9:30 Announcement
Grades are in! Hope you all have a wonderful summer; it’s been a great semester. Feel free to poke around next year and see what my students are doing or stop in to office for a cup of tea.
For the “Early Birds” in the 8AM Class
Grades are posted! It’s been a wonderful semester. Stop by my office whenever you need to chat and feel free to poke through the students’ blogs next year–you deserve the chance to see what you’re experimentation led to.
Have a great summer.
Last Week and Finals Schedule
Just in case you didn’t write it down:
May 1st and 3rd will be spent doing in-class work towards your cultural understanding presentation and paper.
May 8–8am-10am Final Exam period for 8am class
May 10–9am-11am Final Exam period for 9:30 class.
Papers for the Cultural Understanding Period are due before the final exam.
Final Exam Prompt
Since you are my guinea pig classes, for your final exam I would like you to give me some feedback on the use of the blog this semester. In an essay blog post long enough to adequately answer the questions and demonstrate your abilities as a writer, provide your feedback on the blog as a whole. What aspects of the blog worked for you? Why were these conducive to your learning? What aspects did not work for you? Why not? If you could change one aspect of the blog, what would it be and why? Will you continue to blog in the future–either for personal reasons or for academic reasons? Why or why not?
Remember–you need to proofread this essay very carefully.
Also—remember to add a comment to this post when you have completed your essay so that I know to grade it.
Essays are due before class on Thursday May 3.
Essay Exam Blogs 1 & 2
Before writing this post you need to read the two selections in your textbook listed below:
Chapter 24
- “How Exams Written Under Pressure Differ from Other Essays” (714-715).
- “Analyzing Exam Questions” (717-722).
When you have finished reading these sections, I want you to create two separate blog entries. Read the rest of this entry »
Week Thirteen Review/Week Fourteen Preview
Researched Essays are due by Midnight Monday!
Last week you had the opportunity to work on your essay and finalize the questions that you had in regards to the essay itself. For this week’s class, we will be moving into the essay exam unit and preparing for the final exam. It’ s time to return to your text and get a little bit of reading done. Read the rest of this entry »
