Course Recap for Wednesday, November 9

Reading/Viewing Journals
I looked over everyone's reading journals and gave you ideas of things you should be looking for as you continue to examine the different examples in your genre.  Remember you want to write an entry for every example of your genre that you look at.  The first thing you want to determine about the example you are looking at is who is the audience.  Then ask yourself how do I know this?  What aspects of the example lead me to believe this is the audience?  Then ask yourself what is the purpose of this piece and again ask yourself why I believe this?  Then ask yourself questions about how the piece is made. What is essential to this piece?  What does it sound like?  What does it look like?  Are there any similarities between this piece and any other pieces that I have looked at?  Do this for every example that you look at and you should have some pretty good journals that should help you as you create your own example of the genre for class.

OPEN CONFERENCE
We are moving the due date for your project to Wednesday, November 16th.  Everything is due that day.  Your reading journals, your example,and your presentation.  We are not holding class Monday November 14.  Instead I will be holding open conferences.  If you are struggling at all with this project, if there are things you don't understand or you aren't sure you're getting right, I will be in the classroom during our regular time (2-3:50).  You can stop in anytime between those hours to get my feedback and to ask any questions or express any concerns you may have.

Please take advantage of this one-on-one time if you need it.  Because I gave you all one-on-one time in class Wednesday and I'm pretty much giving you the day off Monday, I'm expecting your projects to be done well on the due date.  I will not take the excuses, "I didn't understand this", or "I didn't know what you wanted" if you do something incorrectly.  I've given you plenty of opportunities to come to me and clear up any confusion you may have.  So again if there is anything you are struggling with please make sure you show up on Monday.  You only have to be there as long as it takes for me to answer your question.  You can even come an hour late if you want.  I know it's tempting to be lazy and take advantage of having class off but if you know you need the help, make sure you come in on Monday. 

Homework

• Finish up Project 3
• COME TO CONFERENCES MONDAY IF YOU NEED HELP