COURSE MATERIALS

INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Readings in the textbook
  
• Writing assignments (described below)

COURSE REQUIREMENTS

• Read assigned chapters in textbook.
  
• Submit eight essays for evaluation.
  

GRADING SCALE

In calculating your final grade, if your grade falls one point short of t he next higher grade, I will give you the extra point and the higher grade, but only if you have completed all the assignments.

When you send me an essay as an email attachment, I will read it, insert comments, assign it a grade, and return it to you. In order to understand the basis for the grade, you should open the file and read the comments. This is important since I do not accept revisions. Click on the button below to see a list of the criteria I use in grading essays. Read the documents that are linked to this list of criteria.

Grading Criteria

ATTENDANCE POLICY

TOPICS COVERED

• Narration
  
• Illustration
  
• Process Analysis
  
• Cause and Effect
  
• Comparison and Contrast
  
• Division and Classification
  
• Definition
  

1. You will automatically lose points when an assignment is late (see Administrative Matters below).

2. When you get behind, you hurry to catch up, and work done under pressure is never as complete or correct as work done in the allotted time.

3. When an assignment is late, you do not get the benefit of feedback so that you can make corrections on the next assignment; therefore you are likely to repeat errors that will cost you points.

4. Late papers create an avalanche effect giving me less time over the course of the semester to grade more papers; therefore, I cannot do as careful a job.

HOW TO USE THE TEXTBOOK

• The initials for your complete name. There have been cases when two people in the same class have had the same initials for their first and last names.

• The number of the assignment

Leave no spaces in the file names.

Each file must have a unique and correct identification. If your file name is not correct, ten points will be deducted from your grade.

During the semester it may be necessary to change course assignments or procedures. If this becomes necessary, I will post a notice on the announcements page. Click on the button below to see the announcements page. Changes may involve modification or substitution of assignments or changes in due dates. No change will increase the work load or reduce the amount of time allowed for an assignment.

BACK-UP COPIES

COURSE ASSIGNMENTS

Your first assignment is to complete the Course Orientation questions and to send your work to me as a Microsoft Word document attached to an email message. Click on the link below to see the Course Orientation questions.

• Assignment 1 -- Course Orientation--Due Date -- January 15.

• Assignment 2 -- Narration -- Due Date -- January 29.

• Assignment 3 -- Illustration --Due Date -- February 12.

• Assignment 4 -- Process Analysis -- Due Date -- February 26.

• Assignment 5 -- Cause and Effect -- Due Date -- March 12.

• Assignment 6 -- Compare and Contrast -- Due Date -- March 26.

• Assignment 7 -- Division and Classification -- Due Date -- April 9.

• Assignment 8 -- Definition -- April 23.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ESSAYS

You should use Microsoft Word to write your essays. If you have Microsoft Works or WordPerfect, save your files in Rich Text Format. You will submit your essays as Email attachments. Click on the button below for important directions.

I will not try to correct all of the grammatical and punctuation errors in your your work but will only mark some instances of the errors I see to indicate the nature of the problems. If the number and severity of grammar and punctuation errors are extensive, the assignment may receive a grade of "D" or "F" regardless of the quality of the content. I do not accept revisions; therefore, it is important that you read my comments on each essay so that you can do better on the next assignment.