journals

I graded their journals. Because my students don't really know how to take notes, I write the notes for them to copy. I provided the notebooks. I told them it was for a grade (should have been an easy one - they just had to copy from the board). Sixteen per cent didn't even have it available for me to grade - and they aren't supposed to take this out of the room.

I reminded them for a week that I would be grading them - and 16% weren't even there to grade.

I don't know how to make it easier for them to pass.

The average grade (I took 2 points off if a written page wasn't there and 1 point off if they hadn't glued a page in) was 71. There is no calculation. It's just copying.