When Assignments Are Due, that is, (usually) Sunday Midnight.

With my plumbing problem on Monday, I'm posting assignments on Wednesday that I would normally have posted this past Sunday or before.

Unless I tell you otherwise, I expect each assignment I give over the week to be done by Sunday at midnight, and a new week for the class will start each Monday morning. Since the week's assignment is being posted today, this week you might find yourself a few days behind the typical Sunday deadline. That's OK, but do take the Sunday deadline seriously for future work.

1) Plan on doing the reading and updating your writing inventories at least once a week, and have the reading and updating done by Sunday mid-night. I'll often base class discussion on the assumption the work has been done BEFORE class on Monday.
2) Unless I tell you otherwise, if there's a draft, peer editing assignment, or paper due, it will be due Sunday by midnight. Here, having your work done might affect not only your grade but that of your peers. After all, if I have you helping someone revise a draft or helping to proofread, they need to have *your* work to do the assignment.
3) I take not having work done someone else needs to succeed *much* more seriously than I do just not having your own work done. Take this warning seriously as well.

Just one final note, if you're timely in having the reading done, responses written (don't worry about responses just now), and participate in class discussions in a timely manner, you can expect a much higher grade in the class participation component of your final grade.

Class participation counts 40% of your final grade, so having the work done on time is worth your time (pun and redundancy intended) and effort.