extra credit opportunities

You can earn up to 20 points of extra credit per semester. These extra credit points will be added onto your lowest project and assignment scores over the course of the semester. However, extra credit points will NOT be used to replace an assignment you did not complete. These points will not be added to any missing or zero count assignment at the close of the semester.

word of the day extra credit

​Every day there will be a new word of the day posted on our board. These words come from a common Greek or Latin word root. Each week our "Words of the Day" will come from a new root. In this way, we will not only be learning new vocabulary words, but we will also learn some of the most common word roots that make up our language.

Use the word of the day in a sentence, find it in song lyrics, find it in a book, and you'll earn a point of extra credit. Write down the sentence where you found or used the word of the day and bring it for the next class period to earn a point of extra credit.

Want a review of our weekly word roots? Find them HERE.

grammar extra credit

It is surprising just how many grammar mistakes we pass by every day. Signs that are missing their apostrophes. Newspaper articles with obvious misspellings. Advertisements littered with dangling modifiers and prepositions left to fend for themselves at the end of sentences. So why not point out these mistakes and get some extra credit in the process!
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​See a sign with a grammar mistake? Find a grammar mistake in a book you are reading? Take a picture and either show Ms. Ward in class or email it to her along with an explanation of the mistake. We're looking for published or local examples, not pictures that you pull off of a Google search or from social media websites.

vocabulary & literary device extra credit

Find or use one of our unit vocabulary words or literary devices outside of our class, and you can earn extra credit! Just bring in the example of where you found it, or write down the sentence that you used it in and have a parent or teacher sign in, and you've got yourself some extra points!