| Course Unit Code | Course Unit Title | Type of Course Unit | Year of Study | Semester | Number of ECTS Credits | | AE-TRS14 | Creative Writing | Elective | 3 | 5 | 4 |
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| Level of Course Unit |
| First Cycle |
| Objectives of the Course |
| To give students the opportunity to express themselves in a written form in English and to share their texts with each other |
| Name of Lecturer(s) |
| - |
| Learning Outcomes |
| 1 | To enjoy writing | | 2 | For the students to improve their English | | 3 | To share their texts with each other; to listen to each other; to treat each other with respect | | 4 | For the students to feel like members of a community of writers | | 5 | To become acquainted with a variety of literary texts and paintings | | 6 | For each student to find or to become aware of his or her own unique “voice” |
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| Mode of Delivery |
| Normal Education |
| Prerequisites and co-requisities |
| - |
| Recommended Optional Programme Components |
| - |
| Course Contents |
| Personal essay, academic essay, fiction, free writing, grammar, writing game |
| Weekly Detailed Course Contents |
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| 1 | Introducing oneself. | | | | 2 | Writing about writing experiences. | | | | 3 | Writing about a favourite place. | | | | 4 | Re-telling different fairytales. | | | | 5 | Writing a fairytale from the perspective of one of the characters or objects in the story. | | | | 6 | Selecting three characters and/or objects in the fairytale and describing them in detail. | | | | 7 | Altering a significant detail in the fairytale. | | | | 8 | Describing the painting “The Swing” by Honore de Fragonard. | | | | 9 | Writing down spontaneous responses to the poem “Snapshots” by John Updike.
. | | | | 10 | Writing a poem inspired by “Snapshots” | | | | 11 | Writing about ‘A Time When …’. (The beginning should concentrate on the most vital experience which comes to students’ mind). | | | | 12 | Writing an essay about the short story “A Haunted House” by Virginia Woolf. | | | | 13 | Writing about an important person in students’ lives | | | | 14 | Writing a story inspired by the painting “The Balcony Room” by Adolf Menzel. | | |
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| Recommended or Required Reading |
| Teresa Ferster Glazier, The Least You Should Know About English |
| Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods |
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| Assessment Methods and Criteria | |
| Midterm Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | |
| Final Examination | 1 | 100 | | SUM | 100 | | Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 40 | | End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities | 60 | | SUM | 100 |
| | Language of Instruction | | Turkish | | Work Placement(s) | | - |
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| Workload Calculation |
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| Midterm Examination | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Attending Lectures | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| Individual Study for Mid term Examination | 9 | 9 | 81 |
| Homework | 6 | 3 | 18 |
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| Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes |
| LO1 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LO2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LO3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | LO4 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | LO5 | | 4 | | | | | | | | | | | | LO6 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| * Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High |
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