Fresh English: Last Drafting Day

Monday, May 19, 2014

Last Drafting Day

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Write:
Today is our last day for working on your Extreme Sports essays.
If you have a full draft you will be doing the peer review.
If you do not have a full draft you can spend the period writing, but the final draft is still due tomorrow.

Call it in:
By 9:00 PM on TUESDAY 5/20 you need to call me and read me as much of your essay as will fit in the three minute time limit. Practice before you call. This is the third time we are calling in an essay. This time I will also score you based on how well you read your essay. Read clearly and pay attention to your punctuation.

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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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Monday, May 19, 2014

Last Drafting Day

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