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.
| (A) Aug. 28: | All sections, read Chapter 1 in Sound and Sense, pages 3-22. |
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| (B) Aug.29: | All sections, read Ch. 3. Learn the definitions written in bold type. |
| (C) Aug. 30: | All sections, read Ch. 5, pp. 70-89. Write a thesis sentence on one of the poems in the chapters that we have read.. In class today, we will talk about writing a thesis dealing with a poem. |
| (D)Aug. 31: | Sections E and G, write a thesis sentence on one of the poems. Section E, read Ch. 6 of Sound and Sense. |
(E) Mon., Sept. 3: |
Read Chapter 6, pp. 90-95. Choosing one of the poems from the chapter or from an earlier chapter, write another thesis on one of the poems. |
| (F) Sept. 4: | Do the same as yesterday, but choose a different poem, and this time write a thesis paragraph, and note evidence that you might use to support your assertion. |
| (G) Sept. 5: | Do the same as yesterday, but choose a different poem. |
| (A) Sept. 6: | Read Ch. 7 In Sound and Sense. |
| (B) Sept. 7: |
Everyone write a poem to read aloud in class on Monday. |
(C) Mon., Sept. 10: Study for a vocabulary quiz. Bring Sound and Sense to class, please.
(E) Sept. 12: Read Ch. 10 in Sound and Sense.
| (F) Sept. 13: | Sections D and E, bring a poem to share with the class. |
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| (G) Sept. 14: | All sections, prepare for in-class essay. |
| (A) Mon., Sept. 17: | In-class essay We'll begin reviewing grammar tomorrow. If you have questions about some grammatical concepts that you have studied in the past, come prepared with your questions. |
| (B) Sept. 18: | Subject-verb-pronoun agreement |
| (C) Sept. 19: | Pronoun Case |
| (D) Sept. 20: | Pronoun Reference |
| (E) Sept. 21: | Modification. |
| (F) Mon., Sept. 24: | Parallelism |
| (G) Sept. 25: | linking verbs, lie/lay, subjunctive mood |
| (A) Sept. 26: | shifts and review |
| (B) Sept. 27: | Review in class. Prepare for grammar test tomorrow. |
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| (C) Sept. 28: | Grammar test for all sections. Begin The Great Gatsby, 1-21 for Sections E and G, 1-38 for Section D. |
| (D) Mon., Oct.1: | G, read 23-38; E, read 23-59. |
(E) Oct.2: |
D and G, read 39-59. |
| (F) Oct.3: | E and D, read 59-80. G, read 59-96. |
| (G) Oct. 4: | E and D, read 81-96. |
| (A) Oct. 5: | All sections, read 97-125. |
| (B) Mon., Oct. 8: | All sections, read 126-151. |
| (C) Oct. 9: | All sections, complete Gatsby. |
(E) Oct. 11: D, begin your essay, due Oct. 19.
(F) Oct. 12: Work on essay.
