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GEN 230 - Creative Expression: Fiction and Poetry - Spring 2007

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email: Doug@RicciStreet.net
Bistro: Doug

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Fiction

see everyone's course project at

Ricci Green's Show and Tell Theater

Nicole Blythe

Princessnab21 at aol.com

project: dancer

Mike Brockenshire

brockadude at hotmail.com

Brock198606

project: B Bills

Matthew Capriotti

mc36 at medaille.edu

mcap116

project: baseball season

 

Drew Carrig

AJC59 at medaille.edu

endofhumanity

project: A Beautiful Lie

Melissa Carter

mc363 at medaille.edu

prettyinpink

project: the secret life of feet

 

Marc Chaffee

mc368 at medaille.edu

chafma87

project:

Shannon Cody

sc458 at medaille.edu

project: the Boston Tea Party for 5th graders

Deanna Dawson

DD83 at medaille.edu

project: I'm Done Driving

Tara Lacell

tara.lacell at medaille.edu

pitapocket

project: the secret life of trees

Michael LaMarca

ml426 at medaille.edu

MichaelLaMarca

project: the Frank Thomas story

Bill McCormack

Bmac7021 at aol.com

 

Steven McMillion

project: Katrina aftermath

Scott Monica

scott.monica at medaille.edu

sam IV4IV

project: Medaille ghosts

Kyle Monti

kyle.m.monti at medaille.edu

italianmonti

project: drug war in Colombia

Andy Nawotka

arn29 at medaille.edu

vballguy14

project: volleyball game

Mike Osiadlo

ozzie748 at hotmail.com

Shannon Rogowski

sr36 at medaille.edu

BrightEyes70

project: Iraq

Solmarie Santiago

ss637 at medaille.edu

project: Real World: Medaille

Shannon Superczynski

ssupercz at medaille.edu

shannypants24

project: baseball spring training in Arizona

John Tresmond

john.tresmond at medaille.edu

project: Michael Jordan

 


Team games

fictionreadings.zip

 

The World of Fiction

January 31

The Red
Sox

Drew

Solmarie

Mike B

score: 400

The
Braves

Andy

Melissa

Michael

score: 2800

Whatever
You Decide

ShannonS

Mike O

Kyle

Steven

score: 0



February 2

Easily
Distracted

Matt

Nicole

Marc

score: 600

The
Emus

Tara

Shannon C

Bill

score: 1200

The
Sabres

ShannonR

John

Deanna

Scott

score: 1600




Projects

plot - which one of Polti's 36 dramatic situations is closest to yours?

name

title

topic/setting
time and place

hero/protagonist

villain/antagonist

conflict/goal

plot

 

Nicole

 

stage, rehearsal

 

family with means to travel but a prejudice against it

expense of travel

dancer wants to travel, but can travel only in her dancing

   

Mike B

 

Bills off-season; everywhere except football field

players

reporters

overcoming media biases

   

Matt

 

spring training baseball season; Cocoa Beach, Florida, Spring Break

players

other players

starting line-up spots

   

Drew

A Beautiful Lie

(see the poster and the trailer)

Emotional Breakdown/Modern Time

time and place: Buffalo, NY/Current

Dan Luther

Arthur Garrett

Arthur Garrett seemingly has the perfect life. He has a loving family, beautiful girlfriend and amazing friends but in one tragic sweep, it is all taken away. ...

... Garrett snaps and goes on a killing spree and the only person that could stop him is his former best friend, Dan Luther.

