The thing that helped me learn the most in this class was working with my peers. When we would have drafts due to go over in class with each other, not only would they give me great ideas for where to go with my projects on paper ("formal" feedback), but when I would see their work and what they had done, I would feel inspired with even more ideas. Feedback from my classmates has definitely helped me take my projects in directions that I would not have taken them completely on my own.
There isn't too much that I can suggest you do differently the next time around! I obviously wish that we had more time to work on projects, but sometimes that isn't really possible :-) Some of the readings this semester were really long and really dense (even for a super-duper-reader such as myself, ha ha), and I can understand the context and purpose of such readings, but that would be my only complaint. Sometimes on the calendar page you provided a little paragraph on what the piece was about, which really helped connect the ideas.
I loved the relaxed atmosphere of our class (at 8 am it was really wonderful!) and the interesting things we've learned about experimental texts. While I know that what we've covered in class is just a sample, I really gained a lot of new understanding and insight into literature that one day I can use in my own classroom to keep high schoolers interested in literature and reading :-)
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