D2L Log In
ENGL 1121 Syllabus
Course Description and Outcomes
Course Assignments
Due Dates
Grade Requirements
Course Policies
ENGL
1121: Due Dates and Grade Requirements
Fall 2009
Your grade in the course will be determined
by both the quantity and the quality of your work.
During the course there are 7 course assignments and a final memo which will
be graded. Please note that the grades are
weighted so that work done later in the semester has more weight in
determining the final grade.
Weight
Start Date
Project
Due Date
5%
Aug. 24
Introduction:
ENGL 1121: D2L, the WorldWide Writers' PLACE,
and the textbook,
Envision.
Sept. 2
Sept. 3
Chapter 1-2:
Analyzing Persuasive Strategies in Visual Texts
Sept. 23
Sept. 24
Chapter 3:Analyzing
Perspectives in Argument
Oct. 7
Ch.
Oct. 8
Chapter 4: Planning
and Proposing Research Arguments
Oct. 28
1-5
Oct. 15-16
MEA Break
Oct. 29
Chapter 5:
Finding and Evaluating
Research Sources
Nov. 11
50%
Note: lowest grade on chapter assignments 1-5 will be dropped.
25%
Nov. 12
Chapter 6:
Organizing and Writing
Researched Arguments
Nov. 25
15%
Nov. 30
Chapter 7:
Presentation of a Visual Argument
Dec. 16
5%
Dec. 14
Final Memo:
Self-Evaluation
Dec. 16
In
each project there is a main assignment. Most projects have additional
requirements such as discussion postings and a process memo. If the
Chapter 6 assignment, the researched argument, is below college level work, the
research project will receive a
grade of "I" (incomplete) until the assignment is revised.
Students must successfully complete a college-level research project to
receive a passing grade in this course.
No late work will be
accepted after the D2L dropbox locks. The D2L assignment dropbox
will lock 24 hours after the assignment due date. Work submitted after the due date,
during this 24-hour grace period, will have a 1-point late penalty.
You
are expected to work steadily on assignments throughout the semester.
Procrastinating writing until the night before an assignment is due does NOT
allow time for good practice of the writing process. When you
procrastinate, you risk submitting first drafts rather than your best work.
I do not encourage procrastination.
The grace period should be necessary
only in emergencies, such as computer crashes. In the event that you
do not submit an assignment before the dropbox locks, then that assignment will receive a grade of
zero or F. This may be the lowest grade that is dropped on the chapter 1-5
assignments.
December 2, 2009, is the last
day to withdraw with a grade of W. Students
who are behind in course work on this date are advised to withdraw. All course work must be completed and turned
in by midnight, Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
See Course
Policies for Instructions on Submitting
Assignments | Policy on Due Dates
| Policy on Plagiarism
Courses |
Planning |
Discovery Writing |
Drafting |
Revising |
Editing |
Handbook
Search |
Home
© Copyright 2009 the WorldWide Writers' PLACE - Elizabeth A. Nist
All rights reserved. No part of this site may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
electronic or mechanical, including downloading and printing, photocopying, recording,
or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the owner.
ENGL
1121: Due Dates and Grade Requirements
Fall 2009
Your grade in the course will be determined by both the quantity and the quality of your work. During the course there are 7 course assignments and a final memo which will be graded. Please note that the grades are weighted so that work done later in the semester has more weight in determining the final grade.
| Weight | Start Date | Project | Due Date |
|
5% |
Aug. 24 | Introduction: ENGL 1121: D2L, the WorldWide Writers' PLACE, and the textbook, Envision. | Sept. 2 |
| Sept. 3 | Chapter 1-2: Analyzing Persuasive Strategies in Visual Texts | Sept. 23 | |
| Sept. 24 | Chapter 3:Analyzing Perspectives in Argument | Oct. 7 | |
| Ch. | Oct. 8 |
Chapter 4: Planning and Proposing Research Arguments |
Oct. 28 |
| 1-5 | Oct. 15-16 |
MEA Break |
|
| Oct. 29 | Chapter 5: Finding and Evaluating Research Sources | Nov. 11 | |
| 50% | Note: lowest grade on chapter assignments 1-5 will be dropped. | ||
| 25% | Nov. 12 | Chapter 6: Organizing and Writing Researched Arguments | Nov. 25 |
| 15% | Nov. 30 | Chapter 7: Presentation of a Visual Argument | Dec. 16 |
| 5% | Dec. 14 | Final Memo: Self-Evaluation | Dec. 16 |
In
each project there is a main assignment. Most projects have additional
requirements such as discussion postings and a process memo. If the
Chapter 6 assignment, the researched argument, is below college level work, the
research project will receive a
grade of "I" (incomplete) until the assignment is revised.
Students must successfully complete a college-level research project to
receive a passing grade in this course.
No late work will be accepted after the D2L dropbox locks. The D2L assignment dropbox will lock 24 hours after the assignment due date. Work submitted after the due date, during this 24-hour grace period, will have a 1-point late penalty. You are expected to work steadily on assignments throughout the semester. Procrastinating writing until the night before an assignment is due does NOT allow time for good practice of the writing process. When you procrastinate, you risk submitting first drafts rather than your best work. I do not encourage procrastination. The grace period should be necessary only in emergencies, such as computer crashes. In the event that you do not submit an assignment before the dropbox locks, then that assignment will receive a grade of zero or F. This may be the lowest grade that is dropped on the chapter 1-5 assignments.
December 2, 2009, is the last day to withdraw with a grade of W. Students who are behind in course work on this date are advised to withdraw. All course work must be completed and turned in by midnight, Wednesday, December 16, 2009.
Search | Home
© Copyright 2009 the WorldWide Writers' PLACE - Elizabeth A. Nist All rights reserved. No part of this site may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including downloading and printing, photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the owner.