Fresh English: Reading Progress and Article of the Week

Friday, September 25, 2015

Reading Progress and Article of the Week

Goal: Read and summarize the article of the week.

Agenda:
Read
Reading Progress
Article of the Week

Reading Progress:
Fill out THIS FORM to update me about your reading progress.

Article of the week:
Please use your Google account to loing to Newsela.com.
Click on "Binder" and scroll down to "Your Work."
Read "Doctors recognizing that reading, writing can be therapeutic"
In your English Journal, write a 1-2 paragraph summary of the article you just read. (This is homework if you need more time.)

Homework:
READ: You should be finishing your first book this week. You need to have two books read by 10/14/15.
Check your Six Word Memoir. Is it read to be printed? Make sure it fills the page, looks good, and has your name at the bottom.

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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, September 25, 2015

Reading Progress and Article of the Week

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