First Day...

[sleigh]

Yesterday was the first day back at school. I'm teaching four courses this semester: two Intro To Literature 200-level courses, a 200-level Intro To Creative Writing, and my special baby, the 400-level Novel Writing class. I also have two Honors Capstone Project seniors who have 'courses' with me this semester: one finishing her novel that she started in the novel-writing class, and another who is creating a RPG (Role-Playing Game, if you're not familiar with the acronym) as his project. And our department chair asked if I'd be on the committee of one of the master's students who is working on a novel as her thesis.

Gonna be a busy semester. And I have a novel to finish, and a novelette to revise for WILD CARDS.

Where's that 30-Hour Day, damn it!

Comments

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

What are they reading in the Lit classes?

K.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

A lot of 'canonical' stuff -- short fiction, poetry, and drama -- with an occasional 'non-canonical' and newer piece thrown in to keep things lively. I treat Intro To Lit as a chance to give the students (most of whom are freshman) an idea of how to respond to something with more than "I like it" or "I don't like it," to learn some of the terminology of literature so they're talking the same language as the English professors to whom they might eventually be giving papers, and to give some historical context and background to the pieces we look at so they see where they're coming from rather than trying to read them in a vacuum because someone said "This is Capital-L Literature and therefore you should read this..."

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

Can I see the syllabus?

K.

[sleigh.livejournal.com]

It's in your mailbox...