You will have the opportunity to revise every assignment in this class except the presentation. I will return your assignments to you one week after you hand them in, and revisions are due one week after the original assignment was returned to you. The grade you receive on your revision will be the grade I will use when factoring your final course grade. I will not accept late revisions. I use this revision policy because I believe the only way to improve your writing is to write more.

I will accept late assignments but if you turn in an assignment late (regardless if the assignment is two hours or two weeks late), you forfeit your opportunity to receive comments in a timely manner and revise the assignment for a better grade.

Every assignment you do for this class will be accompanied by a paper that details the rhetorical choices you made to complete the assignment; in other words, this paper will provide a rationale for how you completed the assignment and will give me insight into your mastery of the concepts associated with each assignment. This paper should provide evidence that you have completed the assigned reading and thought critically about your assignment. See each individual assignment sheet for more details on how to complete this portion of the assignment.

All assignments are due before the beginning of class on the date specified in the class calendar below and on the assignment sheet. Please send your assignments to me as specified in each assignment sheet.

I do not have any specific requirements regarding assignment formatting because the way you format your assignments will be part of your grade.

I expect all assignments to be submitted without spelling and grammar errors. If you have an excessive number of errors in your assignment, I will return it to you for revision without grading it and you must turn in your revised assignment to receive a grade. In this case, you will not have the opportunity to revise your paper for a third time.

The evaluation criteria for each assignment will be included on each assignment sheet. Meeting the criteria of each assignment will merit a C for your work. Mastering the criteria of each assignment will merit an A for your work. Should you fall short of meeting the criteria for the assignments, you will receive an F for your work.