Classroom info for this year

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Rules You Would Like Us to Follow:
  • Participate (engage) in this course/class
  • Support each other creatively & respect each other (no bullying or judging!)
  • Provide constructive criticism positively & speak up! (see above!)
  • Collaborate
  • Stay on task (no procrastination! see above!)
  • No midterms/finals*
  • Students bring in snacks every week*
*Let's discuss/clarify this...

Cultural Survey results: "Most interested" topics had a maximum score of 39 potential points (if everyone took the survey and everyone scored a topic as "most interested". A middle score of 13 indicates most people are at least "interested" in the topic. The lowest score, of course, for a topic not interested in or "least interested in" would be a 0. Here are the results from your surveys (in descending order):

Culture Preference:
  1. South America/Central American Lit. (20)
  2. Middle Eastern Lit. (18)
  3. African Lit. (17)
  4. Asian Lit. (15)
  5. Australian/New Zealand/Pacific Isles Lit. (13)
  6. North American/Canada/Native American/Immigrant Lit. (11)
  7. European Lit. (4) (What has Poland or Sweden or France or Italy ever done to you?)
Genre Topics:
  1. Psychology (21)
  2. Mythology/Religion (18)
  3. Philosophy (15)
  4. Popular Culture (14)
  5. Race (12)
  6. Gender (7)
  7. Sociology/Political Science (6)
Genre Styles:
  1. Special Markets (speculative fiction/sci-fi/fantasy/adventure/mystery, etc.) (17)
  2. Realism (16)
  3. Poetry (14--tie!)
  4. Romance/Historical Fiction (14--tie!)
  5. Media (11)
  6. Drama/Theater (8)
  7. Creative Non-fiction (6)
This course will include occasional workshops so that you can support each other creatively, collaborate, and prepare your quarter portfolio. From your requests the workshop groups will be the following*:

Group A: Alquasia, Britney, Kemani, Kordae, Raeona, Turon

Group B: Akhiyar, Isobel, Jenna, Jesziah, Joshua, Kyla, Pahz

Each group should create a "Workshop Folder" on Google Docs and share it with the rest of your team (and ME!) Please share with me so I can check your progress: 1299861@rcsd121.org. 
  • Workshop teams are required to provide written COMMENTS in student submitted drafts. Participation grades (from me) will be determined on the quality, accuracy, and helpfulness of your comments on a peer's draft/work.
  • Members of the workshop group should share copies of their drafts for review/workshop by the team. If a member does not contribute drafts to workshop, they cannot receive full credit for a workshop.
  • Any writing project or draft can be submitted for peer review/workshop.
  • Workshop rules/rubrics will be covered in class.
  • Workshops will be conducted every few weeks [with more frequency near the end of a marking period to help you prepare your quarterly portfolio.]
  • Workshop groups may be subject to change due to attendance, participation, or by special request.

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