Welcome to Week Two!

Hello everyone!

View from Bozeman Public Library a couple weeks ago. 

Hope you are having a pleasant start to this semester. I have enjoyed reading all of your intros and getting to know a little about all of you. Please let me know if you have any questions about the syllabus or assignments. I know there is a lot of reading this week – bear with it, it’s all for a good cause.
By the end of this week (January 26), I will need from you:

1. Your Blog URL and name. Please get this to me as early as possible.
2. The five genres you will be reading and annotating for this class. Annotations will be due in the week they are assigned, and will be turned in on your blog. Please indicate which genre you will be reading a classic in, and let me know if you are unsure if a book you have chosen constitutes a classic! We will figure it out. You do not have to know what books you are reading yet, just what genres.
3. Your first prompt response. I will post a prompt here on the blog very shortly. Remember you also will need to reply to two of your classmates responses as well. Please refer back to the assignment description in week one if you have any questions about these.

I also posted in Week One some sample annotation handouts from a class a few years ago; forgot to mention those. Obviously we aren’t doing handouts in this class, since it is online, but those should help you understand some of the things I am looking for in an annotation for the purpose of this class. Feel free on your blog to talk about your personal feelings about the book as well. If you are doing a suspense or a thriller, get reading! Those annotations will be due by the end of Week Three.

I have also posted In Week Two the PowerPoint describing what you should be looking for during your assignment for Week Four, the Secret Shopper. I wanted to make sure you had plenty of time to complete this assignment, because I know that for some people it can be difficult to get to a library where they are not well known. After doing the readings for this week you should have a pretty good idea of what makes a good readers’ advisory interview. I will also post some video examples in Resources – feel free to post any you find on your blog during the next couple of weeks.

As always, let me know if you have any questions, and I look forward to reading your prompt responses!