For Monday, 8/18

Remember that a draft of your final paper is due. Please bring both a printed copy and a digital copy on your USB drive with you. Also make sure you have a printed copy of your "Works Cited" page for us to check. (I also strongly suggest that you have an updated back-up either saved in your e-mail or that you use an online file service such as Dropbox for storage.) Please also read the section in the back of the Pocket Style Manual on proofreading and bring the book with you.

For those who missed class, I also gave out details on the presentation for your final projects which will be on the last 2 days of class. See the assignments section of the site for details (scroll down on the page for it). Enjoy the weekend!

For Monday, July 11th

Please read the Roland Barthes essay I handed out titled "The Kitchen of Meaning", which is also available as a PDF. Again, using the "six habits of mind" and "notes toward a critical response" (coursepack pages 1-2), write at least a 2 paragraph response to Barthes and post it on your blog. Also continue working on your final project (the assignment sheet is now on the "assignments" page if you can't find it). Find and post at least 3 reviews or related articles on your intended subject if you haven't done so already and write and post a summary of one of them on your blog. (Note: one of the articles you find can be an interview or something besides a review, as long as it's related to what you're doing.) Next Monday and Tuesday we'll be doing more work on the final project in class, so you'll need to have a pretty good idea of what you want to do and at least have it narrowed down to a couple of options.