You heard in class today (1/17/12) that our next class meeting and some surrounding time will be devoted to individual conferences with me. You probably understand already that you are only obliged to meet with me for ten minutes each, and that we will not have a class as a group on Thursday. (The timing is to allow College Night to happen either before or after this class without taking away preparation time or overloading your life.)
Your preparation for this conference is minimal therefore. The homework on the blog here (reading and blog posting) is due NEXT week, so you can do that whenever it fits in your life. For the conference, take five or ten minutes and do this:
Write a comment to or about yourself from a composite of your past teachers. In the format of an MA quarter comment (here’s your opportunity to get back at us) do what those short essays do: describe the work done and prescribe the necessary next steps. The topic of course is YOU and your writing. Think about what you’ve heard through the years about your strengths and your “growing edges” as a writer. See what you could name.
Bring this comment with you to the conference so you can read it to me. Share your feelings about it. Identify what’s true and what you disagree with for some reason. We’ll use the rest of the conference as a springboard to goal-setting for you for this class.
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