ALW101 - Writer's Toolkit: Craft and Creativity
Unit details
| Year | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online Trimester 3: Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Antonia Pont Trimester 3: Antonia Pont |
| Prerequisite: | Nil |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | Nil |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Trimester 1: 1 x 2-hour on-campus seminar per week |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Trimester 1: 1 x 2-hour online seminar per week Trimester 3: 1 x 2-hour online (seminar) per trimester in week 1 1 x 4-hour online (seminar) per trimester in weeks 2, 3, 5, 8, 11 |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150-hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
This unit combines the practice of attentive reading with creative writing. Students are exposed to a wide range of literary texts, as well as to a suite of crucial skills and craft elements of creative writing. Participants will learn to sketch with words and to use memory and place as structuring frameworks to conceive and compose small writing projects. Students will engage in critical thinking and reflection about their work and that of their peers. They will learn how to plan, edit and compose work to a professional standard, based on tested creative techniques.
Learning outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Conceive and develop short writing projects based on a set of discipline-specific practises and strategies | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Apply current standards of communication usage appropriate to writing and the writing industry | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO2: Communication |
| ULO3 | Critically engage in the drafting and editing of writing through giving and receiving constructive feedback | GLO4: Critical thinking GLO5: Problem solving
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| ULO4 | Conceive, develop, edit and complete short creative writing project that demonstrate effective and sustainable writing skills | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities GLO5: Problem solving |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assessment 1: Research and Writing Exercise | 600 words | 15% | Week 3 |
| Assessment 2: Exercise | 1400 words | 35% | Week 6 |
| Assessment 3: Exercise | 1600 words | 40% | Week 11 |
| Assessment 4: Participation, peer discussion and engagement | 400 words | 10% | Ongoing |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for ALW101 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
Unit Fee Information
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