I’m sorry we ran out of time and class.  Our discussion about the Kendrick Lamar was just so lively that I let time get away from me (the exercise was only supposed to take up a 1/3 of our class time). It was time well spent because it gets us ready for the next phase of the class about argument making; we will come back to the two approaches to analyzing, but alas we still have to finish the description writing phase of the class.   And my time management did not allow us to talk about the description paper which those of you keeping up with the syllabus know was due this Friday.

To accommodate the time management issue, I am modifying the syllabus.  Please read and prepare for all of the following:  1) The description paper will be due next Friday the 20th at 9:00am.   2) I have eliminated the two readings that were for next class (they are no longer on the syllabus).   3)  Instead you should read the description paper assignment on the assignment page, and 4) come to class with at least 1 page of your description paper drafted.  Lastly 5) If you are in paper group 1 (see bottom of the syllabus) please post at least one paragraph of your description  paper on the site  before class.   Note:  Anyone else who wants to post is welcome.  Because we don’t have internet I can’t just call on people to post in class, so I need to make sure we have some potential online examples.

Wednesday’s class will begin with a presentation from the academic support center on writing help.  After that presentation I will discuss the description paper more, and then we will discuss your drafts.  We will do a few all together and then we will spend the last 30 minutes in class in small groups.  Please bring pen and paper or your computer (NOT cellphone NOT tablet) to class.