10.21 How I will be calculating the grade for the course, and the mid-term grade

Grade for course
Participation:  350 points total–  25 points / class for 14 classes
Credit for class participation (individual and group work) and daily homework

In-class writing: 150 points – (listed as Journal entries on syllabus) = draft writing for your memoir/biography 
8 total posts at 20 points each (you can earn 10 points extra credit here)

Vocabulary posts:150 points – Entries on vocabulary on web site
15 total posts, 10 points each.  These posts include 10 posts built around what we do in class, and 5 which you do on your own.  A post should include at least 5 words and their definitions.
 
Revision/sentence pattern posts: 150 points – Entries on grammar patterns web site
5 posts at 30 points each.  We will do these in class at the end of the term as you are revising your writing.

Completed memoir or biography: 200 points – Completed memoir (ESL 0506) or biography (ESL 0516) (in progress)
Toward the end of November, as you are revising your writing, I will give you the rubric we will use to evaluate the memoirs and biographies.

Total points  for course = 1000

To pass, you need to earn 701 points.

Next week, you will be getting an email that adds up your Grade so far. The listing below explains how the numbers were calculated.  As you can see, you have earned less than  1/3 of the points for the course, so if you are not doing as well as you like, there is lots of time to do better. 

Grade so far
Class participation so far =25 points/class for 6 classes = 150

In-class writing = 4 posts so far for 20 points each = 80

Vocabulary= 5 posts so far at 10 points each = 50

 

Total points so far = 280/1000