Nov. 2 Wed: Class Content and Homework

Welcome back after the festival, everyone!

Class Content / Homework

1. Warm-Up: How's your writing going? What did you blog about religion? What's your goal for today?

2. Directions for finishing up the term. November 10th is the final day for assignments to be considered for evaluation of Excellent, Good, Satisfactory etc. in each category.

• Blogging and commenting: We'll keep the same groups for one more week. We'll discuss your Obituary on Monday. Try your best to finish all 20 blog postings by November 10th
  .In addition to posting them on my blog, let's all share our Obituaries as a comment on the Obituary posting below. Be creative with these!
  
• Publishing 3 different genres: Toward the end, you might have to make a choice to either 1) write very short pieces, 2) focus on only two longer pieces, or 3) submit one more pieces as "incomplete" pieces. In the end, you will self-evaluate your engagement in the publishing process as Excellent, Good, or Satisfactory. Good luck with finishing as much as you can up to Nov. 10th!
• Final classes next week and Self-Evaluation/Reflection submission:
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  Monday 11/7: Final peer review time: We will discuss your obituaries content and then use the remaining time for you to get feedback from classmates on your final publishing pieces. We will make groups of 3 or 4 writers, and you will show your drafts to each other to discuss how to improve and finish the pieces. Make sure you have a draft of your second or third piece!
  
  Wednesday 11/9 - Final Class: In this class, everyone, including me, will make a short presentation of 1~2 min. to the whole class. The purpose of the presentation is twofold:
  a) To share what you published or plan to publish. Explain the theme, genre, main characteristics and highlights of your pieces.
  b) Share what you learned about yourself as a writer (which is the final blogging topic). What have you discovered about what you like to write, what you have found is difficult, how you've developed your skill for the process etc. How's your skill of choosing a theme/genre, getting a mentor text, using a writer's notebook, finding a time/place to write, drafting, sharing/getting feedback, revising, editing, publishing.
  
  Friday 11/11 is the deadline for your Self-Evaluation and Reflection: In an email to me, please answer the following 5 questions:
  1) How was your blogging of 20 topics, 100 words or more? Excellent, good, satisfactory or unsatisfactory? Were you able to thinking carefully about the topic and write your ideas thoughtfully even if roughly?
  2) How was your publishing of 3 different genres? Excellent, good, satisfactory or unsatisfactory? Were you able to experience the process of writing and develop yourself as a writer?
  3) How was your participation in the You class? Excellent, good, satisfactory or unsatisfactory? Did you actively attend and support other classmates through feedback and commenting on blogs or published pieces?
  4) Based on the above, if you were me (the instructor Mark), what grade (A~E) would you give yourself and why?
  5) Finally, what was your impression of the YOU class? What was good for you? Also, how can it be better next year? I would appreciate your suggestions!