Both skills will be exercised orally each class period, and on quizzes and tests. This will necessarily entail each of you reviewing rusty points of grammar and patching gaps in vocabulary on your own. Daily, prompt, and active participation are required for this course. Should you miss more than two classes, your final letter grade for the course will drop by 1 letter grade for each absence over and above the first two. Announced weekly quizzes will be used to test specific points of grammar.
Pop quizzes are always possible.
Although you may not make up any missed quiz, your two lowest quiz grades will be dropped. In addition, there will be two tests and a final exam, none of which can be made up if missed. Finally, you may be responsible for sundry collected assignments throughout the semester. There will be opportunity for Extra Credit. N.B. Scholastic dishonesty, which includes any kind of cheating, on any graded assignment will result in an F for the course, which you may not drop.