Academic Preparation Reading: February 2011

Monday, February 28, 2011

Monday, 2/28

Due

More Reading Power, Exercise 17 (handout)

News Reports

Personal Reading Log (20,000 words)

Classwork

Review Test 1

NorthStar Unit 6, pg. 114 (Ex. 1B)

Homework

NorthStar Unit 6

Read pgs. 114-115. Complete Ex. 2 on pg. 116.

Answer the preview question on pg. 116.

Read pg. 117.

Complete the sections for main ideas, details, inferences, and opinions (pgs. 118-119).

Optional Homework

Revise Test 1. (Due Thurs, 3/3.)

Updated Late Policy

This policy replaces the confusing policy outlined in your syllabus. The updated policy will apply to all assignments for the second half of the semester.

1. If you are absent, you are responsible for any classwork, homework, quizzes and/or tests that you missed. I will not ask you for the work. I will simply post the assignments online daily. It is your job to consult this log or a classmate.

2. If I returned or handed out any papers in class, I will place them in my box in 103. You can then pick them up Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

3. Any homework can be made up within a week. You will lose 10% for each business day that it is late. The only exceptions are for doctors' notes and extreme emergencies.

4. If you miss a quiz or test, you should reschedule with me face-to-face or in a comment on the relevant posting. You should make-up the exam within one day of your return. Every day after that, you will lose one participation point.

5. If you make up classwork, you will regain your participation points.

6. If you make up homework, you will regain your homework points.