EXTRA-CREDIT SUBMISSIONS
Extra-credit points count only toward your daily average. You may submit up to three (3) extra-credit responses per week. The syllabus for each class specifies the maximum number of extra-credit daily points you may earn for the semester. Your daily average, however, cannot exceed 100%. Check with me in advance before investing a great deal of time in any extra-credit project.
When you submit extra-credit work, carefully follow the instructions in this document.
Manuscript form and proofreading:
· Type, double-space, and use only left justification.
· Use Times New Roman 12 or a similar font.
· Use spell-check.
· Carefully proofread your document both before and after you print it. If you submit a document that contains obvious errors, I will return it to you for revision.
Four-line heading in MLA form in upper left of first page (double-spaced):
If applicable, identify the title and version (if applicable) of the performance, article, or other item to which you are responding. Place titles of short works not published separately (such as titles of essays, articles, chapters, and short stories) inside quotation marks. Underline or italicize titles of works long enough to be published separately (such as titles of plays, films, and books).
Identify the amount
of time you spent on each
activity connected with this extra-credit experience. For example, if you watch a video or
For other extra-credit experiences, you might include the amount of time you spent researching, reading, and/or performing other tasks.
Unless it is self-evident, explain somewhere in your submission how this extra-credit work relates to the particular class.
Of the types of extra credit listed below, the syllabus for each class, under the heading “EXTRA-CREDIT DAILY POINTS,” lists the types that are relevant to the class. Follow these specific instructions for each type of extra credit:
· PERFORMANCES
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Watch performances on stage, film, television,
video, or
o For each performance you watch, write a response. If you watch a program with more than one episode, write a separate paragraph in response to each episode.
o Your response should be at least one well-developed paragraph (at least about one-half [½] page) and usually no longer than about two (2) pages.
o Your response should not summarize the plot of the production; rather, it should evaluate the production (by identifying what you liked or disliked, found effective or ineffective), demonstrate your knowledge of the performance (by including specific details from the production), and, unless it is self-evident, explain the relevance of the performance to the class.
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To get ideas about elements of the performance
you could include in your response, see “Writing a Video Critique” under
· CLIPPINGS OR INTERNET MATERIAL
o Submit clippings or Internet material relevant to the authors, works, or historical periods or events studied in the class. Identify the source of each clipping or printout.
o In front of each clipping or printout, attach a one-paragraph (or longer) response explaining in your own words how it relates to the course and what you learned from it. Do NOT plagiarize the exact words or sentence structure of the source.
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ADDITIONAL
o Read unassigned pages or works from the textbook or relevant pages or works outside the textbook.
o Identify the source of the additional reading and the number of pages you read.
o For each reading under fifty (50) pages, write a response. The length of the response could be one well-developed paragraph or several pages, depending on the length of the reading.
o In your written response, relate the additional reading to the class and explain what you learned from it.
o If a single additional reading exceeds fifty (50) pages, instead of writing a response, schedule a brief conference to discuss the reading with me. In classes that include an “outside reading” component, points for longer additional readings may be added to the outside reading grade rather than be included in the daily average.
o Before you do a significant amount of additional reading, however, please check with me to make sure it will count for the class you have in mind.
· ANALYSIS
o When a difference of opinion about literary interpretation comes up in class, write an analysis supporting your interpretation with specific evidence from the literary work(s).
· RESEARCH
o Do research (for example, on the Internet or in the library) to answer questions relevant to the class.
o In your own words, explain the results of your research. Use MLA form to document any ideas or brief quotations you take from sources. Do NOT plagiarize the exact words or sentence structure of your sources.
· CREATIVE WRITING
o Write original stories, poems, plays, or other creative works related to the works, genres, poetic forms, literary devices, or historical periods and events studied in the class.
o Add an explanation of how your creative work relates to the class.
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RECOMMENDATION OF
o Find Web sites that would be especially helpful to current and future students in the class.
o For each relevant Web site, submit information such as the name of the site, its exact URL, the organization sponsoring the site, a brief description of the overall content of the site, how this site helped you in the class, why you recommend the site to other students, and any other pertinent information that might be helpful to other students.
· TRANSLATION
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