During the assignment conference, you will have the opportunity to meet with me to discuss your first draft of an assignment. This is also a good time to talk about your general progress in the class, our goals for writing, or anything that you’re curious about in the class.

While these conferences are not mandatory, I will not be giving written feedback on first drafts in the way that I give feedback on weekly work. Draft feedback will happen during this conference time.

What we do during conference time will be directed by you, the student. This is partially to help you to develop your skill in of one of the major learning goals of English 110: to “take ownership of your work and gain an understanding of your own voice, style, and strengths.”

This means that before you come to the conference, there are several things you should prepare.

• Re-read your draft and your annotation questions.
• Review the requirements for this assignment (if you didn’t already do this in class). How many do you think you’ve met? What do you still need to do? Here is the prompt (which includes the requirements) for Assignment 2: Annotated Bibliography.
• Identify at least two places where it would be helpful to have my opinion. Are you happy with your paraphrases? Is there a source you have a question about? Are you making solid connections back to your research question and between the sources on your list? Do you have formatting questions? Did you sufficiently answer the process log questions? Are you curious about some aspect of research and want to talk about developing your questions? What else can I, as a reader, help you to do to take this draft where it needs to go?
• Reflect on the goals that you set for yourself at the beginning of this unit. What weekly work have you completed to work toward your goals? How much have you been in class? Have you made up the classes that you couldn’t attend? Do you feel pretty caught up? What kind of progress have you made so far? What do you need to do to finish the semester where you want to finish it?

To sign up for a conference, or to change your appointment slot, go to the #conferences channel on Slack, find the Google Doc sign-up sheet, and put your name and e-mail address in the slot that works in your schedule. Indicate whether you would like to hold the conference on Slack, Zoom, or in my office in Klapper.

 If something comes up and you can’t make a conference slot, please take yourself off of the list to give someone else a chance to take your spot.

 If you miss your conference, I am unfortunately not able to reschedule with you outside of the times that are available on this list. You can sign up for a different time if it is free.