Fresh English: Book Reviews

Monday, January 23, 2017

Book Reviews

Goals: Book reviews and final preparation.

Agenda:
Read
Book Reviews

Absent Friday?
If you were not in class on Friday you need to scroll down and review the information from that post AND get yourself a copy of the study guide for the final.

Book Reviews:

I shared a new document with you in Google Drive for your book reviews.
It's getting a bit confusing to have your book reviews in your English Journal, so we are going to move them.
Open your English Journal and the new Book Reviews document I sent you.
Copy and paste (Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V) your reviews from your English Journal over to your Book Reviews doc.
You can delete your book reviews from your English journal once you are sure that they are in your Book Reviews doc.
Make sure reviews #4 and #5 are complete.

Have you?
Turned in the homework sheet from last week, Analyzing Stylistic Choices?
Turned in your socratic seminar preparation doc? (From before winter break.)
Checked out the book you are reading now?
Checked Power School to see what you might be missing?
Requested regrades on work you have improved? (Regrade request deadline is tomorrow 1/24.)

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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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