Class Reports: ENGL 3323, Sections 004, 006, and 007; 20140829

Section 004
Class began at 11:30am in Morrill Hall Room 208. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since last class meeting. Fourteen attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion covered concerns of the JobP, particularly formatting for resumes (and education and work entries in them). Student questions ranged to deployment of acronyms. Mention was made of upcoming work for the collaborative project, notably the Planning Document (about which information is forthcoming as of this writing). Student participation was relatively good, although some students do need to work to improve individually.

Section 006
Class began at 1:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 208. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since last class meeting. Fifteen attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion covered much the same materials as had been the case in Section 004, although some matters that had been driven by student questions in the earlier section were incorporated into instructor-led talk as a result of the earlier section. Student participation was generally good, although this section also has students who need to improve individual performance.

Section 007
Class began at 2:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 306. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since last class meeting. Fifteen attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion covered much the same materials as had been the case in earlier sections. Student participation in the section is overall good.

Apologies for the late posting.

Updates to Course Pages

Students in my sections of ENGL 2413 and ENGL 3323, be advised that an item has been added to your courses' pages: Miscellany. It compiles links to general information that might be helpful for students to use in completing their assignments and other writing tasks, including the occasional example of work done. Use it wisely and in good health.

Class Reports: ENGL 3323, Sections 004, 006, and 007; 20140827

Section 004
Class began at 11:30am in Morrill Hall Room 208. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, unchanged from the previous class meeting. Sixteen attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion asked after progress on the JobP before covering results of the diagnostic exercise and treating concerns of letter, memorandum, and email formatting guidelines. Student participation was generally good.

Section 006
Class began at 1:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 208. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, one having dropped and another added since the previous class meeting. Eighteen attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion covered much the same materials as had that in Section 004. Student participation was good.

Section 007
Class began at 2:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 306. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, unchanged from the previous class meeting. Fifteen attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion covered much the same materials as had that in Section 004. Student participation was good.

Class Report: ENGL 2543, Section 005; 20140827

Class began at 12:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 301. The class roster listed 26 students enrolled, three fewer than at the previous class meeting; four dropped and one added. Twenty-four attended, as verified through the quiz discussed below.

Discussion covered the upcoming abstract and concerns of narration. Class ended with a quiz meant to encourage further reading and provide study opportunities for the summative exam.

About Early Grades

Some students may have noted that there are no grades currently posted to D2L, although there have been grade opportunities for some students. I generally wait until my rosters are more or less stable before beginning to enter grading data. This means that I do not begin to put grade data into my gradebook and onto D2L until the add/drop period has ended and new students generally cease to appear on the roster.

I have not forgotten what grades have been earned as yet. Worry not; they will post as the place to which they will post becomes stable.

Class Reports: ENGL 3323, Sections 004, 006, and 007; 20140825

Section 004
Class began at 11:30am in Morrill Hall Room 208. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, with one having dropped and another added since the previous class meeting. Seventeen attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion covered concerns of the JobP, cross-cultural interactions, and readers and their contexts. Student participation was relatively good, although some students were notably reticent.

Section 006
Class began at 1:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 208. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, an increase of one from the previous class meeting. All attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion covered much the same material as had been the case for Section 004. There was more emphasis on alternative paths to completion of the JobP. Also, student participation was relatively good, although some students were noticeably reticent, and fatigue appears to be a problem.

Section 007
Class began at 2:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 306. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, unchanged from the previous class meeting. Eighteen attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion covered much the same material as had been the case for Section 004. Student participation was quite good.

Class Report: ENGL 2413, Section 005; 20140825

Class began at 12:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 301. The class roster listed 29 students enrolled, an increase of one from the previous class meeting. Twenty-six attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion covered concerns of the abstract, upcoming quizzes, and assigned readings. Discussion of the readings focused on Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues," particularly the early passage concerning whistling.

Some students are participating well. Others need to add more to class discussions; the class suffers from the lack of their voices.

Class Reports: ENGL 3323, Sections 004, 006, and 007; 20140822

Section 004
Class began at 11:30am in Morrill Hall Room 208. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, with two having dropped and two others added since the last class meeting. Sixteen attended, as verified through a submitted writing exercise.

Discussion noted briefly that materials for the JobP continue to appear online. Most of class was occupied with the completion of a diagnostic writing exercise.

Section 006
Class began at 1:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 208. The class roster listed 18 students enrolled, one having dropped since the last class meeting. All attended, as verified through submission of a form and a writing exercise.

Class proceeded as had Section 004.

Section 007
Class began at 2:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 306. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since the last class meeting. Sixteen attended, as verified through submission of a form and a writing exercise.

Class proceeded as had Sections 004 and 006.

Class Report: ENGL 2413, Section 005; 20140822

Class began at 12:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 301. The class roster listed 28 students enrolled, a net gain of three students from the last class meeting; one dropped and four added. Twenty-five attended, as verified through a brief writing exercise.

Discussion covered concerns of the required online postings and the upcoming abstract before moving to commentaries about the assigned readings. Emphasized were the need to keep cultural context in mind and the importance of perspective in treating literary work. Class concluded with a brief writing exercise; ungraded, it was used to verify attendance.

Class Reports: ENGL 3323, Sections 004, 006, and 007; 20140820

Section 004
Class began at 11:30am in Morrill Hall Room 208, although some technology concerns prevented immediate activity. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, unchanged from last class meeting. Eighteen attended, as verified through collected forms.

Discussion covered introductory materials. Emphasized were the need to attend to small details in writing and the control function technical writing exerts over the generation of knowledge; some of the latter derived from Bernadette Longo's Spurious Coin. Some information regarding the JobP assignment was released and discussed.

Section 006
Class began at 1:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 208; technology in the room functioned better than in Section 004. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, with one having dropped and another added since the last class meeting. Eighteen attended, as verified through a collected form.

Discussion covered introductory materials. Emphasized were the need to attend to small details in writing and the control function technical writing exerts over the generation of knowledge; some of the latter derived from Bernadette Longo's Spurious Coin. Some information regarding the JobP assignment was released and discussed.

Section 007
Class began at 2:30pm in Morrill Hall Room 306. The class roster listed 19 students enrolled, with one having dropped and another added since the last class meeting. Seventeen attended, as verified through a collected form.

Discussion covered introductory materials. Emphasized were the need to attend to small details in writing and the control function technical writing exerts over the generation of knowledge; some of the latter derived from Bernadette Longo's Spurious Coin. Some information regarding the JobP assignment was released and discussed.