(Updated
April 14, 2002: Subject to revision as class evolves.)
Major Work = 40% of your total grade.
_____ of 25 Due:
2/11 Grammar of the Day 1 - 6
Quiz
_____ of 25 Due:
2/25 Grammar of the Day 7 - 13
Quiz
_____ of 100
Due: 3/6 Definition Essay
_____ of 25 Due:
3/11 Grammar of the Day 14 - 22
Quiz
_____ of 50 Due:
3/13 Courage Contest Essay
(with SRD)
_____ of 25 Due: 4/2 Grammar of the Day 23 - 31 Quiz
_____ of 25
Due: 4/3 Personal
Experience Essay turned in on time
_____ of 275 Total
for Major Work
Developmental Work = 35% of your total grade.
_____ of 50 Due: any
Journal
_____ of 10 Due: 1/30
Student Information Form Submitted
_____ of 20 Due:
2/4 SRDs of First Assigned
Essay and Personal Choice Essays
_____ of 10 Due:
2/4 Parent Orientation Letter
Signed or Submitted Online
_____ of 25 Due:
2/4 Portfolio Materials In
_____ of 20 Due:
2/7 Chapter 8 Questions
_____ of 10 Due:
2/8 Enrichment Pick 1
_____ of 10 Due:
2/13 PW of Definition Essay in Classical Invention
Style
_____ of 10 Due:
2/19 OL of Definition Essay
_____ of 25 Due:
2/21 RD of Definition Essay
_____ of 10 Due:
2/26 PR for Definition Essay
_____ of 10 Due:
2/27 Contest Essay Workshop
_____ of 10 Due:
3/4 Contest Essay Workshop
_____ of 20 Due:
3/5 Comma Tutorial Work
_____ of 25 Due:
3/6 SRD of Definition Essay
(turned in with final copy)
_____ of 10 Due:
3/8 Enrichment Pick 2
_____ of 15 Due:
3/8 Sentence Variety
Practice: 3 examples of each sentence pattern
_____ of 10 Due:
3/8 Progress on
_____ of 25 Due:
3/11 Courage Contest RD with
Peer Read
_____ of 10 Due:
3/13 Activity 1, p. 58 (1-5)
_____ of 10 Due:
3/14 Personal Experience Essay Informal
Outline
_____ of 10 Due:
3/18 Personal Experience Essay Workshop
_____ of 25 Due:
_____ of 10 Due:
3/19 Sense Chart for Personal Experience
Essay
_____ of 10 Due:
3/20 Guided Imagery Poem
_____ of 10 Due:
3/21 Personal Experience Essay Peer Read
_____ of 25 Due:
4/2 Personal Experience Essay SRD
_____ of 25 Due:
4/5 Grammar notes categorized for
personal understanding
_____ of 460 Total for Developmental Work
Portfolio and Enrichment = 15% of your
total grade.
_____ of 25 Due: 3/1
Enrichment 1
_____ of 25 Due: 4/1
Enrichment 2
_____ of 50 Due: any
Portfolio
_____ of 100 Total
for Portfolio and Enrichment
Class Participation = 10% of your total grade.
_____ of 100 Total
for Class Participation: based on the Class
Participation Scoring Guide & daily attendance records.
Various points – Due 1/28: Web Site Scavenger Hunt
10 points – Due 2/4: Parents filled out Online Information
Form.
5 points – Due 3/8: Apply a sentence pattern to your Courage
Contest piece
5 points each - Due whenever: Words whose misspellings
reflect meaning