Weekly Agenda: October 19-22, 2009

Monday, October 19
Writing Workshop Day
- Introduce process
- Group workshop
- Independent revision time
HW: Work on short story revision (final draft due Monday, 10/26)

Wednesday, October 21
In-class:
Introduction to genre fiction
Overviews of:
- gothic/horror
- science fiction
- fantasy
- mystery
Elements of gothic/horror writing
Read “The Fall of the House of Usher” (handout)
-complete post-reading questions (handout) → discuss
HW: Complete revised short story (DUE Monday, 10/26)