Moving right along . . .

Boy, have I been working hard. I barely had time to scribble this message in the wet concrete for you. Check your email and the gradesheet.

Update your personal gradesheet and your own Grade Analysis Worksheet. Lots o' numbers (funny thing in an English class, right?) but they can help you figure out where to exert your efforts to get the best return on your time and energy. Don't forget to read the good paragraphs that are appearing in the Medallion Zine.

By Monday, we'll have completed 316 points (or just slightly less than 1/3 of the course work). That will include the points for discussion group participation for the last three weeks.

On Monday, we'll shift from writing paragraphs to writing essays (which are, after all, just collections of paragraphs). Rest up!

See how you're improving!

I have asked some students who have written good paragraphs to publish them in the Medallion Zine. (I have included a couple of paragraphs from last year about those dangerous consumer products, so the data is slightly different.) Take a minute to read them! Maybe on this next assignment, I'll ask you to publish your paragraph too! Kudos to these writers.

I have also updated the web-based gradebook
so you can see how you're doing. Check your email for a message from me (sent 9/13) with your "secret code." I have also posted a class-wide "Grade Analysis Worksheet" so you can see how much the whole class is improving. Check the Archives for links to these and other documents I have posted this semester.