ALW101 - Writer's Toolkit: Craft and Creativity
Unit details
| Year: | 2020 unit information |
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| Important Update: | Classes and seminars in Trimester 3, 2020 will be online. Physical distancing for coronavirus (COVID-19) will affect delivery of other learning experiences in this unit. Please check your unit sites for announcements and updates one week prior to the start of trimester. Last updated: 5 October 2020 |
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | This unit is only available to students enrolled in a Faculty of Arts and Education course or D311, D312, D313, D326, D330, D346, D347, D370, D385, D391 |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. |
| Scheduled learning activities - campus: | Trimester 1: 1 x 1-hour class per week, 1 x 2-hour seminar per week |
| Scheduled learning activities - cloud: | Trimester 1: Online independent and collaborative learning activities including 1 x 1-hour class per week (recordings provided), 2-hour online seminar per week Trimester 3: 3 hour online seminars in weeks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11 |
Content
This is a unit that combines the practice of attentive reading with creative writing. Students are exposed to a wide range of literary texts, as well as to a suite of crucial skills and craft elements that found creative writing of a professional standard. Students also write about their work and the processes involved in its composition, introducing critical thinking and modes of expression that will support them during and beyond their degree.
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| These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | |
| ULO1 | Identify the key components of writing | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Practise and apply the key components of writing | GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Understand and apply current standards of grammar and language usage | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO4 | Demonstrate critical thinking and composition abilities through giving and receiving constructive critique | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO5 | Develop short writing projects | GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO6 | Design creative writing strategies | GLO5: Problem solving |
These Unit Learning Outcomes are applicable for all teaching periods throughout the year
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning Resource
The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: ALW101 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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