Grading Policy

Grades are divided into the following categories:   

Participation Points: 20% Quizzes/Tests: 35%

Writing Activities: 25%         Homework: 20%

Your journal is based on the following criteria: 

• Call it 日本語ジャーナル。(Nihongo Jaanaru)

• You  have three choices: 1) 3-ring binder. 2) Composition notebook.   3) Spiral notebook

• Make a cover page with your name in Japanese and class period. 

• The TABLE OF CONTENTS lists any handouts or info you will need later on. You can use stick glue for handouts.

• You are to number every page.  

Absences/Makeup work: If you are absent, you are not required to make up assignments for that day, i.e., compositions and exit quizzes. 

Compositions/Sakubun:  are meant to be completed on the day they are assigned.  If you do not turn it in on the day it is assigned, you will receive a 0.  The same policy applies to Exit Quizzes.  

Participation Points: 20%

This category includes all your Class Dojo points.  WIthing  Class Dojo, I award points for attendance, punctuality, cell phone use, following the seating arrangement, etc.  Finally, this category includes your signed syllabus. 

Writing Activities: 25%

This category includes your daily compositions, kana and kanji sheets, kana worksheets, kanji packets and journals. 

Homework: 20%

This category includes your Quizizz sets.  

Quizzes/Tests: 35%

This category includes all quizzes, tests, and exit quizzes.   Sometimes a Quizizz set will be assigned in class as a quiz and will be assigned to this category.