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What is the best way to grade composition? What have you more experienced Moms/Dads found works best for you?

My 9th Grade daughter is using Easy Grammar Plus, Writing for 100 days, and we're using Exploring Literature from Pearson Globe, but I'm not quite sure that we're doing enough for a high school English I course? Am I worrying for nothing?

Any advice or suggestions would be appreciated.......

I graded 50% on content (well-researched,organized, well-written paragraphs that had appropriate sentence structure and transitioning phrases), 10% on mechanical errors (spelling, vocabulary, punctuation), 15% on presentation (did the composition address what type of writing it was suppose to be, ie descriptive paragraph, essay, precis, etc.), and 10% on bibliography, etc. Hope this helps!