10. Level 1 (6 th and 7 th grades) & Level 2 (8 th and 9 th grades)
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Editor's Notes
To meet the standard homework is essential. Missing homework is not an option. But if you do your part we’ll do ours.
In addition to character writing homework, we’re asking that students spend a minimum of 60 solid minutes of listening each week as a minimum. Doing this will get them an A, 40 minutes a B, 20 minutes a C. A form that both students and parents sign will be turned in every 3-4 weeks.
Moodle is able to record the amount of time a student spends on the computer. Theoretically we could monitor how much students are listening or not. But there are ways around this that any 4 th grader could figure out. Moreover it precludes a student from using a mobile device, which the majority of students have.
These numbers a little arbitrary…not exact. But it gives a sense for the ratios and projection that we’re going for: more and more characters, smaller and smaller gap between speaking and listening, approaching literacy – 2500 characters to read the gist of a newspaper article, less emphasis on writing