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Much of our coursework is just done by reading books, with no testing or papers. Therefore, there is nothing to grade. I had been just assigning an A if the books were read, but I don't want my son's transcript to look skewed with so any A's. Should I instead designate those reading-only courses as pass/fail? But there would end up being quite a few if I did that.

An example: we've read a lot of Shakespeare, we watch videos of the plays, and we attend a live play at least once a year. Over four years, I feel he deserves a unit in Shakespeare.

As well, he has read a lot of literature, and could easily have two units just in British Literature (I'm only giving him one). But how do you grade just reading books?? I've never had him do study guides, tests, papers, etc.

Thanks!
Kim

Here is a link that will answer your question:

http://www.thehomescholar.com/how-to-as ... rading.php

Would it be appropriate to just put "pass" or "n/a" on a subject where there was no real assessment?

For instance, my son has read enough books on photography/filmmaking to give him a Media Studies 1/2 unit. But do I put an A+ on that?