<p>How much do you guys write for your class papers? I always like to write A TON but I don’t know if I’m actually doing too much. I always want to have 100% in everything so I can do worse on my tests. Yet… it is still precious time that I’m wasting. I don’t know how to prioritize basically… it is hard to know what to cut back on and what to work on more. Sometimes I would do a paper and it would end up not being graded by my teacher. Other times I would cut back on an assignment and it would end up being graded very hard by my teacher. Yeah… how do you guys know how much effort to put in your assignments? Should you always go to your teacher before you do it to see how much they expect?</p>
<p>Not graded by your teacher? Explain please.</p>
<p>Well, sometimes my teacher will just hand the papers off to a TA or simply give you 100% if you did it… Other times they will actually grade it on a strict rubric.</p>
<p>^ Ask how it will be graded when it’s assigned.</p>
<p>The above post is right, always ask, you can’t go wrong.</p>
<p>In this case, I think the teacher ought to make it clear how an assignment will be evaluated before it’s handed in. I don’t think it’s very fair for the students if the teacher goes back and forth between grading harshly and giving everyone As. Perhaps you can ask your teacher to clarify the issue before every paper?</p>
<p>I run into the same problem in my AP Lang class. My teacher wants every written assignment to be its best, and therefore grades randomly.</p>