Workbooks/Worksheets (150 points)

Items designated as "workbooks" or "worksheets" are brief assignments designed to help you focus on some area of knowledge, or give you practice on some skill that is about to feed into an upcoming assignment. I might ask you to explain the difference between paper and parchment; or give you a picture of an object and ask you to identify it and label the parts; or ask you to fold a piece of paper to make a signature for an octavo. We might do these during class time, or they might be homework.

My goal is to give about 10 points worth of workbook assignments each week, which translates to about one percent of your final grade each week. If at the end of the semester the arithmetic doesn't come out right, I'll adjust their relative value so that the total value of all the possible workbook points counts as 150 points.

Workbooks are designed to make sure you are keeping up with the class. If you miss a workbook, you are welcome to complete the assignment in order to ensure that you understand the material, but the opportunity to earn points on that workbook will be gone.