[whytheheckme]

Originally Posted by JBotAlan

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DIRECTIONS:
Write an argumentative essay on the subject of betrayal. Specifically, answer the question, “What happens to a community (e.g., a classroom, a school, a town, a state, a country) when a significant portion of its members choose not to participate in an activity or event whose full benefits are dependent on the participation of the entire (or virtually the entire) community?”

PROJECT REQUIREMENTS:
1. Minimum four (4) pages in length
2. Minimum four (4) works cited (fiction or non-fiction sources), with corresponding citations
3. Effective argumentative essay techniques (e.g., claim, data, warrant, concession, refutation, ethos appeals, logos appeals, pathos appeals)
4. One (1) or more elaborated historical anecdotes (e.g., Dillard’s discussion of the French-Indian War)
5. One (1) or more elaborated references to a current event
6. Two (2) visual representations (e.g., photo, cartoon, advertisement, table, chart) that add meaning to your essay (insert a Text Box in Word, then insert your visual representation in the Text Box)
7. One (1) or more elaborated excerpts (e.g., a short poem, a paragraph) from a work of literature that helped inform your purpose (place this in the body of your essay, or in a Text Box, as appropriate)
8. Fifteen (15) or more different rhetorical devices – put a parenthetical reference in the body of your essay, naming the rhetorical device
9. Proper MLA formatting (1” margins, double-spaced, 12-point font, heading, header)
10. Signatures of two community members who can attest to the literary worthiness of your essay
11. NO SATIRES WILL BE ACCEPTED

GRADING:
This assignment is worth 300 points toward your 4th marking period grade.

The assignment will be graded on completeness, accuracy, and evidence of a robust, detailed, methodical, comprehensive, diligent, mature approach that honors the spirit of this assignment.

Failure to incorporate any one of the project requirements listed above will earn an automatic zero.
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Someone needs to bring this to an Administrator's attention. This is just.... unspeakably immoral, dishonest, irresponsible, and just plain wrong. This person must have serious issues. (EDIT: ) Step 11 should not have to be included unless this was done in some senseless act of power-hungry rage.... That is just an inappropriate requirement.

A student (should) get credit for what they do. If a student does not complete an assignment worth 0 points, they should get a score of 0/0 as opposed to 100/0.

Also, if this was a proper AP course, there should have been a syllabus. The only assignments that count toward your final grade should be outlined on the syllabus. Something worth this much can be added at ANY point without complete consent of the class. The teacher can only give you a grade based on the work outlined on the syllabus.

This is just absurd.


EDIT:

Originally Posted by EHaskins

I do think the students who didn't turn in the paper should have consequences, but not the entire class.

So he is imposing this 'betrayal' essay on EVERYONE? That is unbelievable. In what way was it your fault that the other students did not complete the assignment?

Even so, the other students should not be imposed with this assignment based on reasons I have already discussed.

EDIT2:
If this is an AP class, then it should model a college class in every way. I have taken almost 80 college credits, and NEVER would something like this be accepted. EVER. EVER. It's just so absurd. If you don't complete an assignment, you don't get points. It's that easy. Ask your teacher if this was ever done to him in college....

Jacob