Textbooks - Kaleidoskop, 6th Edition, Houghton Mifflin
                     Kaleidoskop workbook

Grading –

     Both phase 4 and AP will follow the Salesianum grading curve found in the student handbook. There will usually be two quizzes per Thema, as well as its accompanying grammar chapter in Kaleidoskop. Additionally, AP students will be asked to write an essay of 150 to 200 words in length on an assigned topic every cycle. Phase 4 students will also be required to write two of these essays, and they will have the option of writing more, if they wish to try to improve their grade average. Class participation/ homework preparation will be figured into the quarter grade as another quiz grade.

     Essays will be given a letter grade based on the correctness of expression, appropriate use of the vocabulary and structures, and of course, the quality, depth and organization of your thoughts in addressing the theme in the target language. The letter grade will then be converted into a numerical value for averaging purposes: A+ = 99, A = 97, A- = 94, B+ = 92, B = 89, B- = 86 and so forth. Since I will mark your essays with the editorial abbreviations we used in previous year, rather than writing out the corrections; if you wish to improve your essay grade, you may re-write it with your own corrections and re-submit it for a better grade. The improved version must be submitted no later than one cycle from the day the first version was returned to you. If your first version is handed in to me late, you will not have the privilege of correcting it for a better grade. Your essays must be submitted in the form of a print-out of a saved document from your computer – double spaced – that will be much easier for you and me to make notes and corrections.

I will try to provide the assignments for a whole cycle at a time, so that you will know well in advance when quizzes are given, essays are due, and what books are needed on a given day in class. Quizzes missed due to an excused absence must be made up no later than one cycle from the day of return to class. Essays are to be handed in immediately upon return. If you are absent only the day before the assigned quiz or paper is due, you will take the quiz, or be expected to hand in the paper with the rest of the class.

I will be in room A110 before and after school to offer assistance – come on in and visit!

Frau H.