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GRADING POLICY
Quality of Work– 55%: This includes teacher assignments, quizzes, writing assignments, photography, proofreading and layout/design. Meeting Deadlines: Late work causes problems for everyone.
Time on Task– 45%: An effective staff is work oriented, spending their time on the task at hand or helping others; wandering the halls; socializing and disrupting the work of others is unproductive.
Absent? - Work is due the day that adds up to the days you were absent. If you missed Tueday and Wednesday, your work is due the following Monday.
Late work - 20 points will be deducted for each day late. After one week late no credit will be given.
Absent for a Test? - You are to make the test up the day you return to school.
Overtime (O.T.) –
YEARBOOK
- Yearbook editors are required to work at least four hours outside of class per six-weeks to meet deadlines.
- Section editors and staff members are required to work at least two hours outside of class each six weeks..
- This can be accomplished before school from 7:30 – 8:15 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in our classroom or outside of class by signing up to take photos of scheduled events and getting interviews.
- You may send in story drafts/notes via email to nikki_dowd@roundrockisd.org. I will place your drafts in your “file” on the server.
NEWSPAPER
- Newspaper editors are required to work at least two hours outside of class per six-weeks to meet deadlines.
- Staff members are required to work at least one hour outside of class each six-weeks.
- This can be accomplished before school from 7:30 – 8:15 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in our classroom or spending time outside of class taking photos and interviewing.
- You may send in story drafts/notes via email to nikki_dowd@roundrockisd.org. I will place your drafts in your “in box” on the server.
Intro to Journalism, News Magazine
- Students are required to work at least one hour outside of class per six-weeks.
- This can be accomplished before school from 7:30 – 8:15 on Tuesdays and Wednesdays in our classroom or spending time outside of class taking photos and interviewing.
- You may send in story drafts/notes via email to nikki_dowd@roundrockisd.org. I will place your drafts in your “in box” on the server.
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