Grading Sheet for (Student Name)
English 8 / Literature & Composition 1
FIRST QUARTER - 2013
Day Date Type Grade
Example of how to record your grades for this course: If you earn 7 points out of 10 possible points on an assignment or quiz, write or type 7/10 in the grade column. If you earn 10 points, enter your grade as 10/10.
1 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 1 _____ Grammar Land 1 worksheet _____ Quiz: Finding Subjects & Verbs _____
2 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 1 _____
Grammar Land 2 worksheet _____ Quiz: Sentence Types _____
3 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 1 _____
Grammar Land 3 worksheet _____
Subjects & Verbs worksheet _____
Name That Clause worksheet _____
4 ______ Grammar Land 4 worksheet _____
Grammar Land 5 worksheet _____
Quiz: Prepositions _____
5 ______ Quiz: Unit 1 Vocabulary _____
Grammar Land 6 worksheet _____
Quiz: Gerunds, Participles, & Infinitives _____
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GRADING SHEET – LIT & COMP 1 / FIRST QUARTER (Student Name) PG 2/6
Day Date Type Grade
6 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 2 _____
Grammar Land 7 worksheet _____
Assignment # 3: Appositive, Infinitive, & Prepositional Phrases _____
Assignment # 4: Gerunds _____
7 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 2 _____
Grammar Land 8 worksheet _____
Quiz Me: Verbs, Subjects, Clauses, & Conjunctions _____
8 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 2 _____
Grammar Land 9 worksheet _____
Quiz: Interactive Phrase #2 _____
Quiz: Self-test: Subjects & Verbs _____
Note: Put an X next to the lowest grade of the two Day 8 quizzes
9 ______ Grammar Land 10 worksheet _____
Grammar Land 11 worksheet _____
10 ______ Quiz: Unit 2 Vocabulary _____
Grammar Land 12 worksheet _____
Quiz: The Four Types of Writing _____
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11 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 3 _____
Grammar Land 13 worksheet _____
Writing Types assignment (questions 1-7 only) _____
Prompted Paragraph #1 _____
GRADING SHEET – LIT & COMP 1 / FIRST QUARTER (Student Name) PG 3/6
Day Date Type Grade
12 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 3 _____
Grammar Land 14 worksheet _____
Prompted Paragraph #2 _____
13 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 3 _____
Grammar Land 15 worksheet _____
Quiz: Fragments and Run-ons _____
14 ______ Grammar Land 16 worksheet _____
Fragments & Run-ons assignment _____
15 ______ Quiz: Unit 3 Vocabulary _____
Grammar Land 17 worksheet _____
Quiz: Quiz Me - page 7 _____
Test: GLV Small Test – 25% (optional: recording the grade here) _____
Note 1: Put an X next to the lowest assignment grade for Unit 3 (days 1-15)
Note 2: Put an X next to the lowest quiz grade for Unit 3
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16-19 ___-___ No graded assignments _____
20 ______ Highest score of vocabulary quizzes from units 1, 2, or 3 _____
21 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 4 _____
22 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 4 _____
23 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 4 _____
GRADING SHEET – LIT & COMP 1 / FIRST QUARTER (Student Name) PG 4/6
Day Date Type Grade
24 ______ No graded assignments _____
25 ______ Quiz: Unit 4 Vocabulary _____
Essay grade you feel you earned _____
Essay grade given by peer or teacher _____
Grade for Revised Essay given by teacher (optional) _____
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26 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 5 _____
Crossword points (5 pts if you complete it) _____
27 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 5 _____
Questions to Consider (pg. 2) _____
28 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 5 _____
Short Story Terms Assignment _____
29 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 5 _____
Assignment #2: Three Little Pigs Plot Diagram _____
30 ______ Quiz: Unit 5 Vocabulary _____
Autobiography paragraph (what inspired you most) _____
Verbal Irony worksheet _____
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31 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 6 _____
GRADING SHEET – LIT & COMP 1 / FIRST QUARTER (Student Name) PG 5/6
Day Date Type Grade
32 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 6 _____
33 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 6 _____
“Gift of the Magi” question 1 or 2 _____
34 ______ No graded assignments _____
35 ______ Quiz: Unit 6 Vocabulary _____
Letter Writing assignment _____
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36 ______ “The Necklace” worksheet _____
37 ______ Journal Writing assignment _____
38 ______ No graded assignments _____
39 ______ “Ransom of Red Chief” Study Questions _____
40 ______ Highest score of vocabulary quizzes from units 4, 5, or 6 _____
41 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 7 _____
42 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 7 _____
43 ______ Vocabulary / Spelling unit 7 _____
Short Story assignment _____
The 50% test _____
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GRADING SHEET – LIT & COMP 1 / FIRST QUARTER (Student Name) PG 6/6
How to Compute the Final Grade for the First Quarter
1) Add up all the points to the left of the forward slash from the grade column _____
This number represents all points the student earned. (Remember – DON’T count the points
you put an X by. Those scores are NOT to be counted in the First Quarter grade.)
2) Add up all the points to the right of the forward slash from the grade column _____
This number represents all possible points. (Again, DON’T count the X-ed points.)
3) Record the two totals __/___
4) Divide the score by the total possible points, then move the decimal point
over two places to the right _____
5) Record the number in front of the decimal (something between 1 and 100) ____%
This is your First Quarter percent grade.
6) Record the First Quarter letter grade _____
Anything starting with a 9 is an A. Anything starting with a 8 is a B. Anything starting with a 7
is a C, and so forth. If everything is perfect, then the grade is 100. That’s an A, too.
~ Congratulations on completing the first quarter! ~