Final Exam Information

The final exam and all assignments must be completed, with at least a C average, in order to get a final grade.

The final exam will be open-book. You may bring a laptop, your texts, your class notes, a dictionary, a thesaurus, the memos I have written to you, and any personal notes and drafts.
The exam will likely include five parts (20% + 2% of your grade; 4% for each of five parts, plus up to 2% for the vocabulary extra credit option:

questions on "Explorations" or "Elaborations," a brief analytical essay
questions on "Connections," a short comparative-contrast essay
Writing Exercise: sentence combining
- in-class practice: "The Crimson Tide"
a section on the writing process from the The New St. Martin's Handbook, including grammar and mechanics, and how to do bibliographical citations in APA or MLA or CBE or Chicago-style formats
- in-class practice: "Mechanical and Processes Section of the Final Exam"
a revising exercise
- in-class practice: "American Indians: Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow" (from Week 06 and Week 07)
for up to 2% extra credit: a question on vocabulary (cf., "Word of the Day" entries which follow, such as the one for "interview" on Day 07).

Makeup Exam Note: If you cannot take the final exam at the designated time, prior to finals week please arrange for a makeup exam.