Grading
There are several ways in which you will receive a grade in this class. Here are the different ways you will receive a grade. First of all, let's make this clear...your teacher does not give a grade, you earn the grade. If you put all your effort into your work using Good Work Ethics, you will more than likely you will earn high grades. However, if you do not put any effort into your work, you will earn poor grades.
Word of Advice: Always start out the school year and the start of a new lesson unit with high grades.
Grades from Learning.com
Learning.com keeps track of all your scores from all your lessons. Your grade is averged out in the following total averages:
4: 90% to 100%
3: 70% to 89%
2: 50% to 69%
1: 49% and below
Grading for 5-Paragraph Essays
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4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
| Organization |
Goes beyond TDDDC |
Follows TDDDC exactly |
Somewhat follows TDDDC |
Does not follow TDDDC |
| Content |
Left the reader want to read more |
Left the reader satisfied |
Left the reader somewhat confused |
Left the reader very confused |
| Voice |
Written in your style but with advance writing skills |
Written in your voice and with adequate writing skills |
Written in a somewhat interesting manner |
Written in an uninteresting manner |
| Mechanics |
No spelling, grammar and punctuation errors |
Up to 3 spelling, grammar and punctuation errors |
Up to 6 spelling, grammar and punctuaiton errors |
Up to 9 spelling grammar and punctuation errors |
Grades from Lesson Units (8th Grade Only)
Each Lesson Unit has Lesson Activities and each one will be graded accordingly while still using the 4, 3, 2, 1 scale.
Report Cards
The Trimester grade you earn in this class will be averaged out using all grades above. The scale to be used will be 4, 3, 2, 1. |
