• Analytical Research Paper Drafts – Your drafts were due on December 1st.  If your draft has already been placed in the appropriate sub-folder inside our shared class folder on your Google Drive, great!  If your draft isn’t in our folder yet, it is late.  Don’t kid yourself into thinking that, because we are using an alternative grading system in this course, late assignments don’t matter.  They do.  When you do your final evaluation for this course, you will need to take lateness into account. Obviously, it’s not possible to argue that you have earned an A, for example, when you haven’t met the most basic aspect of an assignment – on time submission!  If your draft wasn’t uploaded to our folder yesterday, I should already have received an email from you explaining why your work is late and letting me know when it will be completed.  
• Peer Review – We will be using the same peer review process for the Analytical Research Paper that we used for your previous essays.  You can find the Peer Review Worksheet in the same folder you’ve placed your drafts.  Copy and paste it to the bottom of each essay that you are reviewing.  In order to receive credit for this assignment, your peer reviews must be completed by Sunday, December 5th.  Obviously, you can only review drafts that have been uploaded, so please reach out to me if you have questions or concerns about missing drafts.
• Conferences –  On Monday, December 6th, each writing group will have a short meeting with me.  This will be an opportunity to check in about your progress on the Analytical Research Paper and your Presentation.  Please come to this meeting prepared to discuss both of these assignments.  These meetings are a required part of our course and take place during our scheduled class time.  Missing a scheduled Monday conference is the same as missing a Wednesday class.  These conferences will take place in our classroom.

Conference Schedule

12:00 – 12:20  Ilaisher, Michael, Destiny

12:20 – 12:40  Janice, Michelle, Raul, Steve

12:40 – 1:00  Yair, Stefany, Rachelle, Kevin

1:00 – 1:20  Fatima B., Julian, Khushpreet, Yousra

1:20 – 1:40  Ashley, Mia, Jerica

1:40 – 2:00  Andrew, Karanjot, Fatima C., Helen

• Presentations –  I have shared our Presentation schedule in a separate post.  Please be sure that you understand what is expected of you.  On the day of your presentation, please plan to arrive in class a few minutes early, especially if you will be using any technology during your presentation.  We have two days of presentations – December 8th and 13th.  Please be aware that attendance is mandatory on both dates.
• End of Semester Business – As we approach the end of the semester, now is the time to review whether you have any missing work to complete.  We have two major assignments, the Analytical Research Paper and the Presentation, still to complete, but some of you have other assignments still missing.  No one can pass ENG2100 without, at minimum, satisfactory completion of the three required formal essays and the presentation.   If you have questions about your status in the course, please reach out to me to discuss your situation.
• Week #15 – I’m posting this a day early (on Thursday rather than Friday), but wanted to remind you that one of the items on last week’s post  (the reading in Join the Conversation which relates directly to research paper you’re working on) is due by Friday, Dec. 3rd.