This semester, there will be 3 writing assignments: a very short assignment due Wednesday of second week, a book report, and a term paper.
The 40 points will be assigned: 3 for the very short paper, 9 for the book report, and 28 for the term paper.
These assignments will be graded primarily on content, but I will also grade the mechanics of the writing. For the term paper, each of you will review a draft of another student's paper, and a few of the points for the term paper will be based on that review.
The very short essay is assigned in the section of this document called ``assignments for the first two weeks.'' Mechanics (grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.) will count some of the grade for all writing assignments.
For (free!) help with your writing, I encourage you to use the UIC Writing Center.