1. Free index cards. My reward for showing up on the first day. I require index cards for record purposes and since the second day usually has late enrollees coming in, I don't check attendance in the first few days. I do, however, believe in rewarding good behavior. Think Pavlov, only with less saliva.
2. Grading system:
30% - Class standing, divided into assignments, seatwork, and recitation
25% - 5 point quizzes. Almost daily.
25% - Final project, which will probably be a book review
20% - Midterm exam, which involves poetry
3. The class wrote their definitions of Literature and gave answers ranging from the good (involving some variant of "art" and "writing") to the inadequate ("any written work") to just plain wrong ("a form of english art").
4. Also asked what books they read and what TV shows they watched. Apart from the usual "Heroes," various anime, and "Harry Potter," notable answers were "Manila Bulletin" (yung may istorya nga eh) and "Maging Sino Ka Man."
HOMEWORK: Read up on Figures of Speech. To be discussed Tuesday.
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