LitMUSE

For my online literature classes and those classes that took the exam online, I have finished grading your submissions and grades will be posted shortly. I wanted to offer examples of how I evaluated each answer. Firstly, you were asked to write a paragraph response as your answer to each question. Some just answered the [...]

The top five reasons for poor grades on forums:

Not posting enough; you need to post a minimum of twice per forum. Remember that doing the minimum will likely earn you the minimum grade, perhaps lower.
Starting a new thread on the same or similar topic. This shows me you’re not reading. If you start a new [...]

Take the new ENGL 1101 course evaluation on Survey Monkey. I will announce the password in class, but I’ll give you a hint: it’s the last name of your new favorite author. For the Summer term, the survey is open from now until 7/30 at midnight.

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In an effort to clarify each letter grade, I developed this chart. Note that the professor does not give grades, the student must earn them.
The grade of A on paper means that it excels in most or all of the following ways:

Treatment of subject shows good critical intelligence, careful workmanship, and originality.
Organization is so clear [...]

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