Mythology Homework Specifications

This information was given to students on 9.19.13

 

Mythology Homework Specifications

 

 

Unless you are given other information, these are my expectations for homework that is done for this class.

 

The Basics

 

Content

            I look forward to reading your ideas and your work. Plagiarism will result in consequences none of us wants to deal with.

Make sure to quote or paraphrase words that you are borrowing from elsewhere, whether that is a book, a web site, or the homework assignment you have been given. For this class, if you are referring to the reading specific to an assignment, a full citation is not necessary. If you refer to a different source, make sure to give the title, author, and page number (if using a book or magazine) or the URL (web address) and author, if available, of a web site. Please see me beforehand if you are not clear on any of this.

Make sure to read the assignment and follow the directions carefully. Do the correct assignment. I will rarely, if ever, assign plot summaries, so please make sure to answer the questions I have asked, rather than spending a lot of time and words retelling a narrative I have already read.

 

 

Appearance

            Homework must be done in black or dark blue ink. Use white paper that is roughly 8 ½” x 11”. Paper from composition books is too small.

Work done on a keyboard must be in an easily-read font with serifs (such as Bookman, Librarian, Times, Times New Roman, New York, Georgia, Book Antiqua, and Garamond, etc.) in 11, 12, or 13 point font. All work done on a keyboard must be double-spaced. Handwritten assignments only need to be double-spaced if your handwriting is especially frightening.

All assignments of one-half Verdone Unit or longer (see below) are to be written as two or more paragraphs. That means you must either indent before beginning a new paragraph or skip a space between paragraphs.

 

 

Length

            One full Verdone Unit is equal to at least 250 words.

            One-half Verdone Unit is equal to at least 125 words.

 

Formality of Writing

 

For full credit, avoid these:

♦   gonna, wanna, hafta

♦   coulda, shoulda

♦   a/b, b/t, b/c

♦   y’all, you, your, yourself,

♦   mom, my Mom, granddad, his grandma, her daddy

♦   using symbols in the place of words (such as  &, +, / [except in and/or])

♦   slang expressions.

 

 

Instead,

♦   write going to, want to, have to

♦   use could have, should have

♦   spell out about, between, because

♦   find a way to make generalizations that does not require you

♦   use my mother, Mom, Granddad or my grandfather, his grandmother, her father

♦   spell out and

♦   use more formal terms.

 

Due Dates

            Homework will always be accepted early and on the day it is due. Work that is turned in up to one class day late will be eligible for up to 80% of the assignment grade. Unless you have an excused absence, work will not receive credit if it is turned in later than that.