 

Melissa

Shins and Below

soap opera

feet

one pair of feet

other feet in daily life

     

Marc

 

Buffalo pro teams: football, hockey

1975, 1999

1992-96

two teams

opposing teams

Dallas

media

zero-sum championships

   

Shannon C

 

primary school lesson

colonists

British soldiers

 

Boston Tea Party

 

Deanna

I'm done driving

           

Tara

The Enigma

       

enigma

 

Michael

 

Frank Thomas's playing career

Frank

front office

other players

media

injuries

$$

steroids

injuries

aging, demands

   

Bill

             

Steven

Comin' from where I'm from

East Side of Buffalo, current

old Buffalo

jobs / training

industries disrupted

capital flight

     

Scott

 

ghosts

half-hour

college

         

Kyle

             

Andy

 

volleyball season

         

Mike O

             

ShannonR

 

American soldiers in Iraq

American soldier

American politicians

other soldiers

Iraqi citizens

     

Solmarie

Real World: Medaille

college life

places:

students

administration

faculty

students

administration

faculty

lots of conflicts and resolutions

   

ShannonS

 

baseball spring training in Arizona

players

players

opposing players

starting line-up

three or four spots

   

John

 

Michael Jordan's career

         

name

title

topic/setting
time and place

hero/protagonist

villain/antagonist

conflict/goal

plot

 

 

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Poetry

Gary Boughton

gdb28 at medaille.edu

project: soccer season

Ed Brown

eb52 at medaille.edu

Project: daughter

Samantha Budniewski

Acebandage16221 at aol.com

project: charlie the unicorn

Ashlee Deeds

ald49 at medaille.edu

project: war

Mary Furman

mf339 at medaille.edu

project: remake of Grease

Charlene Jacque-Gray

cej32 at medaille.edu

queenOcipher

project: Cadillacs

Lamont Langston

lamit 23

project: Mustangs

Chris Moscato

project: History of Hip Hop

Kevin Pollinger

kpolling at medaille.edu 

Paul Quiter

pq23 at medaille.edu

project: snowboarding

Valentino Shine

vs83 at medaille.edu

Project: sonShine

Janessa Vandegriff

jaiv22 at hotmail.com

project: basketball season

Josh Waclawski

jw358 at Medaille.edu

project: soccer

Team games

poetryreadings.zip

 

The World of Poetry

January 31 and April 2

Castle
Anthrax

Gary

Sam

score: 3000 + 3000 = 6000

600 + 600 = 1200

Mac 'n
Cheese

Lamont

Mary

score: 5600 - 401 = 5199

4300 + 50 = 4350

Team
Oreo

Valentino

Kevin

Josh

score: 1200 - 1200 = 0

4200 + 4200 = 8400



Team Lunchbox

Charlene

Chris

score: 4401

Team Homeless

Ed

Ashlee

score: 0

Team Animal Crackers

Paul

 

Janessa

score: -800






Projects

name

title

topic/setting

poetry

emotions

     

Gary

 

soccer season -

         

Ed

 

daughter

Ed's poetry

range of emotions

funny, sad

     

Sam

 

Charlie the unicorn - story - use music and video to "retell" part of a familiar story

song lyrics

comedy

stupid laughing

entertainment

     

Ashlee

 

warriors in Afghanistan

         

Mary

 

re-telling of Grease - story - use music and video to "retell" part of a familiar story

  ??      

Charlene

             

Lamont

 

high-performance cars / Mustangs?

         

Chris

 

history of hip-hop  - use music and video to "retell" part of a unfamiliar story

hip-hop lyrics

reflection on success

satisfaction

tragedy

triumph

     

Kevin

 

lacrosse

"Bend in the Road"        

Paul

 

snowboarding

look for poems to illustrate

write some of his own

amazement

funny

 

     

Valentino

 

music video - use video to tell a musical story

Get Money lyrics        

Janessa

 

basketball season

slogans and quotes

lyrics

pride

satisfaction

     

Josh

 

soccer

         

