There is no class Friday (March 6) so you can work on your essays that are due on Tuesday. There will be just a single seminar, on Monday. Bring your essay, your book, and your brain in its best working order and come ready to discuss the importance of American literature from the Revolutionary War era to the Civil War era. What might this literature tell us about our nation, heritage and culture? How might we value this literature? What can it add to our lives, and the lives of all Americans were they to read and make sense of it? Be prepared to cite particular passages from your reading and research to back up any points (the lack of such citations was a weakness in the last seminar).

If you see that you have not posted at least 43 journals and responses combined, you have not met the 60 percent threshold for the journal requirement, which means you will be receiving an 'F' for the course. The assumption underlying the threshold of 43 is that all journals and responses have been posted in a way that earns full, rather than partial, credit. If you posted journals after class or missed classes but posted journals, you received partial credit. If you posted journals AFTER the day they were due, you received no credit, so the raw numbers represent only a best case scenario.If you are unsure whether this applies to you, you'll want to contact me.