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Bro, do you even Lit?
8 am British Literature 2100
British Literature 2130
To:
Steph Stripling
From:
Bro Do You Even Lit
Date:
4/28/2016
Re:
Cover Letter
Comments:
British Literature began in the spring semester of 2016. Our group was randomly assigned and as a result each individual person had something different to contribute to the team. The beginning of the semester was a bit of fumbling around and figuring out what was expected of us and how each assignment worked out. The beginning was not pretty, but as we continued on through the weeks, we began to grow accustomed to one another and know one anothers strengths and weaknesses. Throughout the course we learned about each of ourselves, our work ethics, and how to work with people with different views and opinions than our individual view.
The first obstacle Bro, Do You Even Lit? faced was attendance. Eight a.m. lectures are never fun, but Monday 8 a.m. lectures are the worst. There were many days where only two or three of us would show up to class, either because rides were late, surgery, family tragedy, or simple laziness. As a result, communication outside of class became a priority. This communication proved vital to making sure everyone knew what was expected of them and when assignment due dates were to be completed. Once we overcame the difficulties communicating, our work began improving.
Throughout the year we analyzed various pieces of literature, and synthesized those analyses into projects, and summaries. In order to create these analyses we had to use various literary techniques, and thus met SLO 1. When creating projects we had to identify different projects that contained arguments about literature, culture, the human condition, and vent movements, and social, or economic situations that were present at the time of a piece of literature’s writing. This identification let us meet SLO 2. To meet SLO 3 we created 3 various other topics. Whenever we created a project we related the piece of literature we were studying to other pieces of literature, and this let us meet SLO 4.
The most difficult part about our British Literature class was working in a group the entire semester. We did not know each other at all, so we had to gain each other’s trust and respect. Once we become comfortable with being forward with each other and assigning different parts of the different projects to each person within the group, we became cohesive. Bro, Do You Even Lit? group members worked well together, even though we all had different schedules. Although it was nice having group members to hold each other accountable, it was sometimes difficult to come to an agreement on some things. I think giving more opportunity throughout the semester to earn more LitTic points would help. Some group members wanted to save their lit tix points and some spent theirs on absences, so I think by making a group agreement at the beginning of the semester to have at least 2-3 LitTic points to go towards a group assignment would relieve some stress and tension between group members.
As our group became more comfortable with each other and began working very well and efficient our website started to come together very nicely. Once we finished polishing all of our projects, it was time to focus on the website as a whole and make sure it operating properly. We made sure all the tabs led to the correct information and most important that our Works Cited was correct and nothing was missing. Once this was done we turned our focus to completing our add ons and making any corrections to our projects to possibly earn any points back. This was a great opportunity for us because as mentioned before it took our group some time to acclimate to each other so our projects were slightly sloppy at first.