Fresh English: Review and Catch Up

Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Review and Catch Up

TOMORROW. The test is tomorrow.

Goal: Review and catch up.

Read:
You are reading your second book.
You have a good book that you want to read ready for Thanksgiving break.

Concepts to Review:
During our Reading the Novel unit we covered a lot of concepts. Today we will review those concepts and tomorrow you will show that you can apply them.

The test tomorrow will ask you to read a short story and then answer questions about:

Characterization
Internal and external conflict
Setting
Imagery
Sensory Details
Diction (word choice)
Connotation and Denotation
Plot
Theme
You will also need to be answer a few short answer questions about your group novel. You should bring the book to refer to.

Let's Review:

Go to https://join.quizizz.com and I'll give you the code to join our practice session.
If you want to play again at home click the link above and use code 281990.

Catch Up:

Is your book review of the group novel finished? We worked on it Monday and Tuesday, so you should be done or almost done.

While you are there, check your English Journal. Are ALL of your assignments complete?

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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, November 16, 2016

Review and Catch Up

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