FOR ALL Classes:




== @@@ WHAT TO BRING TO CLASS: @@@Bring a looseleaf (preferably 
bendable plastic) NOTEBOOK with pockets, paper, pens, pencils, 
markers, and highlighters.  Some students like to have their own 
small hole-punchers.  Bring tissues if you have allergies.  You may 
have bottled water in the room but no soda.  Students are encouraged 
to bring in rolls of paper towels, tissues, and hand sanitizer to 
help keep the room clean.  

==This year you are expected to contribute a ream of paper as part 
of your school supplies.  Please bring it in as soon as you can.  
Also, you are encouraged to bring in hand sanitizer, paper towels, 
and tissues as part of the original supply list.  These are expected 
and not for points.

==Your notebook (with 6-8 dividers).   The items to be covered in 
your notebook can be arranged in order and combinations that you 
prefer, but you should be able to find everything immediately.  If 
you want to combine a few areas, that is fine, but make the starred 
categories clear with tabs: 
             
    *Class Notes 
    *Vocabulary 
    *Terminology 
    *Writing 
    *Grammar 
    *Literature   
    *Miscellaneous 

You need a notebook to survive in APE ENGLISH--or any college 
course.   


==WRITING FOLDER--Bring a 2nd notebook with POCKETS (plastic, no 
rings) to keep all your returned and revised essays.  Put your name 
clearly on the outside.  These will be kept in the classroom and 
should be updated throughout the year.  The writing FOLDER PERSONS 
will keep track of these in the classroom, checking to make sure 
that logs are maintained with care and that absentees get returned 
papers. 



==@@@ E-MAIL: Much of our work will be done via E-MAIL and 
downloading, so make certain that I have your most up-to-date e-mail 
address.  Also, make sure you know how to send documents by rich 
text (see directions under the ANNOUNCEMENTS icon!) and how to do a 
web search.   

 

@@@ Also, please stock up on computer paper and cartridges for your 
printer!


@ (IF ABSENT ON A TEST DAY--without prior planning--YOUR TEST 
probably WILL BE ORAL--or slightly adjusted).@  I like to return 
tests immediately, so I seldom give the same test for make-ups.


****@@@ IF YOU ARE SICK and can't come to school on a day when 
something important is due, E-MAIL IT TO ME or send it with someone!  
   

If you have a "window of opportunity," a length of time to turn in 
an assignment, it must be turned in to me the last day.  Otherwise, 
the window closes, and you are left outside, without excuses. 






GRADES: Not everything will have a grade attached!   I let people 
rewrite some essays until we're all satisfied (at the first of the 
term). Sometimes I award participation points that may only be 
collected if the person is present. Since the tests are often 
difficult, I balance grades by giving extra points (even 
occasionally a 100-pt. "test" grade) for extra seminars. If a 
project is not completed as assigned, I either deduct points or give 
a complete 0. I DO NOT ACCEPT LATE WORK WITHOUT AN IMPECCABLE 
EXCUSE. (Work is NEVER accepted after the end of "THE WINDOW OF 
OPPORTUNITY"!) 


The following are typical of the weighting: 
� 100 points for tests, essays, speeches, presentations 
� 400-800 points for research papers, more if an oral report is 
attached (some of the points are for preliminary papers and drafts 
done throughout the course before the FINAL due date).
� 0-20 points for job contributions 
� Up to 100 points for selected seminar, category threads, and other