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Ex 4: Creative Critical Response

Anything goes, so long as you
  1. produce something to be performed or otherwise shared during class time
  2. demonstrate your ability to engage creatively and critically with a literary text from our syllabus
  3. articulate your goals and a meaningful way of assessing your achievement
  4. reflect on your accomplishment (quoting from responses you receive from your classmates)
In the past, students have filmed video skits, written original short stories and poetry, or published research on their weblogs. Every year I suggest interpretive dance, but so far nobody has actually done it.

Depending on class size, everyone will have about five minutes. If you double up with a partner, the two of you will share 10 minutes.

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Kayla Lesko said:

I'm curious, for the original short story, do you mean writing something based on something we read or something along the lines of fanfiction (I'm doubting on this, but thought I'd ask anyway)?

I would expect the writing to have something to do with our syllabus. Maybe a scene from Huck Finn, told from Jim's point of view, something like that.

Michelle Siard said:

How long would the poem have to be?

Michelle, I don't have a specific word count in mind, but bear in mind you have five minutes to fill.

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