How+You+Are+Graded


 * // Your Grade: //**
 * ** 10% for organization: ** you will begin the quarter with 45 points for 7th grade and 22 points for 6th grade. If you come unprepared you will lose 1 point that day. Unprepared means not having your materials such as books, paper, pen or pencil, homework, assignment notebook, etc. You will lose a point if you do not come with these items, even if you “have them” because you borrowed them in class. Do not rely on your teacher or other students to have paper or a pencil for you to use.
 * ** 30% Vocabulary development **** : ** Each lesson will have a DICTATION; VOCABULARY MATCHING QUIZ; A VOCABULARY SPELLING QUIZ; and OTHER ACTIVITIES. Study your vocabulary **every day**. Don’t be surprised when you arrive to class and have a vocabulary quiz. This is your fair warning now. Study your vocabulary **EVERY DAY**.
 * ** 30% homework and class work ** : These items include assignments from the text, workbook, worksheets, activities in class designed to promote speaking and listening among other things.
 * If you don’t bring/have your homework you will lose an organization point for the day.
 * Example: On a 10 point assignment you get 5 points for trying and 5 points for accuracy. So you could get everything wrong and get a 50% for trying.
 * Late assignments are reduced by 20% in addition to losing the point for organization. You will get 50% for trying and up to 30% for accuracy. So a late 10 point assignment that is all correct and complete will get you an 80%, but not more. NEVER hand in an assignment that is incomplete, you will lose the 50% for trying PLUS the accuracy portion of the grade.
 * Your teacher will drop your lowest homework/class work grade (this is a good thing).
 * ** 30% Quizzes and tests: ** You will have 1 or 2 quizzes per etapa (this does not count vocabulary quizzes). You will have 1 test per etapa. You may retake 1 quiz or test per quarter and your teacher will average the two grades. If you earn a 74% or below on a test or quiz, you may retake or make corrections on that test to raise your grade up to, but not higher than, a 75%.