Hi, class!
Just a few housekeeping reminders to help you strive toward excellence in class:
Participation: On days where the activity takes up most of class time, you will be able to earn more participation points as long as you are actively engaged in your groups. However, this does not mean that you don't have to talk in class discussion. So this is just a reminder of how important talking in class discussion is especially if we give you the chance to talk and add to the conversation. Making only one or two comments in class does not mean you are going to earn full participation points or that you are done discussing for the day. You need to be engaged throughout the entire class.
Tips and Rubrics: I am going to be emailing you more tips on writing and rubrics. Please check for those in your inbox and if you do not get these attachments, please let me know.
Blog: Please remember for the blog that if your first post is the day before class, you can only earn half-points and if your first post is the day of class (after the blog is officially dead), it won't count and you will earn a zero for the week (if it is a second or third post or whatever, you just don't earn credit for it--you don't earn a zero or anything like that). If you earn four or more zeroes (which means you don't respond to the blog at all during those four weeks), then you will not be able to earn an A in class. Typically, I send reminder emails alerting you if you have earned three zeroes as a head's up. I have these policies in place so that each of you has the opportunity to respond to and engage with each other during the weekly blog discussion.
If you have questions about any of this, please email me or Holly. Excellent debate and discussion this week, gang! We appreciate your enthusiasm!
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