General
I recommend that you write your post first using your favorite word processor. Then save it. Then COPY AND PASTE the contents to this blog. Check the formatting. Then save the blog post. This will give you a "safe" copy of your work (always a good idea) in case something goes wrong posting to the blog.
Correct as of Aug. 31. See Prof. Schmidt re necessary changes. All students should sign up THREE times.
This file will be updated AFTER our first seminar on August 29, when you'll have a chance to sign up for your 3 future seminar presentations. The file will contain a list of who is posting and leading discussion on specific weeks, plus guidelines for doing posts and leading discussion. Please download and read before doing your first post. Happy to confer with you ahead of time in person or via email re your post and/or leading discussion, but don't wait until the last minute please! My regular office hours this fall 2016 are TTh 1pm to 3pm.
Updated August 20 2016. English 116 seminar description; work requirements; general information and overview. PLEASE DOWNLOAD THIS. A second intro document (see below) contains the details of the weekly seminar assignments.
See also the Guidelines posted below for seminar blog posts and for leading seminar discussions.
PLEASE DOWNLOAD THIS WORD DOCUMENT AND CONSULT IT EACH WEEK (as well as the assignments & documents listed below on our English 116 Moodle page. This document contains live links that you can use to access many of the assigned readings for each week.
I also recommend that you create a folder named something like "American Literature seminar" or "English 116," in which to store all your downloaded documents (pdfs, Word docs, etc.) for our seminar. The contents of the folder will grow each week, but they will be all in one place for you to find them when you need them.
Please add a copy of both your final paper and final exam "practice" essay to this folder. Add your name to both files so we know whose files are whose. Don't add the version with my comments (unless you want to), but add a "clean" copy of your file. You of course may make any corrections you want to before uploading.
Seniors up for Honors this May should sometime in the first month or so of the spring 2015 semester browse through these materials as a study guide. They will also be available to you in April and May, of course, as you're doing final prep for the Honors exams. I will also be available to meet with you to discuss your final paper, practice exam, and your other work for the course.