Havergal's Uncalendar, 2016-2017 Academic Year

arts course that can be applied to any university program in the arts or sciences, then this is the course for you. The course offers a selection of short stories, novels, poems, and plays, and student input in regard to the choice of texts is welcomed. Some options we could choose for our study include: Reading a couple of Sherlock Holmes ’s original stories and comparing them to recent film versions or television episodes of Sherlock based on the iconic detective. Studying another Shakespeare play such as Julius Caesar , Much Ado About Nothing , Macbeth or The Winter’s Tale . And, of course, your suggestions are most welcome! Ready to take the plunge? ENG3U – English, Grade 11, University Preparation 1 CREDIT Do you want to write the great Canadian novel? Does the heart of a poet beat within your breast? Do you find yourself answering questions in rhyming couplets? Have you always wanted to ink your own superhero? Do you moan every year, why do we have do write an essay, what about creative writing? If you answered yes to any of these questions, Writer’s Craft may be just the course for you. In this class, you will write microfiction pieces, short stories, poems and reviews. We will also read the most recent, most applauded publications in Canada and the world. We form a writing community together, reading each others’ pieces, laughing over our comedies and crying with our tragic characters. We try, each one of us, to find a creative writing we love. The highlight of the course is a reading night in May when we come together to do a public reading of our best work and culminating assessment, an opportunity to write whatever you came to Writer’s Craft hoping to do. Past offerings have included TV pilots, memoir pieces, poetry collections, children’s books and even a few graphic novels. Prerequisite: ENG3U – English, Grade 11, University Preparation EWC4U – The Writer’s Craft, Grade 12, University Preparation

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