Grading Period 5
Grades are determined
by a performance assessment grade in
addition to a process assessment
grade, organized by standards-based strands:
Writing (includes grammar and spelling conventions) 37%
Process (includes class work, homework, class participation, and citizenship) 25%
In 7th and
8th grade English classes, the average six-week grading period will
have a combination of the following types of performance assessments:
Final draft of an essay
Chapter test from the literature book
Accelerated Reader (4-6 points)
Students must pass each assessment at a minimum of C (70%)
level. Students not passing will receive
a D or F on their report card, but will have an opportunity to remediate these
assessments. Students who successfully
remediate these standards will receive points at a passing (70%) level for that
assessment, and a P (pass) grade on their next report card. Grades will be recalculated at the end of
each remediation period.
7th grade
performance assessments for the 5th grading period include:
q Chapter seven test from the literature book, Reading for Life (Practice tests throughout the chapter pg 480-504; 710-716)
Students will identify the structural features of popular media and use the features to obtain information. Students will also review strategies for taking multiple-choice tests.
q Accelerated Reader (additional 4-6 points this grading period)
A list of appropriate books can be found on the Douglass Middle School homepage, the teacher’s classroom, the Douglass library, as well as participating bookstores and libraries throughout the Woodland community.
STAR writing test during this grading period
8th grade performance
assessments for the 5th grading period include:
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q
Mini-essay:
Response to a Poem (Literature book pg. 773-775)
Students will write a response to a poem. Students will identify and interpret the poem’s message using support from the text.
q
Chapter eight
test from the literature book, Reading for Life (Practice tests throughout chapter on pg. 528-556; 783-791 in
literature book)
Students will become familiar with a variety of consumer, workplace, and public documents that are part and parcel of life in the information age.
q Accelerated Reader (additional 4-6 points this grading period)
A list of appropriate books can be found on the Douglass Middle School homepage, the teacher’s classroom, the Douglass library, as well as participating bookstores and libraries throughout the Woodland community.