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This guide provides a list of non-negotiable errors that will not be academically tolerated in students’writing. For each of the non-negotiable errors (listed in this document) that are present in a submitted assignment, 10% of the total possible points for the assignment will be deducted – up to a maximum of 50% .  \nIn addition, once a student has been provided with teacher feedback on a graded writing assignment, he or she is expected to research all marked errors and avoid repetition of them in future writing assignments; otherwise, the 10% deduction rule will apply to each of those future errors as well.  \nMr. Benton provides several resources to students to research, study, and practice their personal writing issues. These include direct whole-class instruction, print and digital resources, and individualized after-school tutoring on with Mr. Benton. By the end of each grading period, freshmen are expected to have labored over and mastered the avoidance of the non-negotiable errors listed in the Proofreading Expectations as well as circle-marked errors in graded writing assignments. (For the first grading period, the“Four Questions” should be referred to as a baseline. )  \nStudents’ writing is not expected to be mechanically perfect; however, certain errors are considered non-negotiable for students who hope to find academic success in highschool English classes. The non-negotiable errors for this grading period are itemized on the attached pages; these errors are broken down into five categories: 1 Handwriting and Capitalization, 2 Usage, 3Grammar and Punctuation, and 4Spelling. A list of 5 Elementary Skills is also attached, detailing additional non-negotiable errors.  \n1 Handwriting and Capitalization  \n􀁸 Don’t use cursive. Print.  \n􀁸 Dot all “i”s and “j”s; otherwise they appear to be capitalized.  \n􀁸 Use capital letters only when appropriate, such as the first letter of sentences or proper nouns (names of people, places, etc. ) .  \n􀁸 Be sure that “d”s,“h”s, and other letters with tall stems are shaped correctly so as not to be mistaken for other letters like “a”s and “n”s.  \n􀁸 Make sure that a space is left between each word so as to avoid misreadings.  \n􀁸 Never write letters, such as “f”s, backwards.  \n􀁸 Be sure that all letters that extend below the line (such as “g”s and “p”s) are properly formed in order to avoid confusion.  \nRESOURCES: online guide (Handwriting for Kids ), hardcopy practice books (available in the classroom by request), after-school tutoring on Thursdays  \n2 Usage  \n􀁸 Students should refer to the Usage Notes (Parts I and II are given in class during the first two weeks of school and are available online) to avoid misusing commonly confused sound-alike words (including but not limited to “your” and“you’re”,“its” and “it’s”, and “than” and “then”) .  \nRESOURCES: Usage Notes, Grammar Monster, after-school tutoring with Mr. Benton  \n3 Grammar and Punctuation  \n􀁸 Sentences should end with a proper end mark (a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point) .  \n􀁸 Avoid fragments (incomplete sentences) by ensuring that every sentence expresses a complete, independent thought (with a subject and predicate) .  \n􀁸 Avoid run-ons (more than one complete sentence that have been improperly joined together) by either separating the sentences or by joining them in pairs in a proper way.  \n􀁸 One proper way to join two sentences together is to place a comma followed by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so) between them. 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