Expository Writing - First 9 Weeks, Second Semester Grades

(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 Courage Contest RD

_____ 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:  3/19    Personal Experience Essay RD

_____ 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.

 

Extra Credit = total points earned added to Developmental Work

 

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