Grading in the Spanish class

Homework, 20 %: All students have this percentage at the start of every quarter and it is up to them to keep it by having their homework ready every time.  Every missing assignment represents 3% of the 20 percent.

Class Participation,  40 %: Spanish is the communicating language in this class and students  need to use it at every moment in order to ask and answer questions, and during the developing and acting of stories; students will follow and provide signs and or commands accordingly.

Quizzes, 10 %: Quizzes are mostly about reading comprehension and this implies a great effort for  reading stories in Spanish  not once but at least two times and may be three in case of listening and oral difficulties.

Tests, 30 %: Tests are based on the developing and presentation of stories in groups. A student who gains or gets near to this percentage needs to be an active member of his group and be a story teller very frequently.

An A student, 100-90

As for class participation, an A student will speak Spanish in class, ask and answer questions in Spanish, always;  he also will have outstanding reading comprehension on all the reading assignments and have consistently excellent quiz results. This student rarely uses English for communication purposes in the classroom. Likewise, an A student needs to have his homework ready every time  and, finally, as for testing, an A student will be an active participant in his group during the development of stories and be a frequent story teller.

Students with B, 89-80

As for class participation, a B student will generally communicate in Spanish during class, ask and answer questions in Spanish as well; a student with a B grade will have consistently good results on quizzes and a good  reading comprehension level. This student seldom uses English in class. A student with a B grade will have his homework virtually every time and participate actively in tests during the development and presentation of stories.

Students with C, 79-75

As for class participation, a C student will ask and answer questions in Spanish very often and in general have appropriate communication skills in Spanish although he sometimes will use English for communication; a student with a C grade will generally be able to read for comprehension although with some guessing and have fair quiz results. This student might miss several homework assignments.

Students with D, 74-70

As for class participation, a D student intends but does not always accomplish asking and answering questions as well as to communicate in Spanish.  This student may not put sufficient effort into reading assignments and might miss several homework assignments. Quiz scores for this student will be below average and, finally, in the area of tests, a D student will attempt but not always accomplish an active role during the developing and the acting of stories.

Students with F, 69-0

As for class participation, this student relies on English most of the time and has a negative attitude toward the use of Spanish as the only acceptable way of communication in class. This student has the tendency to miss homework frequently, with the result that his quizzes are poorly done. As for tests, this student will be directed by the teacher to work on his own and not in a group where his attitude will be an obstruction for other students in practicing their Spanish.