Literacy 2009-2010, Grades 6 & 7

This year in Literacy we will explore several genres of reading and writing including non-fiction articles, short stories, novels, poems, and persuasive essays. Students will be graded on assignments according to the Standards-Based Grading system.

Students will have the opportunity to re-write their paper for a better grade if they choose to do so for summative (final) assignments. They will be graded with rubrics using the following scores:

A – advanced, P – proficient, PP – partially proficient, U – unsatisfactory, and N – no evidence.

I do accept late work unless I specify for a given assignment that I will only accept it until a certain date. If work is turned in late, students will still be scored according to the quality of their work. The student’s work habits grade will then show that the assignment was late.


Letter to Parents


“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any one thing.” -Abraham Lincoln