2. 40% Major Assignments In-School Essays In-Class Presentations Major Projects and Written Assignments 30% Minor Assignments Writer’s Notebook Classwork (individual and group) Minor Homework Assignments
3. The effort you put into your writing assignments will be taken into account when calculating your grades.
4. 30% Class Attitude/Participation This grade will be based on your level of participation in class discussions, your cooperative spirit, and the timely manner/appearance in which homework assignments are received
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6. The grading policies are designed for you to succeed. However, if you don’t want to succeed in this class, if you are not thirsty for success, you can’t be forced to do the work. How well you do this year is up to you…the choice is yours!
7. Good (B) + Better (A) ++ Very Best (A+) Worse (C) - Worst = (D) 0 (F) Not Handed In Best B+
8. Example Quarterly Grade Major Grades- 40% Essay- + Oral Presentation- Book Review- Project- ++ Minor Grades- 30% Writer’s Notebook- Entry #1- Entry #2- Entry #3- + Homework- Classwork- Class Attitude/Participation-30% Late- 0 Missing- 0 Participation- 3/9 1/9
