English 101 Checklist and Grade Report

Grades are marked in RED and Bold.

Writing Exercises, a total of six. [The Trip from Home to School. The last version of this story becomes Theme Five. Theme Five is the only version that is graded.]

The Writing Exercises are due at the dates indicated. If they are not handed in on or before the date, they are not accepted.

#1: Writing without prepositions [____Yes] [___ No]

Due Date: ____________ 

#2: Writing with no restrictions  [____Yes] [___ No]

Due Date: ____________ 

#3: Moving a prepositional phrase  [____Yes] [___ No]

Due Date: ____________ 

#4 Using absolutes   [____Yes] [___ No]

Due Date: ____________ 

#5:Adding adjectives  [We are not doing #5]

Due Date: ___NA_________ 

#6: Using participles  [____Yes] [___ No]

Due Date: ____________ 

#7: Appositives & noun clusters  [____Yes] [___ No

Due Date: ____________ 

[Note: individual writing exercises are not graded. You are, however, graded according to your total effort in doing these exercises. And then you are graded separately on # 10, the last one.]

[We are not doing #s 8 and 9.]

# 10 = Theme #5 and is the last of these writing exercises.

#10: The finished story. There is no rough draft and no meta-narrative for theme five.

Due Date, Week Fourteen: __April 15__  Your Date: ________

Initial Grade: _________  Final grade: _____ (8 [for effort on all of the writing exercises] & 9 [for theme five] )

          Successful writing of 4 themes of approximately 500 words

Theme One: Narration

Due Date: Week Five: Feb. 11 /   Your Date: ________

Initial Grade: _________  Final grade: _____ (1)

Theme Two: Illustration

Due Date: Week Eight: March 4 /  Your Date: ________

Initial Grade: _________  Final grade: _____ (2)

Theme Three: Comparison

Due Date: Week Twelve: April 1 / Your Date _____

Initial Grade:________ Final grade: _____ (3)

Completion of Library Review and Works Cited [no rough draft]:

Due Date: Week 9: March 11/  Your Date: ________

Initial Grade: _________  Final grade: _____ (4)

Theme Six: Self - Assessment Theme. [no rough draft] [This theme is worth two theme grades.]

Due Date: Week Fifteen: April 22 / Your Date: ________

Initial Grade: _____________ Final grades: _____ (5 & 6)

Participation = one theme grade (7)

Basics of writing exam, April 28:  (10) [You will be excused from this exam if you have an A- or A average on your theme grades.]

  *There are a total of Ten theme grade equivalents that make up the final grade for the course.