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Grading Policy Handout

The document outlines a grading policy for economics and government classes. It states that the semester average is calculated using 1st/3rd and 2nd/4th nine-week averages and an end of course test, which counts for 20% each. Major tests, classwork, quizzes, and notebooks each make up a percentage of the nine-week average. The policy provides details on assignments, due dates, late penalties, and extra credit opportunities.

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Grading Policy Handout

The document outlines a grading policy for economics and government classes. It states that the semester average is calculated using 1st/3rd and 2nd/4th nine-week averages and an end of course test, which counts for 20% each. Major tests, classwork, quizzes, and notebooks each make up a percentage of the nine-week average. The policy provides details on assignments, due dates, late penalties, and extra credit opportunities.

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GRADING POLICY

(Keep this in the HANDOUTS section of your notebook)

At the end of the semester you will take an End of Course Test (EOCT) in Economics and a Semester Exam in US Government. It counts 20% of your semester average. Your semester average is calculated using your 1st/3rd 9-Weeks average, your 2nd/4th 9-Weeks average, and your score on the EOCT or Semester Exam. These are weighted 40%, 40%, and 20% respectively. Below is a further explanation of the four categories that make up your 9Weeks average.

MAJOR TESTS (60%) This category includes:


O O CHAPTER TESTS UNIT TESTS PROJECTS: Projects may be individual or group work and may involve a class presentation. All projects involve some type of written work that must be turned in. All parts of a project (eg, paper work, presentation) must be complete and ready to turn in by the beginning of the period on the day it is due in order for it to be accepted. Penalties for late work will be noted on the day a project is assigned. Since projects are assigned well ahead of time, if you are absent on the day one is due, it must be turned in on the day you return. If an absence prevents you from participating in a group presentation you will be given an alternative assignment to compensate for that portion of the project.

CLASSWORK (20%) Here are a few basic rules for classwork:


o o o o Assignments should be handwritten and labeled correctly. We will do individual and group assignments. Unless I say you can work together, classwork should be your own. When I take up an assignment, it should be turned in when I call for it (not when YOU get ready). If you are in class and do not do an assignment, you will receive a zero and not be allowed to make it up. In i-Parent, you will see this comment: Student refused to do work in class and therefore, cannot make up assignment. Grade will remain a zero. See GRADING POLICY handout for explanation. If this should ever happen to you, your parent or guardian may ask about it. Please dont tell them you dont know what it means. Just show them this handout for an explanation. Assignments that are due on a day after they are assigned will lose 50 points per late day. If you did it but forget to bring it, left it in your locker or truck, or turn it in later that day, you will still lose 50 points. If you are absent, see ABSENCES & MAKE-UP POLICY on the RULES handout concerning what you should do about classwork assignments done while you were out.

CLASSWORK continue:

o VOCABULARY: You will be assigned terms from each chapter we cover. You

will be given plenty of class time to define them. It is up to you to use this time wisely. Terms are not posted on the day they are due (which is the day of the vocabulary quiz). Vocabulary should be complete before you come to class that day. In order to be counted as on time, terms should be turned in when I take them up - BEFORE I pass out the quiz.

QUIZZES (10%) You will have a vocabulary quiz every chapter. Remember, words
are due the day of the quiz. You will also have other types of quizzes.

NOTEBOOK (10%) Your notebook must be a 3-ring binder. I will take it up and
check it at the end of each 9-Weeks. Everything we do goes in your notebook. All items in your notebook should be your own work, complete, handwritten, labeled correctly, in the correct section, and within the 3-rings of the binder or it will not be counted in the notebook check. o ORGANIZING YOUR NOTEBOOK is easy but it must be done according to this handout. Your notebook is divided into sections (in most cases chapters). Sections should be separated with a labeled divider. You can use a piece of paper as long as it is noticeable. o HANDOUTS: The first section is the HANDOUTS section. These are things like the sheet you are reading now. Most will say Keep this in the HANDOUTS section of your notebook. Items in this section should be kept for the entire semester. You do not need a divider at the beginning of the HANDOUTS section. o NEXT - THE CHAPTERS: Chapters should be in the order of how we do them in class. We will start with Chapter 1, so after the HANDOUTS section there should be a divider labeled CHAPTER 1. Everything we do from Chapter 1 goes in this section. It is up to you how items are organized within a chapter section as long as they are from that section. After Chapter 1 we will go to Chapter 2. Between these sections there should be a divider labeled CHAPTER 2. This section (along with all others) should follow the same format as Chapter 1. o You will lose points or receive a 0 if your notebook is too disorganized or too messy. Late notebooks lose 50 points per day. If you are absent on the day I take up notebooks, your notebook is due on the day you get back.

EXTRA CREDIT I use extra credit as a tool to reinforce content from a chapter
and to improve your overall performance on a test. You can receive 5 points extra credit on a test (on every test) by writing down 25 facts (complete sentence or question form) pertaining to that chapter. They will be taken up on test day, prior to passing out the test. They will not be accepted after you have taken the test. No other extra credit will be offered.

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