HOLLIDAY ISD

Grading Policy

English IV

As per HHS English Departmental requirements, students will receive six weeks grades according to the following categories:

Daily Work - 40% 

(reading quizzes, weekly warm-up quizzes, group work, smaller writing assignments, smaller projects, grammar exercises, & participation)

Tests/Projects - 40% 

(six weeks vocabulary test, literature unit exams, major writing assignments, & major projects)

Vocabulary - 20% 

(weekly vocabulary quizzes)

Students will be notified under which category individual grades will fall.  

Additionally, some grades may count double or triple, and students will be likewise notified.

Extra Credit opportunities may be offered equally to all students during each six weeks.

Work must be turned in on time in order to receive full credit. Late work turned in within one class day of the due date will receive a fifteen (15) point penalty. Late work turned in within two class days will receive a thirty point (30) penalty.  After that, the grade becomes a zero (0) unless the student has made prior arrangements with me.

Grading Policy

World Geography

As per HHS Social Studies Departmental requirements, students will receive six weeks grades according to the following categories:

Daily Work - Multiplier of 1 

(reading quizzes, weekly warm-up quizzes, group work, smaller assignments, smaller projects, vocabulary exercises, & participation)

Tests/Projects - Multiplier of 2

(chapter quizzes, unit tests, & major projects)

Students will be notified under which category individual grades will fall.  

Additionally, some grades may count double or triple, and students will be likewise notified.

Extra Credit opportunities may be offered equally to all students during each six weeks.

Work must be turned in on time in order to receive full credit. Late work turned in within one class day of the due date will receive a fifteen (15) point penalty. Late work turned in within two class days will receive a thirty point (30) penalty.  After that, the grade becomes a zero (0) unless the student has made prior arrangements with me.