Fresh English: Return of the Socratic Seminar Preparation

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Return of the Socratic Seminar Preparation

Goal: Continue socratic seminar preparations

Agenda:
Read
Review quick write
Prepare for Socratic Seminar

Review your quick write:

Open your English Journal
Re-read what you wrote in your quick write yesterday.
Add some additional thoughts you have now.
Proofread and make any edits you can for capitalization and punctuation. Do all of your sentences make sense?

Prepare for Socratic Seminar:

Continue working on the document you started yesterday.
Many of you already have this on paper.
If you want the electronic version you can find it HERE.
Remember you need a paper copy for class on Friday.

Reminders:

Return group novel to the library.

Check out a new book to read over break.

Socratic seminar on Friday.

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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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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Return of the Socratic Seminar Preparation

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