Information / Policies

 The nature of the class requires that you carefully manage your time. Although none of the required work is lengthy, the work is frequent and you will not be able to get behind and hope to do well in the course. For this reason read all of the following policies carefully.

Handy Links Not Part of the Syllabus

• My Writing-Class Pet Peeves

• Writing Center Conference Summary (fill one out for each writer you see at the Center)

• Writer's Web Main Page & Purdue OWL main page

Attendance

• Masks are not required, but if you are ill and want to attend, please wear one. I will mask if I'm feeling ill. 

• Come to class every time, and save your skips for real illnesses. You get 2 skips without consequences . After two skips, -5 points off your FINAL course grade for EACH skip. If you  are really ill, I will help out but we should chat.

• I really dislike it when students leaving in the middle of class. It's rude. 

Attendance / Behavior as a Consultant

If you stand up a writer at the Center, even once, you've jeopardized your chances for working with the program later. You must be present for your slot at the Writing Center or give enough warning to me and your partner so everyone knows (48 hours, minimum).

Required Materials

•  Bring a laptop or tablet to class every day.  Use of Phones: No usage of phones, ever. I despise our addiction to them.

• No books are needed. I'll provide all readings.

• You will be using Google Drive and other Web apps that require you commenting on student work, so check your device to be sure you can do that. We will not use printed texts in the classroom this term. Only one textbook is required, and you must purchase the Kindle version (be sure you have the Kindle app on your laptop or tablet). Other readings will be linked from the syllabus.

Late work

Contact me if you are late with work. Repeated late work will lower your grade, missing work will lower it more.

Grades

We all hate getting or giving them, but this system has garnered few complaints and very little grade-lawyering by my students. Keep up with reading always and you'll stand a better chance at a good mark. 

• Final Project: 30%

• Midterm Project / Short Essay: 20%

• Short Responses & Commentary Exercises: 50% (I'll average all of the work and give you a running tally with each grade). Be mindful of my Pet Peeves (many are common to other faculty).

I'll provide numerical grades for each but the final course grade gets tallied as follows: 

• 93+ points = A 

• 90-92 points = A- 

• 87-89 points = B+ 

• 83-86 points = B 

• 80-82 points = B-

• 77-79 points = C+

• 73-76 points = C

• 70-72 points = C-

• 67-69 points = D+ 

• 65-66 points = D 

• 60-64 points = D- 

• 59 or lower: F