Completing your book for Wednesday and Thursday

A few students have asked about getting an extension for the book that is due on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. After giving it some thought, I have decided I will not give an extension for completing the book, but I will give an extension for completing the journal entries.

The annotated book is worth up to ten percent of the paper's grade. Tomorrow and Thursday, you will receive a certain number of points for your book whether or not you have finished it. To be clear: I will not look at the book at a later date and then give you additional points for it. The points you receive tomorrow will remain the points you earn for this portion of the paper's grade.

Nevertheless, I will allow you to have until Tuesday, March 3 (Day 5), and Wednesday, March 4 (Day 6), to complete the four journal entries for (potentially) five bonus points.

I want to emphasize that delaying the journal entries is not purely beneficial to you. Over the next week, we will be starting a difficult novel in Frankenstein. The following week, on March 11 and 12, the one-page précis with three sources is due. So, understand that by putting off the journal entries, you are making it harder to keep up with other work that is due. So, if you have finished your book, you should turn in the journal entries on the original due date. If you haven't finished your book, well, sometimes it is better to take you lumps and move on.