Hi everyone,
grades have been updated. Viviana, please stop by my office to pick up the extracredit activity paper and the slip of paper where I made comments about your documentaries.
You guys did a great job throughout the semester!!
Enjoy the "summer" break!

José A. 

Hi everyone,
grades have been updated. If you have any questions about the Blog task, please refer to the instructions, posted below this post.
About this week, we will begin the finals this week (Wednesday) with the presentations. Please refer to the assignment sheet for further details.
This semester I will offer an extra-credit activity. Of course this activity is optional. The objective is to help you improve one poor grade you have obtained this semester. If you do this extra-credit activity, you will be able to 1. replace one of the lowest grades you have within the Short assignments or the Listening activities. 2. raise the grade you obtained in the Proficiency Test. I will average the grades you get from the extracredit and the grade you obtained in the Proficiency Test (I know most of you received a low grade in the latter).
This is the task (PLEASE, follow the instruction down the line. You will be docked points if you don't do so)
1. You will transcribe the following recording https://www.dropbox.com/s/uh1ypej2v0i2ao0/extracredit.mp3?dl=0
2. You will type it and double-space it
3. You will bring it to class on May 25.
4. The assignment will not be accepted by email, received if sent with another person, or any other way. You will bring it to class personally and we will grade it. Since I am trying to accommodate this extra-credit activity at the time of  the final exam (presentations), you must be aware that we might have to stay longer on the 25th. If you anticipate that you can't stay longer that day, please don't take up the extra-credit assignment.

Let me know if you have any questions,
José A.

Hi everyone,
Here's the assignment for Wednesday.
1. Please finish watching the movie, here's the link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vt4d9m57jmmx83/Grand%20Island.mp4?dl=0

2. Then read "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin.

3. Make a post here on the blog; the objective is to analyze or reflect about the end of the novel in relation to the short story and the sociocultural context that surrounded both text productions. You could answer the question, how does the novel and short story relate in connection to the sociocultural context that surrounded the narratives?
You could also focus on he cinematic representation of the novel. Did it enhance or limit the literary world of the novel? How? Also, does the multimodal nature of the movie help viewers build a better understudying of Edna's spiritual and intellectual struggle?
Focus on any of these questions and write a post of at least 300 words.

4. Once you have written the post, you must read two posts of two of your classmates and react to their comments.

The grade will be assigned from 1 to 5 and will take into consideration, the quality of your posts (clarity and depth of argument, good language use, and knowledge of the subject). The main post will be worth 3 points and the replies 1 point each.

The assignment will be available until Wednesday 11:59 p.m. After this time, the blog will block, disabling possibilities to add comments.

José A.

Hello everyone,
just a little reminder about the final project because I already observed the way people are grouping. There are 24 students enrolled in this class and the plan is to have 8 groups of 3 students. For this reason, groups of 2 or 4 people will not be accepted.
Please Viviana share this in case people don´t follow the posts of the blog.
Cheers
José A.

Everyone,
the final listening assignment is already posted. Additionally, you will find the assignment sheet for the final project in the Materials section.
See you,
José A.