Schedule for reading

In class tonight, we talked through plans for the last couple of classes, and you workshopped your reflective essays. I repeatedly directed you to the assignment sheet in response to your questions about the essay - so see what you can do in terms of constructing the expectations for this assignment from the written directions.

The plan for how much credit will be accorded which aspects of your work was posted on the syllabus as follows.

Grades

1. Writing projects & portfolio

Drafts + revisions Project 1 150 points

Drafts + revisions Project 2 150 points

Drafts + revisions for reflective essay 100 points

Portfolio (includes finished writing for two essays + reflective essay) 200 points

Total points 600 points

2. Blog 200 points

3. Participation, blog comments, writing journal, presentations 200 points

Total points for course 1000 points

Points for the portfolio are based on overall quality of work; evidence of thoughtful, on-going exploration of and experimentation with features of creative nonfiction from draft to draft and from project to project; completeness, and organization.

In class on Monday we will make sure everyone is set to turn in the completed portfolio no later than Monday by the end of class. I do not expect to hold class on Monday, December 20, but if individual students make appointments to finish up work, I will arrange to be present.

Reading at the Cougar's Den

Class for Wednesday, December 15, will be held in the Cougar's Den in the seating in the room to the right of the cash register. It is a big room so there will be plenty of space for our class and any guests you might choose to invite. The reading is from 6:00 to 8:00, and the schedule is as follows.

6:00 Hamilton
6:10 Marilyn
6:20 Fran
6:30 Casey
6:40 Elizabeth
6:50 Yasmin
7:00 Marjorie
7:10 Nashira
7:20 Erin
7:30 Chelsea|
7:40 Ashley
7:50 Josh
8:00 Michael

No blog assignment. Keep working on whatever writing you need to work on to finish work for the course.

For class Monday, we will tie up loose ends with respect to questions about outstanding work, due dates, grades, and anything else relevant to your writing you would like to discuss. You will then rehearse for the reading in groups. The purpose of the rehearsal (as for the NDW rehearsal) is to get a feel for how long 10 minutes is, talk through your introductory material, and get some preliminary response.

Have a good weekend and see you on Monday.