Fresh English: Writing about academic honesty

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

Writing about academic honesty

Goal: Begin planning and drafting for academic honesty essay.

Agenda:
Read
Introduce writing prompt
Planning and initial drafting

Writing Prompt:

Now that you have read a variety of articles about academic honesty you will examine survey data about academic honesty at our school. Focus your analysis on the areas of academic honesty that you think have the most impact at Point Loma High School. Using data from the survey and our course readings, draw conclusions about, issues of academic honesty, what students at our school consider cheating, and suggest possible solutions.

I'm sending you an essay template doc in Google Drive. It has the prompt above and some other resources to help you write your essay. Be sure to use data from our survey and evidence from our readings to help you explain the issue and your position.

We will work on this in class this week.
Draft Due Monday May 23
Final Draft Due Wednesday June 1
Call in by 9:00 PM June 1

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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 18, 2016

Writing about academic honesty

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