English 102 at Ashland

As I look at the end-of-semester assignments, there’s a lot of stuff coming in quick succession—and from my perspective a lot of grading that I must do very quickly (according to the syllabus plan, 156 assignments for 102 plus 34 for 101). We both could use a little relief, so here’s what I’m going to do: The Research Paper and Final Portfolio/REI assignments will be unchanged. They are pieces of the course which must stay put. The Abstract is out. It is a very difficult, specialized kind of writing that we have not discussed, and it would take more time than we have available. It’s also very difficult to grade. The In-Class Final goes back to the original plan: something you can write with pen and paper and no outside resources. By the way, as I said previously, if you must be out of town on University business during our Final Exam time, I expect you to schedule a time to write it at the Ashland University...

 A week ago, I was on campus, working in my office in the afternoon. That’s when the lights went out (and you got the email about that). Actually, the power did not just go dark; it went out, then came back a couple of times with very brief flashes. That kind of problem fries computers, and the last time around the black box which controls the projector got damaged. I am sitting at home now on Saturday, and I am guessing that our classroom electronics could have suffered this time as well. So here is the plan. I am posting the links to the three pages for toda’s lecture, and even if nothing works in the classroom, you can open them and follow along. Student example: "For Want of a Potato" by Susan Litzanger The American Research Paper Interacting with your Audience