Grading System
Major Assessments 50% tests, formal projects, formal presentations*,formal in-class compositions*
Minor Assessments 30% written and/or oral quizzes, picture prompts, short writing prompts,
Alternate Assessments** 20% HW quizzes, classwork, skits, dialogues, quick-writes, in-class projects
* formal = students are informed in advance that an assessment will take place and it will serve as a form of culminating activity
** Alternate Assessments might not be announced in advance; hw quizzes will never be announced in advance