Fresh English: Lots of reflection and some improvement

Thursday, May 5, 2016

Lots of reflection and some improvement

Goals: English journal self scoring, essay polishing, and general shenanigans.

Agenda:
Read
Self score English Journal
Essay reflection questions
Essay improvements

English Journal Self Score:

Visit the ENGLISH JOURNAL SCORING GUIDE and decide how you would score your own English Journal based on that scoring guide.
PASTE the sentence below in you YOUR English Journal at the top. Fill in the number and reasons you scored your EJ that way.

I believe that the work in my English Journal should earn a ...(enter number from scoring guide)... because...(give reasons why you earned that score.)

Essay Reflection Questions:
Answer the questions about your writing at the end of your essay document.

Essay improvements:
Improve your writing with technology supports.
Try out https://www.paperrater.com/
And http://www.hemingwayapp.com/

Want to be interviewed about our class?
CLICK HERE if you are interested in "trying out" for an on camera interview about our class.

Reminders:
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.
Make up Socratic Seminar Friday afternoon 2:20 pm.

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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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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Lots of reflection and some improvement

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