Today was the getting to know you class. We talked through the course syllabus - pointed out the address for the course blog and talked about how we would use the blog throughout the term, and introduced the course textbook and an overview of the assignments (see the calendar).
Then - the most important part of the class - you introduced yourselves to eachother. It seems many of you are transfer students (many from Middlesex), most of you (but not all) are English majors, and you seemed to have lots to say to each other! As I said in class, you are going to be brainstorming together, talking about the readings, and giving each other feedback on your writing - so it is important that you know one another well enough to feel comfortable talking to eachother.
During the last third of class, you created your portfolios. As pointed out in talk about the course - you will turn all of your work in electronically, either as an attachment to the email sent to the course address (ENG2000WritingAboutLit@gmail.com) or as a file browsed up to the correct page of your portfolio.
Something important I forgot to say in class:
Because all your work will be turned in electronically, and because we will be doing lots of brainstorming and workshopping in class - if you have a laptop => bring it to class. This will allow you to create your work in class and post it directly to your portfolio - rather than re-writing from notes.
For next class:
Read: Review
the syllabus & calendar; if you have any questions - bring them up in class.
Read LatWP, Ch 1, pp 1-6. Spend some time with
Eveline, James Joyce’s story. Read it
more than once. Jot down some notes.
Write: Create
your portfolio in your Kean account at google.sites, and send the address to
the course email.
Thanks for the great first class! See you next week.
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