August 12, 2010

  • THUNDER!
    Yep.
    Thunderstorms, chocolate chip muffins, Vinny's pizza, cool shower, Cinderella on 107.9TheFox... it hasn't been a bad day. I can not complain. :o )
    Plus, it's PAYDAY tomorrow.

    So, to think aloud and help my brain organize, I have prepped the FYE shell as best I can; I'll have to add to that shell as the course progresses - it's on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 4pm, so I'll have lots of time before each class to think of how to go about introducing the topics better than I have in the past, etc. But the shell is full of new images and the syllabus is ready to be printed.

    Now, the English110 syllabus has been giving me some formatting issues, but that's about it. The only thing yet to work on = paper handouts for the newer paper topics. I think that shell is ready to go... and the syllabus, if it starts saving without overlapping two pages, is fairly ready too. Next Monday (or Tuesday?), I should be able to do a last-minute overview of FYE and 110 and then print print print. Yep.

    I think World Literature is ready, as far as updating dates in that shell, but I do want to add more uplifting literature to a few units. I think I've even created paper topic handouts, but would like to create some sample papers... I can do that next week in between meetings; those can be completed a week or two into the semester since students won't need to see a sample during the first week.

    Whew... at this point, I just have to double-check things. Oh, and put the dates into the Fall Online English 120...Yeah. It's nice to be semi-wrapped up before the weekend. Now, I can gather fun things to add to the courses. I'm sure some of those things are in piles on my office desk. :o )

    FJ: (b - early, woke up to storms) McD's sundae w/2 warmed up muffins. (l) 2 slices of Vinny's w/water. (s) candy + coffee. (d) whole wheat bagel w/jam & p.butter + broccoli salad + water.