How to do Home Grades for Literature and Composition

There are various parent/teacher-graded assignments in Literature and Composition.  You do not upload these to Seton for grading. You, as the parent/teacher, grade these. Many of the home-graded assignments are an estimated average of the student's performance. For example, the "Composition Exercises Average" is the average of the student's work in those various exercises.

How you assess the student's work for the various parent/teacher-graded assignments is entirely up to your discretion. Some parents grade the student's first attempt with no aides. Others give the student full credit if they make corrections to various parts they missed or did not handle well. Also, home-graded assignments count for 25% of a student's quarter grade if entered. For example, if you only enter a 100 for the "Lilies Quizzes" item (leaving all others blank) for Quarter 1, that 100 counts for 25% of the student's final grade for Quarter 1.

Keep in mind, you are not required to give grades for these home-graded items (highlighted in yellow as seen in the screenshot) or report poor grades. In order for the student to receive credit for the course, the student only needs to submit the required, Seton-graded assignments (non-highlighted fields in the screenshot). If you choose not to submit any parent/teacher grades, the final grade for each quarter will be based solely on the Seton-graded assignments. 

If you want to report parent/teacher grades for the "Lilies Quizzes Average" you enter them on MySeton when viewing the various course assignments from the "Courses" tab (see screenshot below). You must be logged into the parent/teacher account to enter home grades.

Any quiz grades that are displayed on Seton will not automatically be transferred to MySeton. You must manually average and enter them on MySeton. 

Specifically for the quiz and discussion questions for the literary works like Lilies of the Field and Where the Red Fern Grows, I highly suggest the student read the quiz and discussion questions before reading that particular chapter/section. In this way, they can learn to highlight/annotate while they read, marking all the relevant information in the text that pertains to the quiz/discussion questions.

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