Although the Department of English conducts evaluations at the end of the semester, teachers are encouraged to conduct weekly or bi-weekly evaluations of student progress to help them assess student learning during the semester. Plagiarism and Academic Integrity Please make sure you go over the University s policy concerning plagiarism and academic integrity with your students. This policy can be found on page 375 of the revised catalogue. It can also be found on the University s web page. The possibility of plagiarism becomes a particular concern during Spring semester when students are required to use a great deal of research.
Formal writing includes writing essays that have gone through at least one revision.
One formal writing may be an analyis of a short literary piece in either informative or persuasive aim. Grading top of page Evaluation Evaluation of student writing performance is the most important task of any teacher. Good evaluation is honest, fair, appropriate, and consistently applied within a single student's work across all students in the class. It is based on what is being taught and not on a teacher's tacit knowledge. Evaluation for 1101 Evaluation is also consistent with the goals fo the course.