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8
Grade PEP
Academic Planning
Overview
1. Introduce high school credit system
2. Understand and practice calculating
Grade Point Average
3. Learn how to read a high school transcript
4. Introduce graduation requirements
Credits
Credits
• Students earn credits by passing a class (receiving an A,
B, C, or D)
• For each standard one-semester course they pass,
students earn 5 credits
• If students fail (earn an F) in a course, they do NOT earn
any credits and will need to repeat the course
• Students must take and pass 6 or 7 classes per semester to
be considered “on track to graduate”
 If you pass 6 classes per semester, how many credits will you earn…
• In a semester?
o 30 credits
• In 1 year?
o 60 credits
• In 4 years?
o 240 credits (60 + 60 + 60 + 60)
Credits Example
1st Semester
9th Grade
Freshman
10th Grade
Sophomore
11th Grade
Junior
12th Grade
Senior
Intro to Lit & Comp
Pre-Algebra
US History
Earth Science
Physical Ed
Fine Arts
Total Credits
2nd Semester
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
American Literature 5
Geometry
5
Civics
5
Biology
5
Elective
5
Elective
5
Total Credits
30
Intro to Lit & Comp
Pre-Algebra
US History
Earth Science
Physical Ed
Fine Arts
Total Credits
Total Credits
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
American Literature 5
Geometry
5
Civics
5
Biology
5
Elective
5
Elective
5
Total Credits
30
World Lit
Algebra 2
Social Studies
Physics
Elective
Elective
Total Credits
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
World Lit
Algebra 2
Social Studies
Physics
Elective
Elective
Total Credits
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Lang Arts Elective
Statistic/Calculus
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective
Total Credits
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
Lang Arts Elective
Statistic/Calculus
Elective
Elective
Elective
Elective
Total Credits
5
5
5
5
5
5
30
(1st - add across)
1st semester credits
+ 2nd semester credits
credits earned per year
= 60
(2nd, add down)
Freshman year credits
+ Sophomore year credits
total credits so far
= 60 + 60 = 120
9th & 10th grade credits
+ Junior year credits
total credits so far
= 120 + 60 = 180
9th & 10th grade credits
+ Junior year credits
credits needed to graduate
= 180 + 60 = 240
Credits Example
• You are taking the required class of Intro to Lit &
Comp and you get a C the 1st semester and an F
the 2nd semester. How many credits have you
earned in Intro to Lit & Comp?
o Answer: 5 credits
• You are taking 7 classes during your freshman year.
You pass 5 of the 7 classes. How many credits have
you earned? Are you on track to graduate?
o Answer: 25 credit; not on-track to graduate on time.
Quiz
(Note: all quiz questions may be used for pre/post-testing)
1.
How many credits do you receive for passing 1
semester-long class?
*5
2.
How many credits do you need to earn to graduate
from high school?
* 240
3.
How many credits do you need to earn each year to
be considered “on track to graduate?”
* 60-65
Grades
Grades
• GPA = Grade Point Average
o Grade = A, B, C, D, or F
o Point = the point value assigned to the grade
• A=4
• B= 3
• C=2
• D=1
• F= 0
o Average = add up all the numbers
(divide by)
how many numbers there are
GPA Example 1
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B (Intro to Lit)
C (Algebra)
C (Earth Science)
B (Geography)
A (Spanish)
A (PE)
3
2
2
3
4
4
18
6 classes
3.0 GPA
GPA Example 2
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B (Intro to Lit)
F (Algebra)
C (Earth Science)
A (Geography)
D (Spanish)
C (PE)
3
0
2
4
1
2
12
6 classes
2.0 GPA
GPA Continued
Quiz
4. What is a GPA?
c. Grade Point Average
5. How many credits do you earn if you receive a C
grade in class?
d. 5 credits (remember: credits are pass/fail; 5 or none – GPA is different)
6. If you earn an A in Introduction to Literature, a B in
Geography, a C in Earth Science, a C in Spanish,
a D in Algebra, and an F in Art, what is your GPA?
b. 2.0
Transcripts
Example Transcript #1
Student Info:
- Grade
- Gender
9th, T2
GPA Summary,
class rank, etc.
10th, T1
Attendance
Information
10th, T2
School
enrollment
history
11th, T1
Year by year,
term by term,
review of course,
grades, credits,
& GPA
12th, T1
Standardized
Test Scores
- CSAP or
- TCAP
- ACT
11th, T2
9th grade, Term 1
Add up total credits & determine if
this student is on-track to graduate
What is this student’s overall GPA?
Example Transcript #2
What grade is this student?
- 9th grade
How many semesters has
he/she completed so far?
- 1 semester
What is this student’s GPA?
- .429
How many days has the
student been absent? Tardy?
- Absent 64.5; Tardy 13
How many credits has the
student earned so far?
- 17.5 + 2.5 = 20 credits
Is this student on-track to
graduate?
- no, need at least 30-35 per
semester to be on-track
Why GPA and test scores matter
Example from student Transcript 1 (GPA = 3.28; ACT = 14)
Quiz
7. What information is kept on my high school
transcript?
d. courses, grades, credits, attendance, TSAP scores
and GPA
Graduation Requirements
Graduation Requirements
Credits needed to graduate
Credits of English?
40 credits
- How many years is this? 4 years
- How many semesters? 8 sem.
Credits of Science & SS? 30 credits
- How many years?
3 years
- How many semesters? 6 sem.
Credits of PE, Band, ROTC? 10 credits
- How many years?
1 year
- How many semesters? 2 sem.
Credits of Electives?
90 credits
- How many years?
2 / year +
- How many semesters? 18 sem.
Quiz
8. How many credits do you need to earn to graduate
from high school?
Once again = 240!!!
9. How many years of English do you need to take to
graduate from high school? (how many credits?)
d. 4 years, 40 credits
10. How many years of science do you need to take to
graduate from high school? (how many credits?)
c. 3 years, 30 credits
Graduation Requirements
& your 4-year plan
What English class is required your 9th grade year?
What Math class is required for 9th grade year?
Intro to Lit & Comp
Algebra
School of Choice
1st Round – Due January 29th
2nd Round – Available in March