Attention! Shifting due dates on the Mama Lola paper

Dear class,

Some folks have just reminded me that by pushing back our Mama Lola paper [worth 15% of the grade] to next Tuesday, I’m violating the UTA rule about not having any major assignments [more than 10%] due in the last week before finals.

So I think we’ll shift the Mama Lola deadline back yet again, but give everyone the advantageous option of turning the Mama Lola paper in early:
Option 1. The official due date for both Mama Lola and A Small Place paper will be 12/13 before 10:30 am. Together they will constitute the final exam and be worth 32% of the grade. Personally, I think that is too much weight to be based on a single day’s submission.
Option 2 , for those who would like feedback, would be to turn the Mama Lola paper in early. For anyone who submits the Mama Lola paper before Thursday 12/6 at 10pm [note that the old deadline was 12/4], I will promise to return the graded paper with full comments before the following Monday. That means you will have some extra input from me about writing that would help you write the final Small Place paper. But this is just a “turn-it-in-early” option.

Let me know what questions you have, if any, when we meet on Tuesday 12/4. We’re still having our graded discussion on A Small Place on Thursday 12/6. Really, this is a ‘test prep’ session and the ‘graded’ part is there to encourage you to think over the book and the semester before class in order to get the most out of the session.