Victoria Diaz’s Profile

This is an el­e­men­tary Span­ish course for stu­dents who can speak Span­ish, and it has been de­signed to meet spe­cific needs of stu­dents of Span­ish-speak­ing back­ground. It will focus on the prac­tice and de­vel­op­ment of abil­i­ties in writ­ten lan­guage and for­mal oral com­mu­ni­ca­tion through gram­mar re­view, vo­cab­u­lary build­ing, spelling, punc­tu­a­tion, and the de­vel­op­ment of ad­vanced com­po­si­tion skills. This course meets the Writ­ing In­ten­sive and World Cul­tures re­quire­ments. What makes this course a Writ­ing In­ten­sive Course? This is a Writ­ing In­ten­sive course that ful­fills the WI re­quire­ment for grad­u­a­tion. Writ­ing in­ten­sive courses pay spe­cial at­ten­tion to de­vel­op­ing crit­i­cal read­ing, writ­ing, and an­a­lytic skills to pre­pare stu­dents for the CPE and col­lege-level course­work in gen­eral. Both in­for­mal and for­mal writ­ing will be de­signed to max­i­mize your un­der­stand­ing of the sub­ject mat­ter. For­mal writ­ing as­sign­ments, at least 10-12 pages total, ac­count for a sig­nif­i­cant por­tion of your grade and will in­clude op­por­tu­ni­ties for re­vi­sion.

This is an elementary Spanish course for students who can speak Spanish, and it has been designed to meet specific needs of students of Spanish-speaking background. It will focus on the practice and development of abilities in written language and formal oral communication through grammar review, vocabulary building, spelling, punctuation, and the development of advanced composition skills. This course meets the Writing Intensive and World Cultures requirements. What makes this course a Writing Intensive Course? This is a Writing Intensive course that fulfills the WI requirement for graduation. Writing intensive courses pay special attention to developing critical reading, writing, and analytic skills to prepare students for the CPE and college-level coursework in general. Both informal and formal writing will be designed to maximize your understanding of the subject matter. Formal writing assignments, at least 10-12 pages total, account for a significant portion of your grade and will include opportunities for revision.

This course fo­cuses on writ­ing fun­da­men­tals for vi­sual media and specif­i­cally fo­cuses on the short form. Stu­dents study sto­ry­telling ba­sics such as pro­tag­o­nist, want, ob­sta­cles, an­tag­o­nist, com­pli­ca­tion / ris­ing ac­tion, cli­max, along with three-act struc­ture, which is com­mon to screen­plays. With as­sign­ments in both fic­tion and non-fic­tion scriptwrit­ing, the class cov­ers such areas as: Basic re­search meth­ods How to cre­ate char­ac­ter and story How to SHOW ac­tion, rather than TELL it How to write out­lines and treat­ments How to for­mat both Non­fic­tion A/V scripts and Fic­tion screen­plays Learn­ing how writ­ing is rewrit­ing. De­signed as a work­shop in which stu­dents will de­velop mul­ti­ple drafts for the fic­tion and non­fic­tion scripts, the course also teaches how to give and re­ceive good crit­i­cism on peers’ work. The aim of the course is to help stu­dents de­velop basic skills nec­es­sary to write and re­vise scripts for up­per-level VAT pro­duc­tion classes and be­yond.

This course focuses on writing fundamentals for visual media and specifically focuses on the short form. Students study storytelling basics such as protagonist, want, obstacles, antagonist, complication / rising action, climax, along with three-act structure, which is common to screenplays. With assignments in both fiction and non-fiction scriptwriting, the class covers such areas as: Basic research methods How to create character and story How to SHOW action, rather than TELL it How to write outlines and treatments How to format both Nonfiction A/V scripts and Fiction screenplays Learning how writing is rewriting. Designed as a workshop in which students will develop multiple drafts for the fiction and nonfiction scripts, the course also teaches how to give and receive good criticism on peers’ work. The aim of the course is to help students develop basic skills necessary to write and revise scripts for upper-level VAT production classes and beyond.

This course fo­cuses on writ­ing fun­da­men­tals for vi­sual media and specif­i­cally fo­cuses on the short form. Stu­dents study sto­ry­telling ba­sics such as pro­tag­o­nist, want, ob­sta­cles, an­tag­o­nist, com­pli­ca­tion / ris­ing ac­tion, cli­max, along with three-act struc­ture, which is com­mon to screen­plays. With as­sign­ments in both fic­tion and non-fic­tion scriptwrit­ing, the class cov­ers such areas as: Basic re­search meth­ods How to cre­ate char­ac­ter and story How to SHOW ac­tion, rather than TELL it How to write out­lines and treat­ments How to for­mat both Non­fic­tion A/V scripts and Fic­tion screen­plays Learn­ing how writ­ing is rewrit­ing. De­signed as a work­shop in which stu­dents will de­velop mul­ti­ple drafts for the fic­tion and non­fic­tion scripts, the course also teaches how to give and re­ceive good crit­i­cism on peers’ work. The aim of the course is to help stu­dents de­velop basic skills nec­es­sary to write and re­vise scripts for up­per-level VAT pro­duc­tion classes and be­yond.

This course focuses on writing fundamentals for visual media and specifically focuses on the short form. Students study storytelling basics such as protagonist, want, obstacles, antagonist, complication / rising action, climax, along with three-act structure, which is common to screenplays. With assignments in both fiction and non-fiction scriptwriting, the class covers such areas as: Basic research methods How to create character and story How to SHOW action, rather than TELL it How to write outlines and treatments How to format both Nonfiction A/V scripts and Fiction screenplays Learning how writing is rewriting. Designed as a workshop in which students will develop multiple drafts for the fiction and nonfiction scripts, the course also teaches how to give and receive good criticism on peers’ work. The aim of the course is to help students develop basic skills necessary to write and revise scripts for upper-level VAT production classes and beyond.