Fresh English: Academic Honesty Jigsaw

Friday, May 13, 2016

Academic Honesty Jigsaw

Goals: Further reading and discussion about issues of academic honesty.

Agenda:
Read
Read an article with your group.
Share out what you read about with a different group.

Reading an article:

With your group read and discuss your assigned article.
Be sure you can talk about:

A brief summary of the article including the author's position.
Several important details, including any that seemed new or surprising.
Any issues or disagreements you have with the author's position or data.

SOURCE 1 (ZERNIKE) Red

SOURCE 2 (NOVOTNEY) Blue

SOURCE 3 (CASCIO) Green

SOURCE 4 (POPE) Orange

SOURCE 5 (MORIN) Yellow

SOURCE 6 (SHIMURA) Purple

Explaining your article:
I'll re-group you and you need to explain the article you read.
You will also hear about several other articles.
Take notes in your English Journal about new and interesting information.

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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, May 13, 2016

Academic Honesty Jigsaw

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