So, after your fourth absence 5 points will be deducted from your final grade each time you miss. If you are absent and you miss a quiz or homework assignment you will not be able to make it up . However, if you contact me before the class and have a valid reason for missing class you will be able to make it up. Lateness may interrupt class activities and be extremely embarrassing for you. Every three times you are late equals one absence.
All papers are due on the date that has been given as a due date.
Unless arrangements are made ahead of time for some reasonable and very serious circumstance, late papers will receive a 0. Print all materials well ahead of the class period for which they are due to insure that any difficulties in printing can be solved in time for the paper to handed in on time. All students should come to class prepared, i.e. with assignments read carefully and enthusiastically ready to discuss the readings in detail. Any essay that incorporates outside sources should follow MLA guidelines, in terms of citation an giving credit to those sources. Even when providing quotations from literature, MLA guidelines are to be followed and proper citation of the literature is expected.