Author: ProfLaTourette

Hi everyone,

Thank you to those that came for a small workshop to go over your first drafts! I hope you found it helpful.

As for where to submit your final drafts: from now on, all final drafts will be submitted under “Portfolio & Reflection.” I tried getting a new menu to work on this website but I am feeling a bit defeated, so this is where we are making our final draft submissions from now on until I find a better alternative.

Please make sure to submit your drafts before we meet for class this upcoming Tuesday 9/28.

If you have any questions, please email me!

Best wishes,
Professor LaTourette

Hi everyone,

Remember that we do not meet this evening for a zoom lecture so please use this time to complete your 250 word blog posts. It is important that this is completed before you move on to your Shitty First Draft (SFD) for our next class this upcoming Tuesday!

For Tuesday, please read Anne Lamott’s “Shitty First Drafts” excerpt and write your own SFD for the educational narrative paper. The prompt can be found under MAJOR ASSIGNMENTS. Although we did go over a bit how to organize our thoughts into neat paragraphs, the SFD does not need to be organized thoroughly. We will work on this together before your final draft is due!

Good luck to you all and I look forward to reading about what you have to say!

Best wishes,

Professor LaTourette

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a very relaxing and enjoyable weekend. We do not meet for classes this evening so at least for my class, you still have a little time off from lectures.

With that said, please remember to submit your posts about your education narrative based on the Amy Tan and Jose Olivarez readings under “Unit 1 Discussion” for credit by this evening. I noticed only two of you have made posts and you will need to comment on at least two others’ posts before our class on Thursday.

For class Thursday, I will have some of you share with the class what you wrote and we will discuss a bit what the education narrative means to us. This is a wide ranging subject matter so all perspectives are welcome!

Best wishes,

Professor Douglas LaTourette