At the end of the quarter, you will be graded on your overall class discussion during the presentation of other students' articles. I will take roll at the beginning of each class. If you miss 5 role calls, your grade goes down 1 letter. The paper must contain a minimum of 4 references in addition to a reference to the paper itself. The paper will be graded within a week for content, concepts, style, grammar, etc.
Students then can rewrite the paper once, incorporating corrections.
The original grade can be raised up to one letter grade based on the rewrite. All students must arrange to meet with me with some idea of their topic by Tuesday, January 26. Final topics must be approved by me by Tuesday, February 2. As indicated above, if you miss 5 role calls, you lose 1 letter grade. Readings I will assign reading materials as we proceed.