ENGL 505B

As we are getting ready to head out for Thanksgiving let's start thinking about what is going to happen after we get back The week after T-giving starts our multi-week stretch of syllabus prep. During the 1st week I want you to come to class with a draft of your reading schedule. Yes, we still be using the same books and I would like for us to be doing the same units at the same time so that we can have current pedagogical discussions during mentor group meetings. This means if you really think that a unit should be moved you will need to propose that to the group with a solid rationale for why so that we can make a group decision. While we do have to agree on these things we can have varying supplemental media. I think that we can plan to do that for 2 meetings in order to be sure that we get everything covered.

The third class period (as well as any time that may remain from the 2nd meeting) will be spent going over the assignment sheets for next semester. We are going to have to have all of the major assignment sheets done (with rationale and objectives) before we leave for Christmas break. We can also work on the smaller assignments (i.e. visual projects and in-class exercises) and share those with the group and borrow liberally from one another as time allows.

Yes, that is only 3 days of a two week period. That is because you will be meeting with Marc Santos on the 27th to talk more about Drupal and to get the instruction on Moviemaker that you requested (yes, Marc and I do communicate) as well as anything else that he can squeeze into that time. Marc has asked me to tell you that he is canceling tech mentoring next Tuesday (thus the meeting on the 27th). This means that you will have next Tuesday off. As usual if you have any questions please do email me or come and bug me in my office!