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Assignments

last updated: March 7

abs: absences through February 12

Fiction

number on
table below

abs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Nicole

3

  y y   y         y y   y                              

Mike B

  y y y   y y y   y y y   y     y y                      

Matt

  y y y   y y       y y   y     y y                      

Drew

4

y   y   y       y y y   y                              

Melissa

4

y   y   y         y y   y     y                        

Marc

3

  y y   y y     y y y   y     y y                      

Shannon C

1

y   y               y         y y                      

Deanna

2

  y y           y y y   y                              

Tara

1

y y y   y       y y y   y       y                      

Michael

1

y y y   y y     y y y   y     y                        

Bill

1

y y               y y   y                              

Steven

  y y y   y y       y y   y     y                        

Scott

3

y y y   y       y y y   y     y y                      

Kyle

  y y y   y y y     y y   y     y                        

Andy

1

y   y   y y     y y y   y     y                        

Mike O

3

y y               y y   y                              

ShannonR

2

  y y   y y y     y y   y     y y                      

Solmarie

4

y   y   y y     y y y   y     y y                      

ShannonS

1

y   y   y y y y y y y   y     y y                      

John

1

y y y             y y   y       y                      

number on
table below

abs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Poetry

number on
table below

abs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Gary

  y y y   y         y y   y     y y                      

Ed

  y y y             y y   y       y                      

Sam

  y y y   y         y y   y     y y                      

Ashlee

2

  y y   y         y y                                  

Mary

2

y y y   y         y y   y     y y                      

Charlene

3

y y y   y         y y   y                              

Lamont

2

y   y   y         y y         y                        

Chris

1

  y y   y       y y y   y     y                        

Kevin

2

y   y                                                  

Paul

2

y y y   y y       y y                                  

Valentino

  y y y   y         y y   y     y y                      

Janessa

1

  y y   y y       y y   y       y                      

Josh

1

y y y   y y     y y y   y       y                      

number on
table below

abs

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
 

number
on
tables above

* all assignments except those marked by asterisk contribute to your course grade

due date

links go to syllabus

   

January

1

game 1

31

   

February

2

game 2

2

3

conference 1 *

16

4

performance attendance 1

23

5

mashup 1

26

6

mashup 2

26

7

mashup 3

26

8

performance critique 1

28

   

March

9

150-word project proposal *

2

10

proposal report w/ concept map

9

11

conference 2 *

19

12

storyboards and link maps *

23

13

reading 1

26

14

fiction/poetry 1

28

15

web's welcome page *

30

   

April

16

game 3

2

17

game 4

4

18

performance attendance 2

4

19

fiction/poetry 2

11

20

conference 3 *

16

21

reading 2

18

22

fiction/poetry 3

20

23

project web

23

24

performance critique 2

30

25

final project licensed, backed-up, burned to disk, and uploaded

30

   

May

26

final presentation

1-3 TBA

27

project submitted

5

28

self-assessment

5

Note | The eight assignments highlighted in pale yellow involve activities that will contribute to your final grade and cannot be made up. If you miss those activities, you will get a zero for that assignment.

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Conferences

Sign up via email - first come, first served.

If none of these times is free for you, please let me know and we'll schedule another.

Location: my office in 85 Humboldt unless the conference is on MWF between 11 and 3 when I have two classes in H215 at 11:30 and 12:30. I will meet you in H215 for appointments before, between, and after those classes.

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Conference 2

to troubleshoot your project

to solve problems and make decisions

to discuss your fiction / poetry writing, your stories and poems

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Conference 3

beginning of April

- to determine what you still need to do to finish your project

Betty 1:30 Thursday 12 April

Monday, April 16

name

11 AM

 

12:30 PM

 

3:00 PM

 

3:30 PM

 

Tuesday, April 17

 

11 AM

 

11:30 AM

 

12 noon

 

12:30 PM

 

1 PM

 

1:30 PM

 

Wednesday, April 18

 

11 AM

 

12:30 PM

 

3:00 PM

 

3:30 PM

 

Thursday, April 19

 

11 AM

 

11:30 AM

 

12 noon

 

12:30 PM

 

1 PM

 

1:30 PM

 

Friday, April 20

 

11 AM

 

12:30 PM

 

3:00 PM

 

3:30 PM

 

(check against ENG 110 conference schedule for conflicts)

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Oral Presentations

how to report: the case page has more info

Proposal Report

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Final Report

May ??

tentative location: Lecture Hall

May ??

name

   
   
   
   
   
   

May ??

 
   
   
   
   
   

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