Discussion continued to treat the SpEx and introduced the Eval. Talk of the SpEx ran to consideration of the accompanying picture and dialect or accent in the column.

Students are reminded of the following due dates:

• TxtAn FV, 30 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• SpEx, 2 November 2015 (in class, as noted on the assignment sheet)
• Eval PV, 9 November 2015 (print copy at the beginning of class time)

Regarding meetings and attendance:

• Section 025 met as scheduled, at 1030 in Engineering South 213 A. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Sixteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was good, if somewhat distracted.
• Section 044 met as scheduled, at 1330 in Classroom Building 108. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Eleven attended, verified informally. Student participation was adequate.
• Section 084 met as scheduled, at 0830 in Morrill Hall 306. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, a reduction of one since the previous report. Sixteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was reasonably good.
• Section 102 met as scheduled, at 1230 in Classroom Building 221. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fourteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was marginal.
• Eight students attended office hours.

Discussion treated the SpEx, both its assignment sheet and the materials to be addressed in it. Talk asked after the sincerity of the article to be addressed in the SpEx and the presence or absence of a scribal intermediary, concerns of the illustration accompanying the article, and narrative persona at work in the piece.

Students are reminded of the following due dates:

• TxtAn FV, 30 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• SpEx, 2 November 2015 (in class, as noted on the assignment sheet)
• Eval PV, 9 November 2015 (print copy at the beginning of class time)

Regarding meetings and attendance:

• Section 025 met as scheduled, at 1030 in Engineering South 213 A. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fifteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was acceptable.
• Section 044 met as scheduled, at 1330 in Classroom Building 108. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fourteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was unusually subdued.
• Section 084 met as scheduled, at 0830 in Morrill Hall 306. The class roster showed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Seventeen attended, verified informally. Student participation was good.
• Section 102 met as scheduled, at 1230 in Classroom Building 221. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. All attended, verified informally. Student participation was reasonably good.
• Two students attended office hours.

Discussion took a different tack today, examining posts to a humor website: http://textsfromsuperheroes.com/. Considered were audience, what makes the funny funny, and what various ideas of the funny suggest about those who hold them.

Students are reminded of the following due dates:

• TxtAn FV, 30 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• SpEx, 2 November 2015 (in class, as noted on the assignment sheet)
• Eval PV, 9 November 2015 (print copy at the beginning of class time)

Regarding meetings and attendance:

• Section 025 met as scheduled, at 1030 in Engineering South 213 A. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Thirteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was subdued.
• Section 044 met as scheduled, at 1330 in Classroom Building 108. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fourteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was good.
• Section 084 met as scheduled, at 0830 in Morrill Hall 306. The class roster showed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Seventeen attended, verified informally. Student participation was adequate.
• Section 102 met as scheduled, at 1230 in Classroom Building 221. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Sixteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was reasonably good.
• No students attended office hours.

Discussion continued to treat the TxtAn, of which the RV was due before the beginning of class time today. Owing to homecoming activities, assessment of the TxtAn RV will be somewhat slower than usual; students may expect to have it back through email before 26 October 2015. Particular attention was paid to concerns of usage, which should be prominent for many students after the return of the first-page exercise at the end of the previous class meeting.

The assignment sheet for the SpEx was distributed, as well. Students are encouraged to begin reading early; discussion will commence on 26 October 2015. The due-date for the SpEx assignment sheet reading listed on the course calendar is to be considered adjusted to 26 October 2015.

Students are reminded of the following due dates:

• TxtAn FV, 30 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• SpEx, 2 November 2015 (in class, as noted on the assignment sheet)
• Eval PV, 9 November 2015 (print copy at the beginning of class time)

Regarding meetings and attendance:

• Section 025 met as scheduled, at 1030 in Engineering South 213 A. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Sixteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was minimally adequate.
• Section 044 met as scheduled, at 1330 in Classroom Building 108. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fourteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was reasonably good.
• Section 084 met as scheduled, at 0830 in Morrill Hall 306. The class roster showed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. All attended, verified informally. Student participation was adequate.
• Section 102 met as scheduled, at 1230 in Classroom Building 221. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled,  unchanged since the previous report. All attended, verified informally. Student participation was reasonably good.
• Five students attended office hours. Seven did on Monday, 19 October 2015.

Discussion treated the results of the first-page exercise noted in previous class reports (here and here) as well as ongoing concerns of the SpEx survey. It then moved to treat remaining concerns of the TxtAn in advance of the RV submission coming due (noted below). A number of students had noted on 16 October that they had no questions in advance of working on the paper over the weekend and anticipated having them upon return therefrom; such seems not to have been the case for all classes.

The English Department asks that the following be announced to students:

Frontier Mosaic, OSU’s Undergraduate Literary Magazine, a publication of the English Department, is now accepting submissions of fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, and visual art by undergraduates. Submission deadline is 31 December 2015; guidelines and examples are online at http://www.frontiermosaic.com.

Students are reminded of the following due dates:

• TxtAn RV, 21 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• TxtAn FV, 30 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• SpEx, 2 November 2015 (in class; information is forthcoming)

Regarding meetings and attendance:

• Section 025 met as scheduled, at 1030 in Engineering South 213 A. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Sixteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was not adequate.
• Section 044 met as scheduled, at 1330 in Classroom Building 108. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fourteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was reasonably good, pointing out useful information for future assignments.
• Section 084 met as scheduled, at 0830 in Morrill Hall 306. The class roster showed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fifteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was not as expected.
• Section 102 met as scheduled, at 1230 in Classroom Building 221. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. All attended, verified informally. Student participation was acceptable.

