Fresh English: Rhetorical Assessment

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Rhetorical Assessment

Goal: Rhetorical assessment with the same article you read yesterday.

Agenda
Read (While Mrs. R does attendance and talks to the people who were absent yesterday.)
Rhetorical Assessment
Self-grade your English Journal
Something fun (maybe)

Rhetorical Assessment:
Our series of smaller assessments continues.
Use the article I gave you yesterday if it helps you.
Take the rhetorical assessment (It's only five questions.)

Self Grade your English Journal
Look at the English Journal Scoring Guide
Open your English Journal and paste this sentence at the top. Then complete the sentence.

I believe I have earned a _(number from the scoring guide)_ on my English Journal because ...(reasons you believe you earned that grade based on what you saw in the rubric.)

Have time for something fun?
Write a letter to yourself in September. Use Futureme.org to send an email to your future self. Include things you think you might forget, (not passwords), or advice you want to use to help you do well in 10th grade. Set your future letter to arrive on September 8, 2015. Be sure to check your email TODAY to verify your address for futureme.org to work for the fall.

Write another futureme.org letter to yourself dated June 1, 2018. You should be just about to graduate when you get it. (Note: My first class of Freshmen did this four years ago. They are getting their letters next week!)

TEXTBOOK RETURN: Monday June 8 bring ALL of your textbooks to English. We will be going to the library to return them near the end of the period. Keep any books you need to study for a final, but take them home. You will not have the use of a locker after June 10.

BOOK REVIEWS: Your last two book reviews must be complete, in Goodreads, and links posted to the submission form by June 10th.

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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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Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Rhetorical Assessment

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