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ENG112, Section #71

Instructor: Stephanie Jo Kent
Office: Bartlett 68
Office Hours: by appointment
Email: steph@comm.umass.edu
UMass Wiki: Class:Section 71 - ENG 112 - Spring 2007

Grading will be divided into two equal sections: baseline logistics and writing projects:

The Baseline (50%) elements of class are logistical expectations. This category includes attendance, pop quizzes, homework, conferences (three), portfolios (total of five), in-class and in-wiki or class magazine participation, and the writer’s notebook (80 pages). Every item is worth one point. You start with 50 points and you lose a point for each infraction (each absence, each missed question on a quiz or test, each component of your portfolio, each homework assignment, and – eventually – each punctuation error.) There will only be a very few opportunities (typically unannounced) to earn back points. In other words, each loss will lower your overall grade.

Specific Writing Assignments (50%): 4 essays and the final reflection. Because the goal is that your writing improves over the course of the semester, the unit essays increase in value. Improvement is a direct result of practice. Practice requires fulfillment of each step in a developmental process.

Unit 1 (15%) - a personal identity narrative
Unit 2 (20%) - interacting with texts
Unit 3 (25%) - research-based advocacy letter
Unit 4 (25%) - negotiable
Reflection (15%) - on improvements evident in your own writing

The quality of the final essay determines the overall grade for the unit. Missing work will affect your grade in two ways, by deduction off the baseline and quality of the end product. Quality will generally be determined according to the following hierarchy:

• perceptible logic, development
• addresses the assigned task
• explores critical aspects and elements of the task
• clarity and support (evidence for claims)
• minimum of distractions (e.g., diction, punctuation)
  
  

Additional or alternative criteria will be clarified for each particular writing project.