Grading Sheet for (Student Name) English 8 / Literature & Composition 1 FIRST QUARTER - 2013 Day Date Type Grade Example of how to record your grades for this course: If you earn 7 points out of 10 possible points on an assignment or quiz, write or type 7/10 in the grade column. If you earn 10 points, enter your grade as 10/10. 1 2 3 4 5 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 1 _____ Grammar Land 1 worksheet _____ Quiz: Finding Subjects & Verbs _____ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 1 _____ Grammar Land 2 worksheet _____ Quiz: Sentence Types _____ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 1 _____ Grammar Land 3 worksheet _____ Subjects & Verbs worksheet _____ Name That Clause worksheet _____ Grammar Land 4 worksheet _____ Grammar Land 5 worksheet _____ Quiz: Prepositions _____ Quiz: Unit 1 Vocabulary _____ Grammar Land 6 worksheet _____ Quiz: Gerunds, Participles, & Infinitives _____ --------------------------------------------------END OF UNIT 1-------------------------------------------------------- GRADING SHEET – LIT & COMP 1 / FIRST QUARTER (Student Name) PG 2/6 Day Date Type Grade 6 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 2 _____ Grammar Land 7 worksheet _____ Assignment # 3: Appositive, Infinitive, & Prepositional Phrases _____ Assignment # 4: Gerunds _____ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 2 _____ Grammar Land 8 worksheet _____ Quiz Me: Verbs, Subjects, Clauses, & Conjunctions _____ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 2 _____ Grammar Land 9 worksheet _____ Quiz: Interactive Phrase #2 _____ Quiz: Self-test: Subjects & Verbs _____ 7 8 ______ ______ Note: Put an X next to the lowest grade of the two Day 8 quizzes 9 10 ______ ______ Grammar Land 10 worksheet _____ Grammar Land 11 worksheet _____ Quiz: Unit 2 Vocabulary _____ Grammar Land 12 worksheet _____ Quiz: The Four Types of Writing _____ --------------------------------------------------END OF UNIT 2-------------------------------------------------------- 11 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 3 _____ Grammar Land 13 worksheet _____ Writing Types assignment (questions 1-7 only) _____ Prompted Paragraph #1 _____ GRADING SHEET – LIT & COMP 1 / FIRST QUARTER (Student Name) PG 3/6 Day Date Type Grade 12 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 3 _____ Grammar Land 14 worksheet _____ Prompted Paragraph #2 _____ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 3 _____ Grammar Land 15 worksheet _____ Quiz: Fragments and Run-ons _____ Grammar Land 16 worksheet _____ Fragments & Run-ons assignment _____ Quiz: Unit 3 Vocabulary _____ Grammar Land 17 worksheet _____ Quiz: Quiz Me - page 7 _____ Test: GLV Small Test – 25% (optional: recording the grade here) _____ 13 14 15 ______ ______ ______ Note 1: Put an X next to the lowest assignment grade for Unit 3 (days 1-15) Note 2: Put an X next to the lowest quiz grade for Unit 3 --------------------------------------------------END OF UNIT 3-------------------------------------------------------- 16-19 ___-___ No graded assignments _____ 20 ______ Highest score of vocabulary quizzes from units 1, 2, or 3 _____ 21 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 4 _____ 22 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 4 _____ 23 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 4 _____ GRADING SHEET – LIT & COMP 1 / FIRST QUARTER (Student Name) PG 4/6 Day Date Type Grade 24 ______ No graded assignments _____ 25 ______ Quiz: Unit 4 Vocabulary _____ Essay grade you feel you earned _____ Essay grade given by peer or teacher _____ Grade for Revised Essay given by teacher (optional) _____ --------------------------------------------------END OF UNIT 4-------------------------------------------------------- 26 27 28 29 30 ______ ______ ______ ______ ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 5 _____ Crossword points (5 pts if you complete it) _____ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 5 _____ Questions to Consider (pg. 2) _____ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 5 _____ Short Story Terms Assignment _____ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 5 _____ Assignment #2: Three Little Pigs Plot Diagram _____ Quiz: Unit 5 Vocabulary _____ Autobiography paragraph (what inspired you most) _____ Verbal Irony worksheet _____ --------------------------------------------------END OF UNIT 5-------------------------------------------------------- 31 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 6 _____ GRADING SHEET – LIT & COMP 1 / FIRST QUARTER (Student Name) PG 5/6 Day Date Type Grade 32 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 6 _____ 33 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 6 _____ “Gift of the Magi” question 1 or 2 _____ 34 ______ No graded assignments _____ 35 ______ Quiz: Unit 6 Vocabulary _____ Letter Writing assignment _____ --------------------------------------------------END OF UNIT 6-------------------------------------------------------36 ______ “The Necklace” worksheet _____ 37 ______ Journal Writing assignment _____ 38 ______ No graded assignments _____ 39 ______ “Ransom of Red Chief” Study Questions _____ 40 ______ Highest score of vocabulary quizzes from units 4, 5, or 6 _____ 41 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 7 _____ 42 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 7 _____ 43 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 7 _____ Short Story assignment _____ The 50% test _____ -------------------------------------END OF UNIT 7 AND FIRST QUARTER------------------------------------ GRADING SHEET – LIT & COMP 1 / FIRST QUARTER (Student Name) PG 6/6 How to Compute the Final Grade for the First Quarter 1) Add up all the points to the left of the forward slash from the grade column _____ This number represents all points the student earned. (Remember – DON’T count the points you put an X by. Those scores are NOT to be counted in the First Quarter grade.) 2) Add up all the points to the right of the forward slash from the grade column _____ This number represents all possible points. (Again, DON’T count the X-ed points.) 3) Record the two totals __/___ 4) Divide the score by the total possible points, then move the decimal point over two places to the right _____ 5) Record the number in front of the decimal (something between 1 and 100) ____% This is your First Quarter percent grade. 6) Record the First Quarter letter grade Anything starting with a 9 is an A. Anything starting with a 8 is a B. Anything starting with a 7 is a C, and so forth. If everything is perfect, then the grade is 100. That’s an A, too. ~ Congratulations on completing the first quarter! ~ _____