Fresh English: FanSchool Round 2

Tuesday, January 10, 2017

FanSchool Round 2

Current trend map

Goal: Picking new countries for our next round of FanSchool.

Agenda:
Read (Reading is always your homework.)
New country selections

Picking new countries:

Our first round of FanSchool was a learning experience. Now that you know more we will have another pass at it.
Login to https://www.fanschool.org and take a look at the trends map.
Make a list of the ten countries you would be most interested in drafting in this round.
If you were absent when we did this the first time you will need to join our league. I will give you a code.

Reminders:

Socratic Seminar make up at 2:25 today. Bring your preparation document completed.

READ. Two new book reviews due 1/23. Start one now.

Now is also the time to revise and request regrades on memoir work. 1/24 is the last day to request a regrade.

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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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Tuesday, January 10, 2017

FanSchool Round 2

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