Sorry for the confustion this morning...

It's 9:30, and I am in the office.

Sorry for the confustion.  For the past week, I've been driving my wife's old '69 Bug, while she's been driving my car.  I've been driving the Bug because of a gas leak.  This morning on the way in to pick up portfolios, the Bug ran out gas, so for once, it's the professor who was running late to a final. 

As I said in a very early post about everyone needing to make late posts once in a while, life happens to everyone, even professors.  The good thing about life happening to me--at least for you--is that each time it does, I create a get out of jail free card for the entire class, and it either gives you a tad bit of extra credit or strikes a late from your class participation grade.

For those who might be worried, I am fine, and the car is fine.  It's parked beside the side of the road.  A kind administrative assistant gave me a ride in and left the note on my office door, so I was able to get everyone's portfolios, but--again--I do apologize for the confusion.  

Steve

Assignment link for Week Fifteen is now active.

We've got just under two weeks before your final portfolio is due.

This week, you'll produce a draft of your portfolio's reflective cover essay, and you will post your Surviving Sarge post to your blog (that is, if you already haven't).  You'll also make penultimate decisions about what evidence to include in the evidence/supporting materials section of your portfolio.

I've again included links to a detailed description of the portfolio assignment and examples of effective portfolios which have earned high grades in ENG 111 and 112.

As always, write with questions.

Steve

Examples of Effective Reflective Cover Essays/Letters from ENG 112, Fall 2008.

Examples of effective reflective cover essays/letters, ENG 112, Fall 2008.

As always, write with questions.

Steve

Examples of Effective ENG 111 Course Portfolios

I have posted this link in this week's assignments, but here it is another time. Remember, suspenders and belt are best insurance.

I am looking for examples for ENG 112; but, so far, I've only found two from sections a year old.

As always, write with any questions.

Steve

The Assignment Link for Week Fourteen Is Now Active.

This is the assignment where you begin your final portfolio.  You've already done all the work in terms of developing supporting material/evidence, and you've done much of the work for the portfolio's reflective cover essay in your learning reflections and mid-term reflective essay.  Work through these final few weeks, and you're going to be in good shape to construct a portfolio which argues for the grade you have earned.

As always, write with any questions.

Steve

I will post assignments for the coming week tomorrow, Wednesday, 20 April.

Assignment Links for Weeks Twelve and Thirteen Are Now Posted

The assignments links for weeks twelve and thirteen are now active.

Please note, because I will be delivering a paper at and attending the VCCS New Horizons conference next Thursday, 7 April, I will be out of the office.  I have designed the work over the next two weeks in such a way that you should learn as much or more from doing it as you will from calling and speaking with me.  More, I've designed it to allow you to practice and re-enforce the research and research paper writing skills you've learned so far this semester.  I think you'll find the research paper topic more interesting and personally useful than doing a rhetorical analysis of King's "Letter."

As always, one of the tricks to success is to fully read and make sure you understand the assignment.  The second trick, as always, is to start the assignment as early as possible; hence, you'll give yourself a chance to do your best work.  Finally, the last trick is to, as always, write me with any questions.

Steve