(for course requirements and a breakdown of each assignment's worth in your semester grade, see here)

GENERAL POLICIES

1)  LATENESS. Get to class on time.  A late arrival of five or more minutes counts as "late"; and three "lates" constitute an absence.  A late arrival of 15 minutes or more will also count as an absence

2)  ATTENDANCE You are allowed two absences in the class before receiving a failing grade. Given the generosity of that number since we meet less than half as often as a face-to-face class, I will make no exceptions.

If you miss class, you must send your assignment to me by the start of class time.

3) Check your e-mail regularly.  I use e-mail to get announcements pertaining to the class out to everyone.  Accordingly, it is your responsibility to read any class related e-mail I distribute within twenty-four hours of myting time, except on weekends, when you will have forty-eight hours to do so.

Paper/Paragraph Revising Policies

You may revise the long version of you short/long option paper. However, you must turn in the revision within 10 days of getting your comments.

Reschedules

Every student has the option once during the semester to reschedule the due date of an assignment with the following conditions: (A) you must notify me 7 days in advance of the original due date of the assignment (B) you must do some portion of the assignment. This required portion of a rescheduled assignment and the new due date will vary by individual case. THERE WILL BE NO CHANGES TO THESE CONDITIONS, EXCEPT AS NOTED ON THE SYLLABUS.

Students with receive "A-" or higher grades on the first paper get a second reschedule as a reward.

The following items, however, can NOT be rescheduled: all quizzes, the first homework, the questions on Taylor, the last homework, and ALL short/long papers.

NO EXCEPTIONS

LATE PAPERS

Do not tell me how the computer erased your paper. It is your responsibility to set aside enough time to compensate for unforeseen events with printing (and there often are), and to make back-up copies of your work (NOTE: if you don't have a good strategy for backing up your work, please come to me and I will help you out)   If your paper is late, I will deduct from your essay's grade according to the following schedule:

HERE IS NO PRIVATE WRITING IN THIS CLASS. You can expect that portions of your essays will be used in class.  In general, the students of this class will act as coaches and editors for each other

Formal Criteria and Format Policies for Papers