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What is the name of your professor?
Reima Abobaker
what is the day and time of our class?
It is held everyday from 2:00 p.m to 4:30 p.m.
How can students contact the professor and speak with her in private?
Students can contact the professor via this email rabobake@scad.edu or in person by visiting her office during the office hours M/T/W/Th from 8:30 to 10 a.m. or by appointment at Norris Hall, second floor (room 206).
Where is our class?
It's in Norris Hall, third floor (room 208).
Which day will we have quiz 2?
It will be on Wed, September 19, 2018.
What is the percentage of Multi-draft essays?
It takes 15% of the total grade.
What is the percentage of class quizzes?
There are 10 quizzes and all take 8% of the total grade.
What is the percentage of Homework (Online and written) and Holes reading assignments and activities?
It takes 10% of the total grade.
What is the percentage of Writing journals and Vocabulary journals?
It takes 7% of the total grade.
What is the percentage of class participation?
It takes 7% of the total grade.
Where are we going for our field trip? Why?
We will visit one of the SCAD Film Festival 2018 events to learn more about the fantastic world of film making and motion picture production.
How many extra help sessions will the professor offer? When will they be?
We will have 2 extra help sessions; one will be on Friday, October 5th at 12:00 p.m and on Friday, November 9th at 12:00 p.m.
How many extended learning opportunities are students required to arrange?
They are required to arrange for at least two different activities.
Name the options suggested for ELOs in the syllabus.
They are:
1. Thursday, September 20, 5:00 p.m., Lorrain O’Grady, visiting artist lecture, SCAD MOA
2. Friday, September 21, 3:00 p.m., SCAD Language Studio panel of graduates, Arnold Hall auditorium*
3. Friday, October 19, 6:30 p.m., Henry Kim lecture on Essential Graphic Design principles; SCAD MOA
4. Friday, October 26, 6:00 p.m., Open Studios, Alexander Hall (Painting & Printmaking departments).
5. Saturday, October 27- November 3, one of the events of the SCAD Film Festival.
6. Choose your own (Student’s Choice), where students can attend an event or session of their choice.
True or False (and correct if false)
Once students decide on ELO, they can start working on it without the professor's permission?
False. It depends.
If students choose a SCAD Film Festival or Own Choice option, they need to inform the professor of the event’s details for approval before attending.
What are the homework that students need to do before Thursday class of every week?
Grammar Online Exercises
What are the activities and actions that are rewarded participation points?
They are:
- meaningful contribution to class discussions,
- engaging in class activities each week,
- arriving on time,
- doing homework on time,
- conducting their own work.
- speaking English at all times.
What does cheating include?
Cheating, includes, but is not limited to,
(a) the giving or receiving of any unauthorized assistance in producing assignments or taking quizzes, tests or examinations;
(b) dependence on the aid of sources including technology beyond those authorized by the instructor in writing papers, preparing reports, solving problems or carrying out other assignments;
(c) the acquisition, without permission, of tests or other academic material belonging to a member of the university faculty or staff; or
(d) the use of unauthorized assistance in the preparation of works of art.
What are the activities and actions that result in deduction of participation points?
They are:
- using cell phone in class,
- sending late work,
- arriving to class at 11:00 a.m. or after,
- not bringing their own copies of the textbooks to every class,
- not participating and engaging in in-class activities and discussions as well as outside tasks and assignments,
- speaking other languages,
- not doing homework assignments,
- getting outside help,
- sleeping in class.
What does plagiarism include?
Plagiarism, which includes, but is not limited to,
a) the use, by paraphrase or direct quotation, of the published or unpublished work of another person without full and clear acknowledgment,
b) the unacknowledged use of materials prepared by another person or agency engaged in the selling of term papers or other academic materials.