70% - Tests, Essays, and other assessments
20% - Classwork
10% - Homework
100%
Tests, Quizzes, DBQs, and Essays that are identified specifically as assessments will all count toward the Assessment component of the final grade. Students will be given advanced notice of all assessments so they can adequately prepare
Participation/engagement in class discussions, Exit Slips, Quick Writes, Group Activities and other lesson activities will all be assessed and count toward the Classwork grade.
For every lesson, students are expected to copy at least the date and Aim of the lesson. Notes will be presented along with class discussions. Students will decide what notes they need to copy. However, there will be occasions when there will be notes that must be copied.
Exit Slips, Stop and Jots, and Quick Writes will be written in their notebooks and these are NOT optional and will count toward the Classwork grade.
Any work that is plagiarized will result in a grade of 0.
For the first plagiarism offense a meeting with guidance, the teacher and the student will take place. The parent/guardian will be notified and it will be expected that the assignment be redone; however, the highest value to be earned after plagiarism is a 74.
If there are subsequent offenses of plagiarism there will be a meeting with the parent/guardian and the assignment will receive a 0.
Finally, any situation involving cheating will result in a mark of zero (0).