In the first week of the semester students will acquire an email account. After the account is established, students will be given an email disk and taught how to submit their work in this format. Since a significant portion of the class work will involve peer review of writing projects, it is essential that all students complete writing assignments on time to share them with their peer group. Plagiarism Plagiarism means submitting someone else's work or ideas as your own. Although students are encouraged to work in peer groups to explore new ideas and techniques, it is inappropriate to take sections of another writer's work or unique ideas without assigning appropriate credit to the original source.
Plagiarism can result in failing a particular paper or the entire course.
For clarification of the school's policy on this issue, refer to the Student Handbook. In the context of this class, a reader's response will refer to a freeform, yet thoughtful, written response to a piece of literature. Sometimes reader's responses may involve reflecting on multiple aspects of a reading that impressed you, while other times a reader's response may simply explore one angle of literature in depth. A reader's response will often be used as a springboard into a more formal writing project. Students will be asked to write a reader's response after reading a section of a work and bring that reader's response to class to share with classmates as a basis for discussion.