EN235: Methods of Teaching Secondary Language Arts, Dr. Michael O'Conner

Assignments and Grading

Percentage Score Breakdown:
100-93 A .....76-73 C
92-90 A- .....72-70 C-
89-87 B+ .....69-67 D+
86-83 B ......66-63 D
82-80 B- .....62-60 D-
79-77 C+ .....59-00 F

Assignments will be marked one letter grade lower for each day they are late. No assignments are accepted after being four days late.

FORMAT, LENGTH, STYLE, TONE AND AUDIENCE FOR ASSIGNMENTS (see Policies Link above):
All formal assignments must maintain a formal, profession style and tone. Each should demonstrate the student's ability to write, edit, revise and proofread on a college level. Contractions and slang terms or phrases are not considered elements of formal writing. Generally, for most papers try to avoid using first and second person pronouns. The audiences for all your papers will be, primarily, the instructor and your peers and, secondarily an educated, diverse, college level reader. As such, you should always consider these audiences when you write. Avoid racist and sexist language at all times. Avoid all common logical fallacies.

DISTRACTIONS
If you carry a cell phone into the classroom, please turn it off during class or place it on "silent" mode. Any disruptions that prevent the smooth flow of academic activities will result in a student being asked to cease the disruption or leave the classroom.  Multiple instances of such distractions will result in the student being dropped from the course.