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Grading Policy:

Assignments will be divided into two separate categories- (Formative and Summative). They will be divided 40/60. All assignments will be worth a designated number of points that fit into either of these categories.  

Sample Practice Assignments

(Formative)

  • Classwork

  • Warm-Ups

  • Homework

  • Drafts

  • Word study practice

  • Grammar practice

  • Discussion organizers/participation

  • Skill application assignments

  • Journal responses

  • Research notes

  • Writer’s NB (Try-its)

  • Planners, Webs, Drafts

  • LinkIt! (Benchmark-not graded)




Sample Application Assignments

(Summative)

  • Word Study Assessment (Day 10)

  • Demonstration of grammar skills in larger writing pieces

  • Writing about reading

  • Strategy application for IRB

  • Quizzes/Tests

  • Final writing drafts

  • Research papers

  • Presentations

  • Socratic Seminars

  • Projects (cumulative)

  • Summative Unit Assessments on LinkIt! (graded)

  • Summative Writing Pieces

 

 

  

 

Make-Up Procedures:

If you are absent, it is your responsibility to obtain make-up work on the first day you return to class. (Band/Orchestra/Choir students: Be sure to check in to obtain the work you will be missing.) 

 

*Any late assignments shall be penalized. Late assignments will not be accepted after a week from the due date. Of course, consideration will be given for extenuating circumstances!

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