library.

Introduction to the Writing Process
5 units	M/Th, 8:30-12:00	K. Simontacchi	$346
This class will focus on the process of writing: pre-writing, drafting, editing and revision. Students will work together in editing groups, helping each other revise drafts and discussing the qualities of good writing. Students will discover the importance of voice and point-of-view in writing, and they will learn various writing styles, including Autobiographical Incident, Reflective Essay, Interpretative Essay, Evaluation Writing, Comparison/Contrast Writing, and Controversial Issue Writing. Students will practice sentence and paragraph modelling and will learn three techniques for developing a paragraph. They will also keep a journal throughout the course. Students will read two short novels and a variety of stories, essays and explanatory materials.

Introduction to the Writing Process
5 units	M/Th, 1:00-4:30	G. Austin	$346
This class will focus on the process of writing: pre-writing, drafting, editing and revision. Students will work together in editing groups, helping each other revise drafts and discussing the qualities of good writing. Students will discover the importance of voice and point-of-view in writing, and they will learn various writing styles, including Autobiographical Incident, Reflective Essay, Interpretative Essay, Evaluation Writing, Comparison/Contrast Writing, and Controversial Issue Writing. Students will practice sentence and paragraph modelling and will learn three techniques for developing a paragraph. They will also keep a journal throughout the course. Students will read two short novels and a variety of stories, essays and explanatory materials.

Reading to Write
5 units	M/Th, 8:30-12:00	M. Mogk	$346
This class will focus on reading critically and passionately, and on fostering elementary creative and expository writing skills. Students will read a novel a week, as well as selected short stories and poems. Students will learn to identify and experiment with various narrative techniques by writing weekly responses to the readings and by developing a portfolio of their own creative work. This class is designed to be an introduction to Prose Writing and Poetry Writing, and to encourage the analytical reading skills necessary for Intermediate Writing.

Intermediate Writing: Writing for High School
5 units	T/F, 8:30-12:00	C. Schrager	$346
This class will provide a vehicle for students to learn to mold facts, speculations, beliefs, and opinions into cogent, powerful statements. Through reading, class discussions, and group work, students will investigate different styles and forms of writing which provide a range of models for approaching thinking and writing. Emphasis will be on learning to refine thinking and on improving writing through editing and rewriting. Students will be assigned approximately 2Ð4 pages of writing, in addition to regular reading assignments, per class.

Intermediate Writing: Writing for High School
5 units	T/F, 1:00-4:30	C. Schrager	$346
This class will provide a vehicle for students to learn to mold facts, speculations, beliefs, and opinions into cogent, powerful statements. Through reading, class discussions, and group work, students will investigate different styles and forms of writing which provide a range of models for approaching thinking and writing. Emphasis will be on learning to refine thinking and on improving writing through editing and rewriting. Students will be assigned approximately 2Ð4 pages of writing, in addition to regular reading assignments, per class.

Reading and Writing for Animation
5 units	M/Th, 1:00-4:30	S. Payson-Hayes	$346
Students will learn to recognize the basic characteristics of animation and be able to effectively criticize short animation films. Students will have the opportunity to design their own animation projects culminating in a written proposal (which can include character designs, flip books, dialogue, and story boards). Students will develop a variety of writing styles: critical essay, script and dialogue format, summaries for a project proposal, and short creative pieces. The content of the course will cover a variety of genresÑfrom commercial animation (Disney, Pixar, MTV, etc.) to more independent productions (Brothers Quay, Japanese animation, etc.). Students will learn the history of the animation field and the techniques of animation developed over the past 90 years. Reading will consist of critical essays about animation, project proposals, and original material that has been translated into animation format. Writing will consist of a journal, critical reviews, original stories, and proposals for projects. Students will learn how to work cooperatively in writing workshops for both critical and creative work. The class will watch animation shorts and participants may be assigned some outside film attendance. A field trip to the Museum of Cartoon Art and to Wild Brain Inc. (an animation studio in S.F.) is planned at some point during the program.

Improvisational Theater
5 units	M/Th, 1:00-4:30	G. Whelan	$375
Nobody hands you a script for lifeÑyou have to improvise your way through it. In this course, through improvisational scene work, theatre games and storytelling, students will develop their ability to act and interact freely and perceptively. They will learn to trust their abilities in new, untried situations, and to take risks that help develop confidence in their ability to think on their feet, whether in school, social or dramatic situations. They will also discover how to become more aware of their environment and how to be supportive of others. Improvisational theatre helps students expand their creativity and therefore influences every area of life and studies.

Shakespeare As Theater
5 units	M/Th, 8:30-12:00	G. Whelan	$346
This course will focus on the teenager in Shakespeare. Selected scenes from A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet, will be read, analyzed and discussed as dramatic texts. Students will be cast as characters in the scenes, study acting techniques, engage in research and rehearsal, and culminate the course with a theatrical performance for an invited audience.

Prose Writing
5 units	T/F, 1:00-4:30	C. Yoes	$346
This course will focus on the short story and its various permutations. Students will learn to look critically at a broad range of writing, both classic and contemporary, in order to identify and apply the components of good writing. The course will emphasize using the students' experiences and emotions--their own "stories"--as crucial aspects of their writing. They will learn to respond to each otherÕs work, strengthening editing skills and allowing them to recognize and develop their own styles. Each class session will consist of discussion of assigned readings, responses to student writing, and exercises designed to sharpen skills, inspire creativity and build confidence.

Poetry Writing
5 units	T/F, 1:00-4:30	J. Tannenbaum	$346
In this class, students with some writing experience will explore writing poems. Students will keep a writerÕs notebook which will help strengthen their powers of observation. They will listen to guest artists, watch poets on videotape, take campus field trips to write in a variety of settings (e.g., the Morrison Library, a Berkeley cafŽ), learn poems by heart, create picture poems and compile an anthology. They will also read poems by a number of poets to examine the ÒhowÓ of writing poems. The course will focus on the tools of free verse, but writers of all forms of poetry are welcome.

The Spectrum of Poetry
5 units	M/Th, 8:30-12:00	Z. Rogow	$346
In every generation, writers have chosen poetry as the form best suited to convey certain highly-charged experiences. This is a reading course that explores the wide variety of emotions, styles, and forms those poets have created. Students will have an opportunity to discuss and analyze a broad range of poetry including Japanese haiku and other forms, medieval sestinas, Elizabethan sonnets, English Romantic poetry, contemporary American work, and Reggae Dub poetry. Practicing poets will visit the class to share work and insights.

Advanced Writing: Writing for College
5 units	T/F, 8:30Ð12:00	E. Colla	$346
The expository essay is the best vehicle for molding facts, speculations, beliefs, and opinions into cogent, powerful statements. This course will help students learn to organize and present their ideas persuasively. Students will learn to think by writing, both in class and out. Students will explore some fascinating and provocative writing as models for their work. They will also study grammar, composition, and editing.

19th Century English Literature and Culture
5 units	M/Th, 1:00-4:30	C. Yoes	$346
This seminar introduces students to some short prose works from nineteenth-century England, including stories and essays by Dickens, Eliot, and Conan Doyle. Several short essays and oral presentations about the readings will be required. In addition to practicing close reading of literary texts, students will explore the history and culture of England in this period, with an opportunity to work with some primary materials from the University library.