Grading Policy
Your essays, tests, quizzes, and final exam comprise your fall term grade. The final exam accounts for one third of your term grade. The quiz average, each test, and each essay are weighted equally and comprise the remaining two thirds of your grade. Since writing well requires a solid grasp of grammar and punctuation principles, I judge your writing, not only by its content, but also by its correctness. I consider the incorrect use of an object pronoun in the subject pronoun's place (for example, John and me went to the store) an egregious error, and I allow only one such error. Thus, if a student makes such a mistake again, I will give the essay a U. Finally, I value class participation, and, since not having a book impedes a student's ability to participate adequately, I shall give a quiz grade of X to any student who doesn't bring his/her book on a given day.
| (A) Aug. 30: | All sections, read Chapter 1 in Sound and Sense, pages 3-22. Section B, read Ch. 2, pp. 26-27, 38-40, as well. As you read, consider the question "What is poetry?" |
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| (B) Aug. 31: | All sections, read Ch. 2, pp. 26, 27, 38-40. Section C, read Ch. 3. Learn the definitions written in bold type. |
| (C) Sept. 1: | All sections, read Ch. 3, pp. 42-55. Write a thesis sentence on one of the poems. |
| (D) Sept. 2: | All sections, read Ch. 5, pp. 70-89,and write a thesis sentence on one of the poems. |
(E) Mon., Sept. 5: |
Read Chapter 6, pp. 90-95. Choosing one of the poems from the chapter or from an earlier chapter, write a thesis paragraph, and note any evidence that you would use to prove your assertion. Section F, read Ch. 7, 113-133, as well. |
| (F) Sept. 6: | Do the same as yesterday, but choose a different poem. |
| (G) Sept. 7: | Read Chapter 7, pp. 113-133, and write yet another thesis paragraph (and note evidence that you'd use to support your assertion). |
| (A) Sept. 8: | Section C, prepare for an in-class essay tomorrow. |
| (B) Sept.9: | Sections B and F, prepare for an in-class essay on Monday. C will write today. For homework, C should read Harbrace, Ch. 5 (Pronoun Case), pp. 86-98. We'll do the exercises in class. |
(C) Mon., Sept. 12: Sections B and F have an in-class essay today. For homework, read Ch. 5 in Harbrace (see the assignment above).
Section C, read 318-324 in Harbrace (misplaced modifiers).
(E) Sept. 14: All sections should read Harbrace, pp. 99-112 (agreement). Section F, read about sentence unity and consistency, pp. 304-310 and 332-339. Section G, read 325-331 (parallelism).
| (F) Sept. 15: | All sections should read about sentence unity and consistency, pp. 304-310 and 332-339. Section G, read 325-331 (parallelism). |
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| (G) Sept. 16: | All sections should read 340-344 (pronoun reference). |
| (A) Mon., Sept. 19: | Review and prepare for a grammar test. |
| (B) Sept. 20: | Review and prepare for a grammar test. |
| (C) Sept. 21: | Review for test tomorrow. |
| (D) Sept. 22: | Grammar test for all sections Read Ch. 8 in Sound and Sense, pp. 135-147. |
| (E) Sept. 23: | All sections, read Ch. 10 in Sound and Sense, pp. 163-179. Section F, in addition to the aforementioned assignment, choose a poem to discuss in class. |
| (F) Mon., Sept. 26: | Sections B and C, choose a poem to discuss in class. |
| (G) Sept. 27: | All sections, write a poem to read in class. |
| (A) Sept. 28: | Everyone begins The Awakening, 1-24. |
| (B) Sept. 29: | Sections C and F, read Chopin, pp. 25-43. Section C, read pp. 25-67. |
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| (C) Sept. 30: | Sections B and F, read pp. 44-67. |
| (D) Mon., Oct. 3: | All Sections, read pp. 67-93. |
(E) Oct. 4: |
B and C should read 94-116. F reads 94-139. |
| (F) Oct. 5: | B and C, read 117-139. |
| (G) Oct. 6: | All sections, read 140-160. |
| (A) Oct. 7: | Everyone should read 161-182. B reads 161-208. |
| (B) Mon., Oct. 10: | Sections B and F, read 183-208. Section C, complete the novel. |
| (C) Oct. 11: | Sections B and F, complete the novel. |
(E) Oct. 13: Sections B and F have an in-class essay.
Read Chapter I of The Great Gatsby for homework. F reads 5-47 in The Great Gatsby.
(F) Oct. 14: Section C has an essay on The Awakening today and, for homework, reads Ch. I of The Great Gatsby. Section B, read Gatsby, 27-47.
