Fresh English: AOW and Work to get caught up

Thursday, February 23, 2017

AOW and Work to get caught up

Goals: Article of the Week, check in, and catch up.

Agenda:
Read
Article of the Week
Review language of Film
Check in and Catch Up

Happy Thursday:
Absences have been unusually high this week. Missing 5-9 students per period is not a good way to make progress with material we all need. Today we will take a breath, see who's here, and play catch up. When you are absent check the blog.

Article of the week:

If you were absent Tuesday or Wednesday catch up on that work first!
AOW: I assigned you an article in Newsela. You can probably find it HERE. (Sign in with Google)
Read it carefully.
In your English Journal, TWO paragraphs. In the first paragraph summarize the article. In the second paragraph say what you think about the subject.

Reminders:

KEEP READING. If you don't like your book lets find you a new one.

Last chance to review your course selections and change them yourself in Power School. (We visit the counselors on 3/10 to finalize your choices.)

Finish your paragraph about irony and mood in "Cask of Amontillado." I'm going to grade that.

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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, February 23, 2017

AOW and Work to get caught up

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