| 1 | Introduction to the course Course expectations evaluation 'Learning Journals' & Writer Identity |
| 2 | Establishing Writer Identity and persuading your reader |
| 3 | Establishing Writer Identity (continued) |
| 4 | Story-telling (read 'What Good Is a Story?' by Barbara Kingsolver) |
| 5 | Words to know and use: exercises with vocabulary 1 |
| 6 | Writing about words (read 'Life is Precious, or It's Not' by Barbara Kingsolver) |
| 7 | Exercises with vocabulary 2 |
| 8 | Free-flow and paradoxes: what you know, what you want to know (read 'Going to Japan' by Barabara Kingsolver |
| 9 | Free-flow and paradoxes (continued) |
| 10 | Creative writing and research |
| 11 | Structuring your writing |
| 12 | Evaluating your writing |
| 13 | Portfolios/ Review |