Writing Extra Credit
- You can earn up to 100 extra credit points
for each piece you do beyond the two required ones each term. NO LIMIT.
- You
earn 25 extra credit points each time you submit a piece you
completed in this class for publication outside the class. NOTE: You can submit a piece
(save it to your disk and give me the disk) for the
Authors section of this website. Persuasive pieces can be written in the
format of a letter to the editor and sent to the "Gainesville Sun." See
me for more information.
- You earn up to 100 extra credit points for
each piece published outside the class. NOTE: Submitting a piece on
disk for this website also counts. If you write a letter and get a
response, that counts if you show it to me. And also think about the
"Gainesville Sun" for persuasive pieces.
- At least two of the SNTs each term are for
extra credit.
- If your SNT is chosen as the best in your
group, you earn an extra 10 points.
- There are two bonus questions, each worth a
point, on each spelling test.
- You can "buy" 25 extra credit points with 100
stamps.
- Students can earn extra credit by attending a
presentation by an author. Book signings and such are described in the
Daybreak section of the Sunday newspaper. If students attend any of
these presentations and write a description of what it was and what was
learned from it, they can earn up to fifty extra credit points for each
presentation attended. Students should write it up and put it in the
extra credit box each time.
- You can earn up to 100 extra credit
points first term by having your parents read over the Welcome to
Writing Workshop packet and filling out the Student Data Sheet.
Just put it in the Extra Credit box by the date indicated.
Remember extra credit can only HELP your grade, so take advantage of
it.
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