INSTRUCTIONS FOR EXTRA-CREDIT
SUBMISSIONS
Carefully follow the instructions in
this document before you submit any extra-credit work.
Limitations and Cautions
Extra-Credit Submission Form
Manuscript Form
· Use Times New Roman 12 as the font for all documents in this class.
· On the “Extra-Credit Submission Form,” single-space the information you add.
· On your response page, double-space, and leave one-inch margins on all four sides of the page.
Punctuation of Titles
Proofreading
· 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.
Questions Marked “Extra Credit” on Study
Guides
Other Types of Extra Credit
Your class syllabus, under the heading “EXTRA-CREDIT DAILY POINTS,” lists the types of extra credit 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 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 Do NOT summarize the plot of the production.
o Your response might do one or more of the following:
§ evaluate the production (by identifying what you like or dislike, what you find effective or ineffective about it)
§ if applicable, explain how the production differs from the literary work
§ analyze particular elements of the production. To get ideas about elements of the performance you could include in your response, see “Writing a Video Critique” under “Documents for all classes” on my home page. You do not, however, need to follow this document in detail unless you are writing a required video critique.
o Your response must include specific details that demonstrate your knowledge of the performance.
· CLIPPINGS OR INTERNET MATERIAL
o Submit clippings or Internet material relevant to the authors, works, or historical periods or events studied in the class.
o Identify the source of each clipping or printout.
o Write a one-paragraph (or longer) response explaining in your own words how the material 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 is appropriate for the class.
· 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 On the “Extra-Credit Submission Form,” explain 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 In your response to 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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