This is meant to ease the worry over grading for you! As long as you sincerely attempt the assignment you will get at least a B and may likely get an A depending on your work.
I think that effort is really important and I like that in this course if you show effort, it will pay off!
Late work may be accepted with a request for extension which was submitted up to 48 hours before the due date.
This is super helpful in case of an emergency, I like that there are policies in place for it so we as students know what to look out for.
practice these new skills without worrying about being penalized by a low grade.
I am excited for this because it gives students creative freedom to try certain techniques without the fear of getting a bad grade!
f how all your assignments should be submitted
I appreciate how clear the guidelines are and it is nice that every one of these assignments will follow this outline, so we can know what to expect!
Always read the selection at least twice, no matter how long it is
I totally agree with this. It can be annoying when it is a long text but it's always worth it. Especially if the text is super dense, sometimes you can get lost in the wordiness and lose the actual meaning within it.
Jot down whatever marginal notes come to mind.
When annotating, I have found that writing whatever comes to mind is actually more helpful than having more structured/formal annotations. The informal annotation still gets the point across and it is in your own words, so it might make more sense to you when reading it back than something more formal.
Active reading is a skill that takes time to acquire.
I mentioned earlier, but many students are not participating in active learning. That being said, it is not necessarily their fault. Active learning is a learned skill and takes focus and time. Some students don't realize that there is a distinction between reading and actively absorbing the material. I think this skill should be taught more, especially to new students.
After all, we all know how to read. But do we know how to read actively?
When I was younger I remember one of my friends mentioning this problem. She would read, but not remember what she just read about and she wasn't applying herself to the reading. I believe, especially in the world we live in today, that many students are not participating in active reading, which hinders their learning and comprehension of subject material.