Fresh English: Finishing work, getting caught up, and looking at word choice

Thursday, January 19, 2017

Finishing work, getting caught up, and looking at word choice

Goals: Finish your letter to McBride and other catch up work.

Agenda:
Read
Self evaluation
Writing time
Analyzing Stylistic Choices

Self Evaluation:
Use THIS FORM to self evaluate your letter to Mr. McBride.

Writing time:
There are several things you could probably use more time for.
1. Finish your letter to Mr. McBride. It is due today, but keep working on it until it is finished or until I grade it, whichever comes first.
2. Work on your first (or second) book review. Book reviews are due Monday 1/23, but getting them done early is highly recommended.

Analyzing Stylistic Word Choices:
Complete the TWO SIDED sheet that asks you to look closely at the words McBride chooses to use in his essay. You may begin this in class and complete it for homework. Due Friday 1/20.

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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, January 19, 2017

Finishing work, getting caught up, and looking at word choice

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