Evaluation Requirements:
The weighting of evaluated tasks throughout the course will reflect a balance of the following achievement
categories:
knowledge and understanding (20%);
thinking (30%);
application (25%);
and communication (25%).
To achieve an optimal grade, a student must complete all summative assignments. The following tasks
represent the evaluations that will form the student’s final grade:
1. Term Summatives: (70%)
Assignments:
Due Dates (approximate):
Unit One (Personal Essay/Poetry): personal essay and poem
week of February 29/16
Unit Two (Brave New World): quotation analysis and response (journal)
week of March 29/16
literary essay (lit. circle option)
week of April 18/16
Unit Three (Literature Circles): journals/roles, creative and analytic
week of April 11/16
Unit Four (Shakespeare play): argument (short story option)
week of May 9/16
Unit Five (Short Stories): argument (Shakespeare option)
week of June 6/16
Unit Six (Grammar): quizzes/presentation
throughout semester
2. Culminating Summatives: (30%)
a. Shakespeare Play/Short Story Seminar
b. Final Exam (sight passage questions and sight passage argument)
10%
20%