101B Attendance and Grading Policies

Attendance and Grading Policy

I take attendance daily. Since 25% of your grade is based on participation in class activities (in Spanish), attendance is vital.

For classes meeting twice a week, the class grade is negatively affected after two absences. In a two-hour class format, missing one day is really the equivalent of missing two one-hour classes.
For classes meeting three times a week, the class grade is negatively affected after three absences.
Since late arrivals are disruptive, please make every effort to arrive a few minutes early.
Three lates equal one absence.
In language classes attendance is critical since the material builds on earlier lessons. It is extremely difficult to "catch-up" in a language class.

If you are absent, it is your responsibility to go to the website WWW.Drlemon.net/spanish101b.html, and check www.books.quia.com for homework and Horario[class material] pages. Otherwise, contact a classmate and find out what we did and what , if any, any assignments are due and bring them with you the first day you return to class.

Late and/or incomplete homework is not accepted for credit.
Copying from the Answer Key prompts of the computer exercises or of the written Workbook, copying on Lab Manuals and any other form of Academic Dishonesty will result in a zero on the copied or plagiarized work AS WELL AS any work submitted prior to this work! Copying Answers provided by Answer Keys or claiming to have completed an on-line exercise which was not actually done constitute cheating. The student will receive an F for the Class Participation grade. The student also may be dropped from the course and/or reported to the Dean of Students.
Students caught cheating on Exams (copying, soliciting answers, cheatsheets of any form, etc.) will be dropped from the course with a formal report to the Dean of Students.
Submitting previously done or submitted work or work done by another person will result in the student being dropped from the course with a formal report to the Dean of Students.

Grading Policy

I will be evaluating laboratory attendance, the lab manual and workbook chapters, other homework and class assignments, performance on tests and quizzes, partner and group tasks, attendance (incl. arriving and leaving on time), being prepared for class and active use of Spanish in class.

A = 100-90%

B = 89-80%

C = 79=70%

D = 69=60%

F = 59-0%

25% Class attendance and participation

15% Lab Work [you cannot pass this class without successfully completing the labwork]

10% Workbook and Homework

25% Exams and Quizzes

25% Final Examination

Half of your grade (50%) is based on attendance, class participation, homework, laboratory attendance. Doing well on this half of your grades will help you to do well on the other (exams) half.

Make-up Policy

Only 1 (one) chapter exam may be made up.
You must make-up the exam prior to the next class meeting. For example, in the class which meets Monday- Wednesday 10-11:25am, should you miss the exam on Monday, you must make it up prior to 10am on Wednesday. However, once exams have been returned to a class, a make-up for that exam is not permitted.
It is your responsibility to contact me to make arrangements for the make-up exam.

Quizzes are generally unannounced and may not be made up.

Note:
Cell phones and/or pagers must be turned off in the classroom during class. Use of cell phones and/or pagers is not permitted.

Computer use:

Computers in the classroom are to be used for class activities as directed by the instructor.

Inappropriate use of computers, including Instant Messaging, chatrooms, games, unrelated web-pages etc., will result in a zero for class participation and possible reports filed with department deans.