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What do I consider a dumb question?
Something that can be found on canvas, schedule, or syllabus. Or something I've repeated several times.
What does SWA stand for?
Small Writing Assignment
Holidays/Breaks, Readings, Due Dates
What happens if you do not receive credit for an assignment?
Resubmit
Where does the comma go in this sentence?
After the movie we went to get ice cream.
After "movie"
What day are your major assignments due?
Friday
What does MWA stand for?
Major Writing Assignment
Scenario: You give me four pages on a five-page paper. What will Anja do?
Find you, your family, and your dog
OR
Make you resubmit
When will work be considered late?
If it is turned in after 11:59 Sunday PM
Does this sentence need a comma before the word "but?"
I wanted to buy ice cream but I forgot while I was at the store?
Yes
What kind of grading does this class use?
Contract Grading
What are participation assignments? (Give an example)
Class activities, group work, and journals
Do I have excused absences in my class?
Nope, you get what you get. You all get to miss about the same amount of class before it affects your grade.
Which assignments do I ask you to bring as a hardcopy and on what day?
MWAs on Mondays (usually)
Name two citation styles.
APA, AMA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, IEEE
What do I use to determine + or - on a grade?
Participation/Attendance
Latework
Missing assignments
What are SWAs for?
To help you prepare for MWAs
Why do you need to pay attention while I'm talking?
Sometimes I forget mid sentence and will have to ask you what I was doing :)
At what point will I not accept late work?
Bonus (Daily Triple): What will happen after this point if it is for an MWA?
Two weeks past the due date
Bonus: Time to d-d-d-drop
What is another term for a "full sentence?"
Dependent clause
What four assignments must you turn in to pass the class?
Bonus (DAILY DOUBLE): What grade will you get if you only turn in these four assignments?
MWA 1, 2, 3 and Final Portfolio
Bonus: C (flat 75)
How many SWAs do you have?
(I will give double points if you can tell me what type of assignments they are)
1110: Rant and Presentation (2)
1120: Movie Review, Annotated Bibliography, Draft
What type of writing assignments are each of your MWAs?
1110: Review, Rhetorical Analysis, Report
1120: Genre/Lit Analysis, Report, Research Paper
At what percentage of participation/attendance will it affect your grade?
below 80%
What is a correct use of the colon as a punctuation mark?
To make a list, for block quotes, an expansion/explanation