NewsHounds Gradesheet

Here’s how your grades for the semester break down.

I. Preliminary/In-Class work (60 pts/12%)
Day 1
Leads1 (all 3 for 5 pts)
Leads2
Fire/SpellingBee (5 pts.)
Obama Speech (10 pts.)
Bush Speech (10 pts.)
DelBarco Speech (10 pts.)
Wally Crash (10 pts.)
Overton Fire (10 pts.)
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II. Midterm (25 pts./5%)
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III. Outside stories (225 pts/45%)
Story1 (20 pts.)
Story2 (20 pts.)
Story3 (20 pts.)
Story4 (4/4) (25 pts.)
Story5 (4/11) (30 pts.)
Story6 (4/18) (50 pts.)
Story7 (4/25) (60 pts.)
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IV. Other Stuff (120 pts./24%)
NewsHounds online (20 pts.)
News Quizzes (50 pts.)
Class participation (50 pts.)
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V. FinalExam (70 pts./14%)

Extra credit? Adjustments?

Total possible points = 500

Computing Final Grade = I+II+III+IV+V = xxx pts./500 = xx%

I will provide comments individually with your final gradesheet

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Translations: Assignments have been graded this semester with letters, numbers and hieroglyphics. Here’s the translation key

Grades/Scores
A/10 = 100%
A-/9 = 93%
B+/8+ = 87%
B/8 = 85%
B-/8- = 83%
C+/7+ = 77%
C/7 = 75%
C-/7- = 73%
D+/6+ = 67%
D/6 = 65%
F/5 = 50%
F/4 = 40%
F/3 = 30%

Other items affecting grades:
FE*—Fact Error
SP*—Spelling Error
grammar/punct/syntax errors

Questions about any of this or concerns about your grades, make an appointment to see me.