Assignments+and+Grading

 ASSIGNMENTS AND GRADING INFORMATION

**Grading**
I grade holistically, which means that I look at your work (both individual pieces and your work over the course of the semester) as a whole. When possible and applicable, I'll provide rubrics ahead of time to let you know how I'll be grading. While global issues like content development and organization is what I'll primarily be concerned with, you are expected to proofread and polish your work, including “informal” work like critical responses and in-class writing.

**Grading Scale**
90-100% - A 80-89% - B 70-79% - C 60-69% - D 0- 59% - F

** Grade Distribution **
Critical responses: 20% Homework and in-class work: 10% Paper drafts: 5% Participation: 15% Application paper: 25% Multimedia project: 25% <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> I always round **up** to the nearest percentage point. If you are hovering between grades at the end of the semester, active participation and engagement with the class will make a world of difference. I want to see that you are putting in sincere effort.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"> **Drafting and Revi** **sion**
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;">I'll expect you to do at least three drafts of each paper, although you may do several more in the course of your essay's development. You may continue to revise any essay until you get the grade you want, or until the end of the semester. The deadline for final submission of any final drafts is noted on the Course Schedule.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;"> **First Draft:** The first draft you submit will be peer reviewed by your classmates. I won't see this draft, but it should be complete (that is, it should have a beginning, middle, and end). See below for information about peer review.

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> **Second Draft:** After you have had a chance to use your peers' feedback to revise your essay once, you will turn in a draft to me. I will give you electronic feedback, but no grade. You will be expected to revise your essay based on my suggestions. <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> **Third Draft:** I will give you an **advisory grade** (see below) on this draft based on the rubric you will receive at the beginning of the unit. After this, // you will be expected to revise once more for the portfolio //, even if you got an A for your advisory grade. The best writers never stop improving.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 22px;"> Credit for Drafts <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> You will receive completion credit for complete drafts. That is, every draft you turn in to me **on time** with a beginning, middle, and end will receive 2.5 homework points (this includes second and third drafts). This might not seem like much, but it's worth 5 % of your grade! <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Advisory Grades** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> This is not your final grade and is not for credit. This grade will reflect what grade you // would // get at this point in your revision, if you did nothing else. However, again, you'll be expected to revise once more for your portfolio.

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Details on Submitting Assignments Electronically**

 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> **Track Changes and multiple drafting.** You will be expected to use Track Changes in Microsoft Word to indicate what you changed in each draft. Because of the nature of Track Changes, which does not allow me to easily view what has changed between one revision session and another, you will need to save each draft as a separate file.
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> **Turning on Track Changes.** See this document for a tutorial.
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> **File name format** . For the sake of organization, please name your files as follows. LastnameFirstname_ENGL2202-Section#_Assignment_Draft#. For example, ViehmannSarah_ENGL2202-2_Reflection_Draft1. Papers submitted without the proper filename are very confusing for me, especially if they're just called “essay.doc.” I need to be able to tell who submitted it and what draft number it is before I open it. I will not rename your files for you, and I will not accept essays that are not labeled properly.
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> **Submitting via Email** . All major assignments will be submitted electronically to the course email, __engl2202@gmail.com__ <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> . Documents should be **attached** to the email, not pasted into the body. In the subject field of the email, please indicate which assignment and draft you are submitting (Reflection Draft 1, for example). Assignments **must** be submitted via your school email.
 * <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> If you have trouble submitting your draft or have computer problems, please call me ASAP using my personal phone number, 763-202-0491.

= <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">**ASSIGNMENTS** =

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">**Critical Response Journals** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">Believe it or not, you are already a media critic. Every day, you are exposed to media which you must interpret, analyze, and evaluate. Each week, you will submit a personal interpretation, analysis, and evaluation of the week's reading in the form of a critical response journal. These journals will be at least 250 words, but will often be longer. We will be discussing different types of literary criticism in class; you may choose to use one of these types of criticism as a “lens,” or you may simply react to the reading on your own terms.

Prospectus
<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">You will write a brief (2-page) prospectus before completing your Application and Analysis draft. This explains how and why you will be conducting your chosen research. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** [|Application and Analysis Paper] ** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> You will choose **one** literary theory or literary term that we have discussed in class, and one or more literary works. At least one piece must be from ENGL 2202, but in addition, you may choose one or more from outside of class. After doing research about this literary theory or term, you will write a paper **analyzing** this piece and **applying** the theory or term. This will be a researched project, so you will be required to have outside sources. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">** Multimedia Group Project ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 11pt;">In the latter half of the semester, you will be put into groups based on the themes in your Application and Analysis Papers. You will work together, as a group, to create a multimedia wiki page based on your projects. You will choose a contemporary issue that relates to the themes of your projects and the pieces you analyzed. Then, as a group, you will create a multimedia wiki page and presentation based on the links between your issue and themes. This page will include links to outside sources, pictures, video, etc.--use your imagination.