Relevant Course Outcomes
Understand the purposes of writing within specific and varied discursive communities
Develop means of persuasion with an awareness of audience
Make appropriate choice of tone, grammar, and format according to situation and convention
Throughout the semester, we will complete a variety of different kinds of Activities, some independently and some in groups. Graded Activities will be announced in class and on the Course Schedule.
Instructions will be given individually for each Activity.
How Activities Will Be Graded
Activities will be awarded points based upon the following scale (unless otherwise noted on Course Schedule).
Points/Characteristics
10: Complete, follows instructions, thorough, obvious evidence of investment in activity
9-8: Complete, follows instructions, mostly thorough, solid evidence of investment in activity
7: Complete, although perhaps missing some instructions, very little evidence of investment in activity
6: Present, but almost no evidence of investment in activity
5: Present, but little more than name
0: Did not complete