Month: February 2024 (Page 2 of 9)

Class, a few announcements:

This week, you are officially ready to complete your UNIT 1 Capstone Assignment.  You will find it in your WEEK 6 Assignment Folder which is now live.

This large paper should come easily to those who are keeping up with the work. However: Only four people in the class completed their “What’s in a Name” low-stakes homework assignment from WEEK 5. And even fewer still seemed to have done the assigned “read/watch” activity so that they were prepared for today’s class. I will post the link to the WEEK 5 Assignment Folder again here. I won’t take late work past Thursday.

Ebonie Ward and Future (happy members of a few music-industry discourse communities), photographed on October 4, 2022 at Ace Studios in Miami
by David Needleman
(detail)

I have Office Hours today (Tuesday) from 1–2PM on Zoom. Please feel free to drop in and ask for help. The links to join are here on our website, and here is the direct link as well.

Finally, we have a new classroom: Namm 616. Please let others know who were not in class today.

Hi Class, A quick noting of a couple of things before the weekend. If you did your homework on time, good for you! One request I have is that you please don’t upload your writing in PDF format. I really need you to submit your work as a new GoogleDoc in your Folder. Thanks.

Another note is to tell you what I’m looking for when I assign ICW’s and other similar reflections: I always like to see students respond to questions as them, in their own unique way, using examples from their own life or their own experiences and beliefs. Generic answers are not what I seek. I want to hear a student sound like who they truly are.

Over the weekend, please be sure to complete the activity I gave you about Discourse Communities. We have to make up for lost time, so I need you be fluent by Tuesday. Here is a direct link to that activity. I’ve marked in green to be clear what I want you to know, so that we can make faster progress when we meet. I’m going to give you your first Capstone Assignment soon. You will need to know this stuff.

I hope the long holiday weekend will find you happy and well rested. I know I need and am grateful for that time!

All best, -Prof. S.

Hi Class, I am sick and need to cancel class today, Feb 15. Please let your fellow students know, in case they don’t see this announcement. I will be in touch about your work. Thank you for understanding.