Our academic terms are 47 days long. The brevity of our terms shapes our students' experience of our classes, perhaps especially when we assign longer, multiple-draft writing assignments. We ask our students—and ourselves—to accomplish a lot in nine weeks. In this session, we'll discuss some challenges peculiar to our short terms. What kinds of difficulties can we expect our students to encounter because of our system? What kinds of pedagogical questions are raised by those difficulties? And how can we adapt our teaching to give every student a real chance at success? We'll consider the perspectives of students and faculty and discuss strategies for simultaneously addressing multiple learning outcomes. Lunch will be provided.