Grading Policy Your essays, tests, quizzes,a blog post,and final exam comprise your fall term grade. The quiz average, the grammar test, and each essay are weighted equally. A blog, vocabulary contributions and vocabulary quizzes will make up a final portion, equal to a test or essay grade. The fall final examination will account for 25% of your fall-term 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.
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(C) Mon., Sept. 10: Study for a vocabulary quiz. Bring Sound and Sense to class, please. |
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| (D) Sept. 11: Read Ch. 8 in Sound and Sense. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(E) Sept. 12: Read Ch. 10 in Sound and Sense. |
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| (D) Oct. 10: Sections E and G, begin your essay, due Thurs., Oct. 18. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
(E) Oct. 11: D, begin your essay, due Oct. 19.
(F) Oct. 12: Work on essay. |
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| (G) Mon., Oct. 15: | Write. |
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| (A) Oct. 16: | Write more. |
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Sections E and G, complete your essay so that you can submit a hard copy to me tomorrow and an electronic copy to turnitin as well. |
(C) Oct. 18: |
Sections E and G, your essay is due. Prepare for a vocabulary quiz. Bring The Bluest Eye to class on Friday. Section D, your essay is due tomorrow (a hard copy in my box or in my hand and an electronic copy to turnitin). Section D, study for a vocab quiz on Monday, and bring The Bluest Eye to class on Monday as well. |
(D) Oct. 19: |
Vocab quiz for E and G Read The Bluest Eye, the beginning to page 23. Section E, read to page 37.
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(E) Oct. 22: |
Sections D and G, read 23-50. |
| (F) Oct. 23: | Section E: 23-50 Section D: 50-80 Section G: 50-93 |
| (G) Oct. 24: | Section D: 81-109 Section E: 50-80 |
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| (B)Oct. 26: | Parents' Day Over free weekend, all sections read to 163. |
(C) Oct. 31: E and G: 164-192; D, complete the novel.
(D )Nov. 1: E and G, complete the novel.
(E) Nov.2: Last discussion of The Bluest Eye. Complete your blog post on The Bluest Eye, due Monday.
(F) Mon., Nov. 5: Punctuation Review: Commas
(G) Nov. 6: Semicolons and colons
(A) Nov. 7: Italics, Quotation Marks, Slashes, Dashes, Brackets, Parentheses
(B) Nov. 8: Review for final.
(C) Nov. 9: Even more review
(D) Mon., Nov. 12: The most review
The final exam will cover punctuation, poetry, The Great Gatsby, and The Bluest Eye.