Examinations and Assignments

Examinations and Reading/Lecture Quizzes:

There will be Reading Exercises due for each textbook unit assigned. You will complete these exercises in the MCC Learning Management System (LMS), Canvas. Log in with your school MEID number and password.

There will be one Midterm Quiz over some of the material covered and highlighted in class,

There will also be a comprehensive Final Essay Test

Assignments and Grade Computation System:

The various assignments\requirements will account for the following percentages of your final overall grade in this course...

Cultural Artifact Speech. 5 %

Canvas Discussion Questions:

• #1 Upload Photo and Introduction Discussion

• #2 Education Thought Paper Discussion

• #3 The Power of Myth

• #4: Intro to Human Communication & Aristotle's Rhetoric

• #5 The Rhetoric of Freedom

• #6 Layer Cake of Life Discussion

• #7 Dream Idea Discussion

• #8 Leadership Discussion
  20%

Speech of Information/Demonstration (Infosuasion)

Worksheet

Evaluation Form

10%

Speech to Convince and Actuate

Worksheet

Evaluation Form

15%

Impromptu Speech

10%

Rhetorical Book Analysis

15%

Reading Exercises and Mid-Term Lecture Quiz

10%

Final Written Examination

15%

Optional Honors Project

Mr. Peterson will use the following grading system. There will be no exceptions or substitutions to it. Your oral and written work will be assigned a letter grade. The respective values for each letter grade are indicated below.

Letter System:

A = 4.0 (94-100%)

A- = 3.7 (90-93%)

B+ = 3.4 (87-89%)

B = 3.0 (84-86%)

B- = 2.7 (80-83%)

C+ = 2.4 (77-79%)

C = 2.0 (74-76%)

C- = 1.7 (70-73%)

D+ = 1.4 (67-69%)

D = 1.0 (64-66%)

D- = 0.8 (60-63%)

F = 0.4 (< 60%)

If you have any questions and/or concern about your classroom performances and/or earned grades, please make an appointment to confer with Mr. Peterson as soon as possible. This course requires more than a casual effort and deals with specific terminology and the ability to apply your learning to course projects. I will use the following criteria in evaluating your work during this course.

A = Exceptionally well prepared and executed completion of assigned work indicating effort, individualized style, and demonstrating a thorough grasp of large portions of the course material.

B = Creative, well-prepared work, demonstrating unusual effort, talent, or grasp of the material that is distinctly superior to an "average" or "C" effort.

C = Satisfactory completion of assigned work at a level of effort and competency normally expected of the majority of students (basic completion, average performance, and reasonable effort).

D = Unsatisfactory completion of work indicating misperceived objectives or failure to grasp key concepts but with reasonable effort.

F = Failure to complete assignments through a lack of reasonable effort, or failure to attain passing average on either exams or assignments.