Objective

SWBAT calculate the year-by-year GPA of an unidentified student’s transcript, as well as their cumulative GPA.

General Description

The point of this class is to make them extremely familiar with GPA so that they have a way of measuring their academic progress throughout high school, and also understand that it is extremely difficult to bring up your GPA if you slack early.

Additional materials

As usual, all the necessary materials are included on the website. HOWEVER, one part of this lesson requires that students have access to a 1st term report card, or at least a printout of their current average in each class.

Agenda

Do Now (10) Mini-Lesson: GPA (5) Modeling: Calculating GPA (10) Individual practice: Calculating GPA

(15) Individual practice: Calculating your

own GPA (15)

TRUE or FALSE: Grades are the most important part of your college application.

Explain your choice.

Do Now

GPA: Grade Point Average

What is it? An average of overall academic performance, usually calculated on a 0-to-4 point scale.

Why does it matter? It’s one important thing colleges look at when they decide to accept you, and/or give you scholarship money.

Average HS GPA of students who go to …

Curry College: 2.3 Regis College: 2.84 Lesley College: 2.9 Wheelock College: 3.0 Suffolk University: 3.02 Mass College of Art: 3.2 Boston University: 3.49 Emerson College: 3.59

According to Princeton Review, as of October, 2010

Calculating GPA A+ 4.33

A 4

A- 3.67

B+ 3.33

B 3

B- 2.67

C+ 2.33

C 2

C- 1.67

D+ 1.33

D 1

D- .67

F 0

Example GPA

CLASS GRADE Grade Points

ALGEBRA C+ 2.33

HUMANITIES 1 D+ 1.33

PHYSICS C- 1.67

SPANISH B- 2.67

ART C+ 2.33

Freshman Year GPA 2.07

Example GPA

CLASS GRADE Grade Points

GEOMETRY B+ 3.33

HUMANITIES 2 C+ 2.33

CHEMISTRY B- 2.67

SPANISH A- 3.67

ELECTIVE B+ 3.33

SOPH YEAR GPA 3.07

OLD GPA: 2.07 NEW GPA: 2.57

Reflection

What is your current GPA? What are you going to do from this

point forward to make sure your GPA is as high as it can be?