Office Hours and Contacting Me
If at any time you need to discuss of the class with me, do not hesitate to come see me, phone me, or e-mail me. The most effective way of reaching me is by e-mail (danika@u.arizona.edu). We can schedule appointments or even "discuss" your concerns on e-mail. Please utilize office hours and individual appointments to keep in contact with me throughout the semester.

Texts
The required texts for the course are:

• Alvarado, Beth and Barbara Cully, eds. Writing as Re-Vision: A Student's Anthology. Needham Heights, MA: Simon and Schuster Custom P, 1996.
  Get this text in the University bookstore.
  
• Gaines, Ernest J. A Lesson Before Dying. New York: Vintage Books, 1993.
  Do NOT get this in the university bookstore; pick it up at Antigone Books on 4th Avenue.
  
• Cai, Guanjun, Andy Crockett, and Maureen Salzer, eds. A Student's Guide to First-Year Composition. 18th ed. MN: Burgess Publishing, 1996.
  It is essential that you get the current edition of the Student Guide, but you probably already bought it for English 101.

Grades
Your grade will be determined by the following point breakdown (total points--1000):

• Essay 1: 200 points, 20%
• Essay 2: 200 points, 20%
• Essay 3: 200 points, 20%
• Journal, Caucus, In-class writing: 100 points, 10%
• Group Project (Service Learning activities and Anthology): 150 points, 15%
• Final Exam: 150 points, 15%

Attendance
Much of the work for this class will be done in class. If you want to know what is important to me, and if you want to know what will determine grades for each paper, you will need to be in class to find that information out. If you miss more than 3 classes, you may be dropped from the course with a grade of "E".

Turning in Work
All work must be turned in by the due date for full credit. You must turn in all formal essays to pass the course. All essays must be accompanied by rough drafts and peer editing responses. If you missed a formal paper, you may turn it in late, but it will not be graded for full credit. Papers are due by 5pm on the date due (unless some extreme situation has caused us to negotiate an exception). The highest grade you can receive on a paper received after the date due is a "C". If the paper is more than one week (3 class sessions) late, you receive credit for turning it in, but the paper will receive a letter grade of "E". Save a copy of all your assignments in case the turned in copy is lost.

Ethics
Please become familiar with the university's policy on plagiarism and integrity. You can find this information in the Student Guide page 138. If you turn in any work that has been plagiarized, or cheat in any other fashion, you may fail the course. In terms of classroom conduct, I expect you to respect the other students in this class (as well as your humble instructor). If there are any instances where I feel that your conduct is inappropriate or questionable, I will ask you to have a conference with me during office hours so we can clear up any misunderstandings.

Collaboration
You will be expected to collaborate with your peers both in and out of class. I believe strongly that all settings are community settings and that you benefit from your interactions with your peers. Consider everyone in this class a colleague. I will ask you to form groups for the final projects early in the semester. You will work with this group often in class on class exercises as well.

E-mail and class web page
You are required to get an e-mail address by the second week of class. E-mail accounts are available to all of you; check in CCIT if you need assistance in setting up an account. I will subscribe all of you to the course listserv (102brown@listserv.arizona.edu) so you will receive announcements and can post questions. You will be required to participate on the Caucus discussion group, "engl102brown" (which I will explain later) regularly. In addition, the most effective way of reaching me is by e-mail. All of your essays will be published on the class webpage, which means your essay assignments need to be turned in through e-mail, by disk, or in HTML format (we will go over this).

The class web page is located at http://www.u.arizona.edu/~danika/courses/98spr102.html. In addition to publishing your essays on this site, I will utilize your course web page to post all assignments and handouts that you receive in class. In addition, updates to the schedule and current reading assignments will be posted there. I will also provide "resources" for research, on-line writing labs and other related resources there. I recommend that you check and utilize the web page regularly. If you lose an assignment page or handout, you will want to get a copy from the web site rather than from me.

Paper Format
I highly recommend you do all your work on a word processor. Handwritten drafts are much more difficult to read and comment on. All final drafts must:

• Come in an electronic version (e-mail or on disk)
• Be typed, double-spaced, one-inch margins, 10 - 12 point font (hardcopy is optional as long as you are sure I can read your electronic version).
• Have all drafts and peer review comments attached.
• Be submitted in the required pocket folder.

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