English 9, English 10 Grades are based on skills. The five skill areas noted on the Common Core Standards are: Reading Literature, Reading informational text, Writing, Listening and Speaking and Language. Each assignment will count in one or more of these categories. Summative assessments (quizzes, final work, essays) are worth 75%, formative assignments (classwork, groupwork, practice) are worth 20%, homework is worth 5%.
Long term work (essays, projects, presentations) are weighted twice as heavily as short term assignments.
English 101 and 102. Grades are based on the SUNY General Education requirements for this specific area. They include: essays, a research paper, an oral presentation, and an evaluation of an oral presentation. Students will also read fiction and nonfiction and complete related assignments. Writing assignments are worth 5%, essays are worth 65% and the research project is worth 30%.