Fresh English: Catch Up Day

Friday, April 18, 2014

Catch Up Day

Ketchup Day

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Today is a good day to wrap up some projects and get ready for the end of the grading period.

Priorities: Things you should do today in this order.

Finish your Stereotypes Essay
Call in and read it to the voice mail
Check your writer's notebook. See the chart of what you should have and fill in whatever you are missing.
Write a book review (You have TWO due Wednesday 4/23.)
Check your Newsela.com binder. I left a new article there for you about the snowboard course in Sochi. Read the article and take the quiz about it.

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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.

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Catch Up Day

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