Fresh English: The Cask of Amontillado ... Continued

Thursday, January 19, 2012

The Cask of Amontillado ... Continued

Today we finish reading "The Cask of Amontillado". You should be reading sections 3-5 on your own. Remember to stop and predict after each section in your writer's notebook. (See my writer's notebook for the template.) Make sure you include a quote to support each of your predictions. Do not read section three until you have a quote to go with your prediction for section two etc.

Homework: Complete reading the story. Re-read it and look for literary devices. Mark the literary devices you find in your copy of the text using the insert-comment feature.

No comments:

Post a Comment

Gradebook Explained

My grade book is on Power School for you to view. There are some things you need to know.

If you have a blank score or missing score that is not bad. Often scores are left blank when I do not grade an assignment right away. Sometimes blanks mean a student was absent for an in class experience. The point is do not panic about blank or missing scores.

Zeros however, are a real problem. Students get zeros when they do not turn in an assignment that they should have done. Zeros usually appear after I have asked the student several times to get the work finished. Students can sometimes undo a zero by turning in the work late. Some assignments can be regraded. See the button at the top of the blog to request a re-grade.

Often I do not enter many assignments until the end of the grading period when projects we have been working on for a few weeks become due. I try to enter progress grades every few weeks into the "progress category." Note that the progress category is only 10% of the total grade. Low scores on progress grades indicates that a student needs to improve their work before the final project is due.

Grade categories are weighted as follows:

50% Writing & Speaking (Essays, some in class assessments, and speaking assignments.)

40% Reading & Listening (Book reviews and reading progress and some listening assessments.)

10% Progress (writing draft grades, turning in required paperwork, some formative assessments)

Student grades are based on meeting grade level standard proficiencies. This is not a points or numbers game. There is no extra credit, but there may be additional opportunities to show proficiency.

I hope this will resolve some confusion. Of course if you have questions about grades please e-mail me.

Pages

Thursday, January 19, 2012

The Cask of Amontillado ... Continued

No comments:

Post a Comment

Visitors