Deadlines and Due Dates: The Home Stretch

So you've got stuff coming up, guys.

1. MIDTERM: due 11/10/10

The midterm as planned is a 2-5 page paper that will connect 2-3 articles. You can discuss a theme, trace an author's thoughts or theories through other articles, or what have you, just to show that you're thinking critically about everything. The plan is that everyone will have those in final-draft-form with them in class on Wednesday, they'll present them, and then we'll discuss them. Any changes that need to be made will be, and then they'll be posted to the blog in all their glory.

2. BLOG POSTS [2]: due 11/10/10

Blog posts are essentially one-page responses to essays. They don't have to be exactly a page, you can just type them as you go, but at least two of them should exist on this blog by Wednesday (yes, after class is acceptable, so long as they're timestamped sometime around midnight). They show Julie and I once more that you're thinking critically about the articles and about the general concepts that are displayed in the articles. They can be as formally written or as blog-like as you will; just as long as you're getting your thoughts out of your head and displaying them to us in a coherent and well-written manner, it's fine.

3. FINAL PROJECT PROPOSITION: due 11/17/10

In class on the 17th, you're going to tell us precisely what you're going to do for a final project. Having things at least written down would be nice because I'm a very visual person, but if you can explain it either concisely or with great clarity, that would be fine too. This too will be discussed in class with people giving feedback. What kinds of projects, you ask? Ones that deal with analyzing translations, looking at a particularly notable translation, or doing a translation of your own with a "translator's statement" would all be appropriate examples. We can brainstorm in class, but you'll need to come up with some idea of what you want to do so that we can work from there (and, honestly, we don't have enough time to thoroughly brainstorm nine different finals).

Notes on the final classes:

Those on 12/01 and 12/08 are intended to be shorter classes for discussing the readings so that you can spend some time working on the projects, but we will schedule appointments to check on how the final projects are going, just in case there are kinks that are run into. Julie and I will figure out the details at a later time, but be aware that this is how they're going. You'll have a total of 61 pages to read over those two weeks with 46 of them being printed (I know, I know, print quotas, but the end is in sight and $4.60 or so away).

We only ask that since we're giving you a whole bunch of class time to think about and do the final projects that you do actually put thought and effort into them as you have been doing in the discussions.

The final is on 12/15 at 6 PM in the same room as always, so it's basically another class meeting. Bring your final projects for one last presentation/discussion, and then the class will be over.

I'm in the writing center Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays from 6-9 PM if you need or want to come see me. Please do talk to Julie for her office hours if you'd like to come see her, too.