If you’ve been on campus for very long, I’m
certain that you’ve already heard about this course. You may know that last
semester about fifty 1 of the students
enrolled in my course failed it. Let me explain how this came
2 before you jump to any 3
. In the first 4 , since
this is a composition class, I expect my students to follow certain
rules 5 formality. Unfortunately,
students today dislike having to follow rules of any kind, especially
those which they may feel to be unnecessary. For 6
, I ask that each of your papers 7
typed and centered on the paper correctly. I count off points for
various kinds of mistakes. A misspelled word will cost you 5 points. You’ve lost
25 points if you’ve 8 five words. If you
write 9 incomplete sentence, you’ve lost
10 points. If you give me two complete sentences as one without adequate
punctuation, you’ve lost 15 points. I do not accept late
10 You will receive a zero for any theme which you fail to
submit on 11 I expect, you to read each
assignment. To make certain that you have read the assignment, I 12 give you a short unannounced quiz from time
to 13 . This class meets on Mondays,
Wednesdays, and Fridays. You will have a total of six major tests throughout
the 14 . Your final grade will be
based 15 an average of these major
tests, the pop tests, 16 eight written
themes. If you have any questions at any time, you can see me on Tuesday.
My office is 17 the second floor of this
building. Your 18 for Wednesday is to
read Hemingway’s short story on page 55. Friday will be the last class day of
this week, so you can expect to write a short in class theme for me then.
That’s 19 for today. I’ll 20 you on Wednesday.