ENGL 2328 Davis Writing Studio

Final project workspace

Final Project Studio

A practice room for the final project. Refine the proposal into a polished draft with peer feedback integrated.

Practice path Practice tools Resources All essays

Purpose

Create a culminating project in American horror literature: analytical essay, creative writing, multimedia, comparative study, or an approved student choice. Move through proposal, research and development, draft with reflection, and a polished final with a 500 to 1,000 word concluding reflection.

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Required reading / assignment overview

Titles and how to use them live here. This course uses open educational resources (OER) and Canvas-hosted texts, not a Norton anthology purchase. Library: SAC Library · A–Z databases.

How to use this studio
  1. Read the Purpose above.
  2. Open the overview and required reading dropdowns.
  3. Use Tools; pick this essay when a helper asks.
  4. Keep AI at Level 2 (support, not composition).
Assignment overview (Final Project)
  • Options: analytical essay; creative writing (story, play, poems); multimedia (video, podcast, digital presentation); comparative study; or student choice (propose your own).
  • Process: Proposal (about 1 to 2 pages / Canvas also notes 500–750 words); Research and Development update (1 to 2 pages; annotated bibliography or outline for analytical tracks); Draft + ~500-word reflection; Final + concluding reflection (500 to 1,000 words).
  • No single overall final-length for every option; match the rigor of your chosen format. Synthesize course themes, narrative techniques, and style.
Readings in play (OER corpus)

Any course authors/texts may feed the project. Early open texts include Bierce, Poe, James, Wharton, Chesnutt, Freeman, Lovecraft (“Colour Out of Space” open text), Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Hurston, and Toomer (“Blood-Burning Moon” in Cane on Gutenberg); later Jackson, Bradbury, Plath, O’Connor, plus prompt-named Matheson (Gutenberg open story) and Capote (library/Canvas only); then King and Rice. Use SAC Library / JSTOR / Scholar for secondary research.

  • Start idea sparks named on the intro page: Bierce “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge”; Poe “The Tell-Tale Heart.”
  • Course texts are OER or Canvas-hosted (not Norton).
Practice helpers

Pick Final Project in Tools once your format and focus are clear.

Tools