Welcome to College Composition 1 for Paralegal Studies Majors CM114 Instructor: Tara King

Welcome to College Composition 1 for Paralegal

Studies Majors

CM114Instructor: Tara King

Contact Information

• tjones@kaplan.edu (please make note of this since my email address does not use my current last name)

• tarainst@comcast.net (alternate email address)

• Office Hours: Fridays 5 – 7 pm ET• Login name for AIM, Yahoo, and

GoogleTalk: tarainst

Rubrics

Due Dates & Late Policy

• Assignments are due by 11:59 pm ET on Tuesday of the assigned unit

• If your assignment is going to be late for any reason, email me prior to the due date to make arrangements.

• No late assignments will be accepted after the end of Unit 8.

• Resubmissions are not allowed

Incomplete policy

• Granted only in extreme cases• Must have a passing grade in the course

when the incomplete is requested.

Seminar Options

• Option 1 (preferred)– Attend the audio

seminar

• Option 2– Review the seminar

transcript – Write a synopsis and

analysis of the covered material

– Email to the instructor within one week of the seminar

Plagiarism

• Plagiarism is the act of stealing words or ideas from a source and acting as if those words or thoughts were your own. It is not tolerated in this class.

• I submit everything to www.turnitin.com.• In addition, submitting work for this class

and another class is considered academic plagiarism because you are supposed to do original work for each class.

Final Project

• Due at the end of Unit 9• Worth 200 points of your final grade.• Late projects are not accepted.

Basic Elements of Writing

A new way to consider writing

Instead of thinking of. . .• Format• Correctness• Chunks of information

Think of. . .• Audience• Purpose• Connections