In “Grading Contract Journey, Part 1” John Warner describes contract grading as a method of shifting assessment methods to match the behavior and needs of writers. Writing, he argues, “requires curiosity, it requires comfort with ambiguity, recognizing ...
Grading Scale Quality Points Here is the official Emory University grading system for semester grades. Grade/Scale Description A 4.0, A- 3.7 Extremely high quality work, effort, and performance beyond minimum requirements. Excellent att ...
Policies Category Page Portfolio and Key Terms Attendance Class Participation Individual Conferences Short, Informal Writing Assignments Late Work Electronics Contact Public Nature of the Course Peer Tutor Writing Support Universal Design and Disabilit ...
Throughout the semester, you will assemble a portfolio of your work. The portfolio will include short writing assignments, drafts, reflections about writing in progress, and final drafts. Toward the end of the semester, you will use this collection as evi ...
Life’s too short. Are you familiar with that truism? A semester really is too short a time to cover all this material unless we’re each here every day that class meets; therefore, I look forward to seeing you at every class meeting, contributing to a disc ...
Participation means more than simply being physically present – it means coming to class with the assigned reading completed and being ready to contribute in a thoughtful and respectful manner to discussion, peer editing, or other in-class assignments. Yo ...
You are required to meet with me for conferences at least twice over the course of the semester. Missing conferences will result in deductions to your class participation grade.
The Assignments pages will include descriptions of the major assignments for the semester. In addition, you will have frequent, shorter and generally less formal, writing assignments. I’ll describe those assignments to you either in class or via blog ...
All work is due on the date and at the time specified on the calendar. I may refuse to accept or choose to deduct points for late work, and/or I may choose to provide a grade but no detailed feedback for late work. If something comes up and you cannot ...
Since we are composing multimodally throughout the course, you are encouraged to bring to class and operate laptops, tablets, and smart phones. The classroom is equipped with desktops that we will use regularly. I encourage you to develop best practices f ...
