Grading Method

Students and parents often ask how a teacher arrives at a certain grade. Prior Practice in Lodi High-School History Department encourages teachers to give students the opportunity to earn at least 800 points per quarter. 
Missing work from either absence or negligence will adversely affect one's grade. I DO NOT interrupt class to check missing work; see me before or after school to get credit for late work.
I generally check work in notebooks and DO NOT collect it. 
To avoid discrepancies in grading, you should hold on to all work until grades are in.

EXTRA CREDIT: 
I do not give extra credit.
I do however give various opportunities to raise your average. Students who take advantage of these opportunities will have the denominator raised with the numerator (for a 25 point opportunity, instead of earned points over 1000 it becomes earned points over 1025).
Students carrying an A+ average will periodically be given the choice to be excused from assignments. Excused assignments will show a smaller denominator (example: if you are excused from a 25 point assignment, your score is earned points over 975).
​There is NO WAY to attain an average of more than 100%
The first step to raising your grade is to complete ALL missing assignments!

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US History one

 
Each Chapter will have four assignments and a test.
Each assignment is worth 25 points and the test is worth 100 points.

Every Marking period will have project grade worth 100 points

That is a total of 200 points per chapter, so the first two marking periods  for US 1 would shape up like this:

Chapter 2                                 
( 25-Classwork)
( 25- Terms)
( 25- Reading Checks)
( 25- Notes)
​(100-Chapter TEST)               200 points
​
Chapter 3                                 200 points
Chapter 4                                 200 points

Term Paper rough draft            100 points
                                   
​Preparedness (Binder etc.)      100 points
Current Events                         100 Points
 QUARTER TOTAL.......................................1000 points

2nd Marking Period
First semester paper                100 pts (2nd marking period)
Chapter 5                                 200points
Chapter 6                                 200points
Chapter 7                                 200points
Classwork                               100 points
SGO (Assessed)                     100 points
SEMESTER TOTAL...................................2000 points



3rd Marking Period
Chapter 8                                   200 points
Chapter 9                                   200 points
Chapter 10                                 200 points
Chapter 11                                 200 points
Classwork and PARCC Prep-    100 points                                 
Final SGO                                  100 points

Fourth Marking Period
Chapter 12                               200 points
Chapter 13                               200 points
Chapter 14                               200 points
Chapter 15                               200 points

Final Points Attempted.....................................4000

​  US HISTORY TWO
 
First Marking Period        Points
 
Chapter 16                             
(Reading Checks=10)
(Terms=10)
(Facts=10)
(Current Events=10)
(Notes=10)
(Test=100).............................150
 
Chapter 17                             150
Chapter 18                             150
Chapter 19                             150
Chapter 20                             150
SGO1                                       50
Movie Response                      25
Classwork/Preparedness         25
 First Quarter total points..... 1000
 
Second Marking Period
Chapter 21                              150
Chapter 22                              150
Chapter 23                              150
Chapter 24*                               125
Chapter 25 *                            125
SGO2                                      100
Paper                                       100
Movie Response                        25
 
Third Marking Period
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
SGO3
Movie Response
 
Fourth Marking Period
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
 
 

APUSH
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Grading complies with both school policy and College Board requirements for Advanced Placement Classes.
Expect homework 3 nights weekly.
Student success on the AP Exam is directly linked to the steadfastness of students in homework completion.
​Reading assignments will be enforced through quizzes.

Each Quarter in APUSH will be based on 1000 earned points. 

Quizzes
(based on CONTENT from readings)...............100 pts.
Writing assignments.........................................200
Chapter TESTS................................................400
Research Based assignments..........................100
Notebook checks..............................................100
Practice AP tests (SGO GRADE).....................100
There is also an opportunity to raise your grade by showing up for the Timed Practice Test on the first Friday of PARCC testing.  (100 pts. averaged into your grade. 
 
The Fourth Quarter will shape up differently, since it is mostly after the AP test. There is a research based TED project (see fourth Quarter Tab) that will account for a large part of your grade.