First off, I was out sick Tuesday, so my apologies if you were looking for me. Despite being sick, I did have a chance to go over and grade your first out-of-class story, so the day wasn't a complete loss (though there will be a delay in grading and returning the Monday night homework writing assignment).
Wide range in how people handled the first out-of-class assignment. Everybody did well in something and everybody can do a bit better at something else. Completely expected for a first out-of-class assignment. That's why we do rewrites; so you get a chance to show me your improvement.
One thing that more people missed than made, though, was with a boilerplate thing.
According to the syllabus, you are REQUIRED to submit a word count at the end of your story, along with a source list that includes contact information for those sources. That's so I can (a) see that your story was of a sufficient length, and (b) so I can call upon/check your sources and documentation and make sure you got everything right.
I didn't want to read the entire syllabus line-by-line on the first day of class; I used to do that but I thought we were way beyond hand-holding you guys through required reading. Please make sure you handle assignments as listed in the syllabus, and that you are familiar with the syllabus overall. You will be docked in the future for failing to pay attention to such details.
I encourage everyone to do a rewrite. If you're not exactly sure how to do a rewrite, please see me ASAP!
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