The Final Week

There is NO CLASS on Monday, December 15. There is also no assignment for the final class on Wednesday, December 17. We will have a brief wrap-up of the course, and I will return your final papers to you. See you then.

No assignment for Monday, 12/8

There is no assignment for Monday (although please remember that your final papers are due on Wednesday, 12/10). We'll be watching a film in class. It's about a mermaid. It has singing, a talking crab, and a whole lot of subtext.

Assignment for Wednesday, December 3

Please note that there is NO CLASS on either Wednesday, November 26, or Monday, December 1. So the next time we will meet is WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 3. For that Wednesday, please read "Frederick and Imagination," by Susanna Schmidt, available here. (It would be a good bet to expect a response assignment based on this reading in class.) I will also return your drafts with comments on that date. Until then, enjoy your holiday break.

Assignment for Monday, 11/24

Remember that your first draft for essay #3 is due on Monday, November 24. You should attach the thesis and outline that we discussed in conference.

Writing Conference #3 - Schedule

Please remember that there is NO CLASS on Monday, November 17. Instead, we will have 10-minute writing conferences for our third essay on Wednesday, November 19. The conference schedule is as follows:

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Room: NGT 456

• 2:00pm: Maharajh
• 2:10pm: Ruzzier-Gaul
• 2:20pm: Beauchamp
• 2:30pm: Ponomarenko
• 2:40pm: Keitt
• 3:00pm: Loizzo
• 3:10pm: Flora
• 3:30pm: Fountain

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19
Room: MAN 610

• 4:00pm: O'Neal
• 4:10pm: Evers
• 4:20pm: Borshch
• 4:30pm: Avellino
• 4:50pm: Thibodeau
• 5:00pm: Smith
• 5:10pm: Swaebe

Remember to bring your thesis statement and a rough outline of your essay. See you Wednesday.

No Assignment for Wednesday, 11/12

There is no assignment for Wednesday; we'll continue to talk about race, as well as look at some online sources of interesting children's tales.

I'll have the sign-up sheet for our third (and final) writing conferences available on Wednesday as well.

Assignment for Monday, 11/10

Read "The Picaninny Caricature," an online article from the Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia, available here. We will discuss on Monday (and we could possibly have a response exercise based on it - hint, hint).