Discussion continued to treat concerns of the TxtAn after calling for the first page of the current version of that paper, as announced during the previous class meeting. Of note among the sections were concerns of explanation, counter-argument, components of college-level writing, and some points of usage such as hollow intensifiers.

Students are invited to take a survey regarding the content of the SpEx; please find it here. The survey will remain open until approximately 1500 on 19 October 2015; those who complete the assignment before their scheduled class meeting on that day will be awarded a small bit of extra credit.

Students are reminded of the following due dates:

• TxtAn RV, 21 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• TxtAn FV, 30 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• SpEx, 2 November 2015 (in class; information is forthcoming)

Regarding meetings and attendance:

• Section 025 met as scheduled, at 1030 in Engineering South 213 A. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fifteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was reasonably good.
• Section 044 met as scheduled, at 1330 in Classroom Building 108. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fourteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was not as robust as is common for the class.
• Section 084 met as scheduled, at 0830 in Morrill Hall 306. The class roster showed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Eighteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was good, although not as good as could be.
• Section 102 met as scheduled, at 1230 in Classroom Building 221. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fifteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was adequate.

Discussion continued to treat concerns of the TxtAn, addressing student questions about and progress on the assignment. The first page of the TxtAn PV discussed in the previous report was returned to students, who were urged to go over it and apply the proofreading cues given to their papers. A corrected hard/printed copy of the first page of the TxtAn in its current version is requested for class on Friday, 16 October 2015; it will be assessed as a minor assignment.

Students are reminded of the following due dates:

• TxtAn RV, 21 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• TxtAn FV, 30 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• SpEx, 2 November 2015 (in class; information is forthcoming)

Regarding meetings and attendance:

• Section 025 met as scheduled, at 1030 in Engineering South 213 A. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fourteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was adequate.
• Section 044 met as scheduled, at 1330 in Classroom Building 108. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fifteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was good.
• Section 084 met as scheduled, at 0830 in Morrill Hall 306. The class roster showed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Sixteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was somewhat less robust than usual.
• Section 102 met as scheduled, at 1230 in Classroom Building 221. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. All attended, verified informally. Student participation was adequate.

Class time in all four sections was taken up with in-class review of the TxtAn PV. Per the assignment sheet, a quiz grade was taken from the presence and general quality of the PV in class. A copy of the first page of the PV was requested (students absent should email the page to their instructor).

Students are reminded of the following due dates:

• TxtAn RV, 21 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• TxtAn FV, 30 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• SpEx, 2 November 2015 (in class; information is forthcoming)

Regarding meetings and attendance:

• Section 025 met as scheduled, at 1030 in Engineering South 213 A. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Thirteen attended, verified via the PV.
• Section 044 met as scheduled, at 1330 in Classroom Building 108. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fourteen attended, verified via the PV.
• Section 084 met as scheduled, at 0830 in Morrill Hall 306. The class roster showed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Eighteen attended, verified via the PV.
• Section 102 met as scheduled, at 1230 in Classroom Building 221. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. All attended, verified via the PV.

Discussion across the four sections of Composition I treated the riddle with which the last class meeting ended before continuing to address concerns of the TxtAn. Citation received additional attention.

Students are reminded of the following due dates:

• TxtAn PV, 12 October 2015 (print copy at the beginning of class time) **Note that an additional copy of the first page of the PV is requested.**
• TxtAn RV, 21 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• TxtAn FV, 30 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)

Regarding meetings and attendance:

• Section 025 met as scheduled, at 1030 in Engineering South 213 A. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Fifteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was not what it should have been.
• Section 044 met as scheduled, at 1330 in Classroom Building 108. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. All attended, verified informally. Student participation was good, although somewhat distracted.
• Section 084 met as scheduled, at 0830 in Morrill Hall 306. The class roster showed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Eighteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was adequate.
• Section 102 met as scheduled, at 1230 in Classroom Building 221. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Sixteen attended, verified informally. Student participation was adequate.

Discussion across the four sections of Composition I continued to address concerns of the TxtAn. Emphatic and topical order, as well as citation, received attention, with degrees and emphasis varying by section. Students were offered an opportunity to improve their grades through a riddle quiz based on an earlier riddle written expressly for the purpose of riddle quizzes. (The “correct” answer is “error.” As usual, proofreading and explanation of the student-provided answer, rather than the “correctness” of the answer, produce the grade.)

Students are reminded of the following due dates:

• TxtAn PV, 12 October 2015 (print copy at the beginning of class time) **Note that an additional copy of the first page of the PV is requested.**
• TxtAn RV, 21 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)
• TxtAn FV, 30 October 2015 (via D2L before class begins)

Regarding meetings and attendance:

• Section 025 met slightly after scheduled, at 1032 in Engineering South 213 A. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. All attended, verified through the riddle noted above. Student participation was minimally adequate.
• Section 044 met as scheduled, at 1330 in Classroom Building 108. The class roster showed 18 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Sixteen attended, verified through the riddle noted above; one of them was counted absent due to excessive tardiness. Student participation was somewhat subdued, particularly by the class’s normal standards.
• Section 084 met as scheduled, at 0830 in Morrill Hall 306. The class roster showed 19 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Seventeen attended, verified through the riddle noted above. Student participation was somewhat less robust than is usual for the class.
• Section 102 met as scheduled, at 1230 in Classroom Building 221. The class roster showed 17 students enrolled, unchanged since the previous report. Sixteen attended, verified through the riddle noted above. Student participation was reasonably good.