Hi Everyone,
I am concerned that many of you have either misunderstood or neglected this week’s assignments. First, and most importantly, the drafts of your personal narratives were due on Sunday, September 13th, three days ago. Let me make a few things clear.
–Drafts are a required part of the essay assignment. If you turn in a final essay without going through the drafting process, your essay will be penalized by a FULL letter grade (An “A” essay becomes a “B”; a “B” becomes a “C”, etc….)
–Participation in the peer review process is also required. I will be reading the feedback you are providing your peers; it is a separate assignment from the draft and just as important.
–When you miss a deadline (as many of you did on Sunday), it is YOUR responsibility to reach out to me immediately via email to explain the delay. If you didn’t upload a draft on Sunday, I should have heard from you by now.
–As a general rule, as I’ve already told you, turning in something late is always better than not turning it in at all.
–If you are confused about an assignment or my instructions about how to execute or submit it, reach out to me or to your peers (using slack). Don’t wait until our next Zoom session to ask a question!
–I post your assignments for the week every Monday morning. You need to get into the habit of logging on to the blog every Monday morning. Because our class is a scheduled Monday/Wednesday class, there will always be work that I expect you to do on Mondays, so this week’s conferences shouldn’t have come as a surprise to anyone.
—What now? I am writing this on Wednesday morning. In advance of our class this afternoon, you should upload a draft of your essay to our Google Docs folder (look at the post about how to do this) if you haven’t already! Then you should look at my post from Monday, identify the classmates who are in your peer review group, and read and respond to their drafts, using the peer review form I linked to in that post. If you can’t find their essays, it probably means they haven’t submitted a draft yet, but you can shoot me an email to double-check or reach out directly to the peer (You can send a dm on slack.) When we meet this afternoon, we will be discussing how to revise our drafts, and you will have a chance to speak directly with the people in your peer review group. Please be ready to discuss their drafts and to update me on your progress.
–Any questions? Email me at [email protected] or ask a question on slack.
THANKS!!! See you in a few hours,
Professor Sylvor
