Each nine weeks your grade will be earned by successful performances on homework, quizzes, tests, writing assignments, and your journal.

HOMEWORK
    Homework will represent 10% of the marking period grade and will be entered in the grade book as follows:
            100%    All of the assigned work has been completed.
             50%    More than HALF, but not ALL of the assigned work is complete.
             0%       Less than half of the assigned work has been completed.

QUIZZES
  Quizzes will represent 40% of the marking period grade.  Quizzes may consist of vocabulary quizzes as well as reading quizzes on the assigned literature.

TESTS AND WRITING
  Tests and writing assignments will represent 50% of the marking period grade.  Tests may be in many different forms, including projects, presentations, take-home tests, and essays.  Journals will be collected once during the nine weeks.  Writing assignments will also be included in this category.