ENA11 Creative Writing 2019

Once you have completed all texts, it's time to choose the five you think are your best ones and to create a portfolio. The portfolio will be printed (black/white) but carefully follow the instructions before you start printing anything! Pictures and illustrations are welcome! Note! You cannot choose assignments 4 or 12 for the portfolio. STRUCTURE OF THE PORTFOLIO (TOTAL 8 PAGES OR MORE) 1. COVER PAGE Name of the portfolio Your name Name of the course Date Illustrations (can also be drawn etc. -> use your imagination!) 2. CONTENTS AND INTRODUCTION Names of the 5 assignments you chose and explanations on each of the five texts: Why did you choose this assignment for the portfolio? What was the writing process like? What did you succeed in? What could you improve on? 3. THE TEXTS One assignment per page! Assignment number and description The (possible) title of your text  Line spacing 1,5-2! Font size 12 4. SELF-EVALUATION Ans...

Assignments 11 and 12 were done during class, so you cannot do them if you were absent. If you missed one them, choose one of the following two assignments. If you missed both, write both. A) Matriculation essay (Assignment 13) Write a short composition of between 150-250 words on one of the following topics. Follow the guidance. 1. Art and us Why has man always created art (paintings, poetry, fiction, drama, music, etc.)? What is the purpose of art? 2. Mind your manners Why is nice behavior important in human society? Do Finnish manners differ from those of the rest of Europe? 3. Globalization What do you understand by globalization? Discuss how it can work both for good and evil. B) Email inquiry (Assignment 14) You have purchased a product / a service but you are not happy with it. Write an email to the company in which you explain your situation: what you bought, where, when, and what the problem is. Ask for a refund / compensation. Be ...

A SHARED NARRATIVE Wait for instructions in class. Note: you can't write this text if you weren't present in class.

MOVIE SCRIPT First study a section of the script for the film  Good Will Hunting  and watch how it was created on screen. Then continue writing the script yourself for the two scenes that we watch together in class. Try to include as many details as you can, particularly as to what happens in addition to the dialogue: Setting, location Clothing Atmosphere Pauses Non-verbal communication (You don't need to include the song lyrics.) Note: you can't write this assignment at home.

FEEDBACK Today's assignment is not a new text of your own. Instead, you are giving feedback on another student's text. Feedback is an essential part of becoming a better writer. Writing is a process, in which asking for and receiving feedback is very important. What, then, is useful feedback? Is it something like 'this was really good', 'that was terrible' or 'I don't know how it could be improved'? No. That's lazy feedback. If you want to give good feedback, you need to read the text carefully and explain why you think something does or doesn't work. That will show the writer that you have actually given thought to how their text could be improved, and they can decide whether they agree and want to make the suggested changes. Go to that student's blog whose blog is the one right after yours in the list on the course blog. If yours is the last one, go to the first blog. Find Assignment 3 ( A modern day fairy tale ). Read...

TRANSLATING A SONG Listen to the song by Damien Rice and look at the two Finnish translations of the song (a handout). Then read the list of translation principles and decide which ones apply to these translations. Translate a Finnish song of your choice into English.  Consider the translation principles and briefly explain which ones you used in your translation. Finally, add a link to a video of the song in your post.

Go to your blog and check that you have finished all the compulsory assignments so far: 1: My Recipe for a Great Text 2: Improvised Narrative 3:  A Modern Day Fairy Tale 4: Using a Monolingual Dictionary 5:  Translation of a Magazine Article 6: Three Haikus 7: Comics 8: Road Trip 9: Powerful Photographs + Feedback on another student's Assignment 2 You should have completed all the assignments so far. Read all your texts carefully once again, and pay special attention to language. Make sure you have finished all the assignments before our next lesson on Thursday!