Grade Check and upcoming Readings

For those who didn't submit the Essay 2 draft on time, we will try to review them at the end of the next class (after Spring Break). That may be the only opportunity, and I may or may not get to all of them as they are numerous.

The next full class meeting is the week of March 23 - April 27).

By the way, you can view your individual scores on www.turnitin.com, but you must ignore the total and percentage it gives you as far as your overall grade. That's because turnitin isn't smart enough to drop the lowest of the four scores. If you received credit for all four quizzes, you must subtract out your lowest score. If you missed or failed one or more quizzes, then your score is accurate, however.

IF YOUR TURNITIN ACCOUNT ISN'T PROPERLY SET UP BECAUSE YOU JOINED THE 1A SECTION RATHER THAN 1B, YOU WILL NOT HAVE ACCESS TO ALL YOUR SCORES AND CANNOT ASSESS YOUR GRADE. IN THIS CASE, PLEASE LOG INTO YOUR TURNITIN ACCOUNT AND "ENROLL IN A CLASS" USING Class ID 9518792 and password spring. Until you do so, you cannot know your grade in this class.

There are 500 points graded so far (three quizzes, half the participation grade, Essay 1, and Jane Eyre exam), which leaves 500 to go. This means that if you have,

Fewer than 200 points = mathematically impossible to pass
200-230 points = highly unlikely to pass
231-260 points = currently passing, but at risk for not passing
over 261 points = currently passing
*** BUT REMEMBER, ONLY THE TOP THREE QUIZ SCORES COUNT***
CHECK YOUR TURNITIN ACCOUNT TO BE SURE YOU ARE LISTED AS IN ENGLISH 1B. "B" AS IN BEST. NOT "A" AS IN ABOMINABLE.