Fresh English: Book review day

Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Book review day

Goal: Reviewing the books you have read recently.

Agenda:
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Book Review Submissions

Book Reviews:

You are submitting reviews today for TWO different books you read.
You should already have a recent review posted on Goodreads. If you do not you should work on that first.
Remember you can start your review, save it and get the link, then go back and edit it later to finish your review. (Be sure to edit/finish your review before I grade it.)
You will use the review form to submit the link to your Goodreads review and write some answers about the OTHER book you read.
BOOK REVIEW SUBMISSION FORM

Reflection Questions:
At the bottom of your extreme sports essay doc there are several reflection questions. Answer those now.

Want to be interviewed about our class? (Finish your Book Reviews first.)
CLICK HERE if you are interested in "trying out" for an on camera interview about our class.

Reminders:

English journals are due tomorrow. Get ready for your self evaluation on those. Be sure all work is complete.

Extreme Sports essays are due Friday

Note: Mrs. R is gone periods 3-6 on Friday. Ms. Hanan and Ms. Love will be covering our classes.

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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, May 4, 2016

Book review day

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