Then hand in the original, my assessment of your original assignment, your revision, and your explanation of the work done on the revisions. Your portfolio will include materials prepared during the course of the semester. Your papers, with my comments, and any revisions should be included as well. Your evaluation sheets of your oral presentations should be included in your portfolio. You should assess your improvements during the course of the semester, e.g. oral presentations.
Attendance is necessary.
Unexcused absences will lead to a lower grade. You may have one unexcused absence. Thus, you would lose 4.5 points for three unexcused absences and 10.5 for four of them. That's a lot too. This is the part of the syllabus that surprises at the end of the semester.