Wake-up! (Writing IV) (Please read this post carefully!)
We've been blogging for a month this semester, and even students who didn't take Writing III this year will by now have understood how to blog and the basic aims and requirements of the course. Here is some very important information that may affect your success in this course. I'll be reviewing all your blogs before the class on November 7th.
1. Number of posts. As you remember the target is 7 posts a week. Allowing for 1 post in the first week, that means that you will need to have posted 1 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 + 7 = 36 posts. Remember that figure INCLUDES typing, book reviews, juppun ha juubun, and every other post on your blog starting in August 2007. It does not include comments.
2. Number of book reviews: at least 6. Remember that this figure is included in the figure for number of posts.
3. You need to have posted your first WAI table. Make sure that it is up-to-date before the class on November 7th.
4. Check the blog list at http://winkhome.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=lists:writing3b1 or http://winkhome.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=lists:writing3b2 ; if there's an annotation next to your name, do something about it! Email me if there's a mistake; work harder if there isn't. One thing to be careful of is blogging on only 1 day a week: I expect to see posts between classes, too!
And, if at all possible,
5. You need to have finished your first Keynote/PowerPoint presentation, and emailed it to me at my Gmail address. Remember that you can work on the computers near the Help Desk in the Computing Center. Remember also that a flash memory drive is very convenient for keeping files safe.
Let's work hard for the next couple of weeks so that we can enjoy a range of activities in the second half of the semester! Remember that a major theme of the course is fluency; we don't worry too much about grammar, but instead we spend our energy on writing often!
