Teacher Resources: Course Description and Pedagogy: Required Texts & Basic Student Requirements

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Required Texts:

• Miller and Spellmeyer, The New Humanities Reader
• Michael L. Keene and Katherine H. Adams, Easy Access

Basic Student Requirements:

• Students read a minimum of seven selections from The New Humanities Reader.

• Students write 6 out-of-class essays, including a rough and final draft for each essay. By the term's end, a student's final drafts should total at least 30 typed pages.

• Students make three brief oral presentations in class (see Public Speaking).

• Students take an in-class Final Exam (essay format, graded pass or fail), which they must pass in order to pass the course.

• The lowest passing grade for any essay, and for the course, is a C.

• Students must keep all rough and final drafts in a folder, which teachers will collect for "folder review" twice during the semester.

• Students must demonstrate competence in the development of an argument, in the organization of that argument, in the conventions of citation, and in the writing of clear, correct Standard English.

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