Mr. Hedges’ Grade Policies and Classroom Rules
It is your responsibility to be in your assigned seat before the late bell
• Your notebook, pen(s) and pencil(s) should on your desk
• You should look at the board and begin the 5-minute “Do Now”
• If you finish the Do Now early, raise you hand, then copy the board notes or wait quietly for further instructions.
• Do not disturb others by talking.
The following penalties are subtracted from students’ final marking point grade for each infraction:
Your final grade is calculated in the following way:
• Average test scores = ATS
• Average quiz scores = AQS
• Average Writing assignments (each assignment is made up of two written drafts and one final draft typed, printed, and emailed) = AWA (My email address is coursesmrhedges2011@gmail.com
• Do Nows (4 points each. If you complete all the Do Nows for a Marking Period you would get the grade of 120 added into your final average
• Notebook grade (NB)
• Reading Response Journal/Log (RRJ)
• Extra Credit (EXC)
Each of the categories of assignments are averaged together to yield a final academic grade
| ATS | 85 |
| AQS | 90 |
| AWA | 85 |
| DONOWS | 100 |
| NB | 85 |
| RRJ | 90 |
| EXC | 90 |
| FINAL | 90 |
Your final report card grade is calculated by subtracting the penalties from your final academic grade.
For example, if your final academic grade is a 90, but you have incurred penalties by breaking classroom rules, your 90 would be reduced by the total number of infractions.
| Infraction | Penalty |
| Absent (without a note) | 5 points |
| Late (without a pass) | 1 point |
| Unprepared (notebook, pen, pencil, book) | 1 point |
| Cutting class | 5 points |
| Disruptive entrance | 1 point |
| Disruptive behavior | 1 point |
| Wearing ear phones | 2 points |
| Showing or using a cell phone or iPod | 5 points |
| Interrupting the teacher or another student | 1 point |
| Inattentiveness | 1 point |
| Insubordination, such as not sitting in assigned seat | 2 points |
| Cursing | 1 point |
| Leaving any papers or garbage in your area | 2 points |
| Not putting your desk and work area in order | 2 points |
| Crumpling paper | 1 point |
| Throwing anything | 2 points |
| Moving desks, chairs, or other furniture | 2 points |
| Opening or closing the windows or doors during class without permission | 2 points |
| Violation of any of the Chancellor's Regulations | 5 points |
| Eating or drinking in class (only water bottles are permitted) | 2 points |
| The Story of Ping |
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| Ping had earned high scores on all her tests and quizzes, and she had done all her homework and reading assignments for the marking period. Her final average for her hard work was 90. But Ping has not been working hard enough because she was disruptive to the teacher and her fellow students on three separate occasions. One day she forgot to take the ear phones our of her ears, and then, at the end of class, she left so hastily that she left some crumpled papers behind and forgot to put her chair back properly. When the teacher reminded her to organize her work space before leaving, Ping ignored the teacher and to prove that she, and not the teacher, was the boss, she cut the next day's class and then, just to make sure the teacher had learned his lesson, she was late the day after, and walked in carrying an open bottle of soda, eating a muffin, and saying hello to everyone she passed, walking right passed her assigned seat so she could sit near her friend, Pong, who was quietly working on her assignment. |
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| Academic Grade | 90 |
| Disruptive 3 times 1 x 3 = | -3 |
| Wearing ear phones | -2 |
| Left her work area in a mess | -2 |
| Insubordinate to teacher | -2 |
| Cut class once | -5 |
| Late | -1 |
| Disruptive entrance | -1 |
| Eating, and drinking the wrong beverage | -2 |
| Interrupting the teacher and another student | -2 |
| Sitting in a seat that was not assigned to her | -2 |
| Final Report Card Grade for the Marking Period | 68 |
