English Department
Grading Policy
The following grading policy will be in effect for all English courses except AP English Language and AP English Literature:
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Category
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Description
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Percent
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Major Assessments
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Unit Tests, longer essays, research papers, projects, presentations
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50%
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Minor Assessments
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Quizzes, vocabulary literary term quizzes, shorter writing assignments
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30%
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Alternate Assessments / Assignments
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Reading Assessments, Classroom assignments, informal writing, journals or other informal assessments
(homework for MS only)
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20%
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100%
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Details for English:
Major Assessments 50%
Each marking period should include AT LEAST one major test and AT LEAST one major essay. The type and number of other major assessments is the teacher’s choice. As a guideline, if a marking period has five major assessments, this means that each major assessment is worth approximately 10% of marking period grade.
Minor Assessments 30%
These include quizzes on reading, vocabulary or literary terms or short writing assignments, As a guideline, if there are seven minor assessments, each of these assignments is worth approximately 5% of the marking period grade.
Alternate Assessments / Assignments 20%
Items that fall under this category for English include reading assessments, short or informal writing prompts, rough drafts, journals, group discussion, short presentations and class work. If there are ten grades in this category, each grade in this category is worth approximately 2% of the marking period grade.