Fresh English: Practice Reading and Finding Evidence

Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Practice Reading and Finding Evidence

Goal: Get in a bit more practice with the concepts from this unit. Select evidence for an upcoming essay about your group novel.

Agenda:
Read
Practice assessment
Finding Quotes

Practice Assessment:

This reading and the questions that go with it should help you get ready for our upcoming unit test next week.
Read the story and answer the questions as you go.
STORY LINK HERE
If you need to join our Go Formative class the codes are on the back wall.

Finding Quotes:

Remember how it was much easier to write your paragraph yesterday when you already had evidence selected to go with the theme?
Use the rest of your time today to read your group novel and/or look for evidence that might help you write about the other aspects of novels that we have learned about.
Look for quotes related to:

Character
Conflict
Diction/word choice
Setting
Theme

Homework:
Finish your book by Friday the 13th. You have a scary test that day about the book.
Make sure all of your work is done in your English Journal.
Review the calendar at the bottom of the blog.

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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, November 10, 2015

Practice Reading and Finding Evidence

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