Spring Break information. If you did not read the Monday announcements, make sure you do that now; there is important information there about Spring Break and the schedule for this class.
Week 9 Internet assignment. The Week 9 Internet assignment is available now! For this week's assignments, you will be reading a second story in the Storybooks you visit. Plus, it's all free choice this time - you can return to Storybooks you have visited before and read the second story, or else you can visit a totally new Storybook and read the first and second stories together. For details, see the Internet assignment page.
Storybook Stack. As usual at the beginning of the week, there are still LOTS of Storybook assignments in the stack. If you turned something in on Saturday, you should have comments back from me now. If you turned something in on Sunday or on Monday, it is probably still in the stack. Please check the contents of the stack to to make sure I received your email.
Grading. With the beginning of Week 9, that means there are a total of seven more weeks of the semester (Weeks 9-10-11-12-13-14-15), which means 210 points of regular assignments available, plus extra credit. You may want to start planning now how you want to finish up the class. For a chart that shows you week by week point totals and other information about the grading system, you can consult this Grading Chart page. Many people take these classes just to get the Gen. Ed. credit and just need to pass the class, so it's fine with me if you want to finish the class with a grade of "B" when you get 360 points or "C" when you get 320 points; for an "A" you need 410 points. When you have reached the the points required for the grade you want to take, just let me know. As soon as you get the points you need, you are done - you do not need to do any more of the class assignments.
Tuesday Events on Campus. The Creative Writers Writing Group meets from 6PM-7PM in Wagner Hall 280 - poets, fiction writers, and creative non-fiction writers are all welcome (time/location/details). Find out more about this and other events at the Campus Calendar online.
March 13: Al Jaffee. Today marks the birthday of Al Jaffee, one of the main geniuses behind Mad magazine. Jaffee was born in 1921 and he is still with us today, so - Happy Birthday, Al Jaffee! Almost every single issue of Mad magazine published since 1964 has contained material drawn by Al Jaffee. You can read more about Al Jaffee's life and career, along with the many honors and awards he has received, in this Wikipedia article. Here's one of Jaffee's 1978 magazine covers:
