Final piece

Constantines "Working Full-Time" from Sub Pop Records on Vimeo.

The purpose of your final piece of writing is summative. The paper should give you a chance to look back on the class and think about what you'll take away from our semester together. DON"T give me a reading of a text narrative. Instead, think about what you've learned. Or, about how particular texts have changed the way you think. Or, even, about the different kinds of activities we did in the class - - wiki assignments, YouTube, twitter etc. The essay will give you a chance to sum up what's been most important about the class for you. It will also give me a chance to read some non-evaluative feedback about the class. Your self-reflective essay should be 2 to 3 pages long.

You can either:

a) use the following quote from Barbara Neely's Blanche on the Lam to organize your essay: "All us invisibles."

b) or just write a self-reflective essay.

The essay is due on Thursday, December 16, by noon. You can either: write the essay in google docs and send me a link to share it; or, attach it as an email to profhanley@gmail.com.

Questions? Concerns? Let me know!

For Tuesday (November 30)

Start reading Barbara Neely, Blanche on the Lam.

And . . .don't forget, your digital commentaries are due!

Digital Commentary

As you get started with your digital commentary, be sure to visit the wiki page for instructions and a new page for my evaluation rubric.  This rubric will give you some help in gauging the success of your commentary.  Read the rubric before you start recording, collecting, mixing, etc.

Also, note: I'll be holding "virtual office hours" on Tuesday (November 23) from 10 a.m. to Noon.  You'll note a new icon or badge in the upper right-hand corner of the mother blog - - "Virtual Office Hours."  Beneath the icon, you'll see a message: Available.  Simply click on the blue link (Chat with Prof Hanley) and a chatbox will open up.  When we greet each other, be sure to identify yourself as you will appear anonymously to me.  (If I can get up to techno-speed, I may transfer the office hours to a virtual chatroom.  Stay tuned.)

Enjoy your break!  Relax, read, get refreshed.

Digital Commentary

Don't forget: no class in the classroom this Thursday (November 18).  Instead, I'll hold extended office hours: from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.  This is a chance for you to conference about your digital commentary projects, check the gradebook, and of course check out the quality work of my interior decorator!

Tuesday (November 9)

For Tuesday, let's start Philip Levine's poetry collection, What Work Is.  Read the first six poems ( "Fear and Fame," "Coming Close," "Fire," "Every Blessed Day," "Growth," and "Innocence").  Tweet your questions!

For Thursday (October 28) and more

Don't forget - - the next four stories from Magic of Blood: "The Magic of Blood," "Al, in Phoenix," "Romero's Shirt," and "Churchgoers."  Tweet your discussion questions!

Also, your novel assignment is due on Thursday.

For Tuesday (October 26)

Don't forget: read the first four stories in Gilb's collection, The Magic of Blood.  Tweet your discussion questions before class.