Fresh English: What's in a name?

Monday, April 3, 2017

What's in a name?

Goals: Reading, a pre-assessment of your knowledge of rhetorical strategies and a close reading of a sign.

Agenda:
1. Read
2. Take a quick quiz to see what you already know about some common rhetorical strategies.
TAKE THE QUIZ

3. Read the sign below with your partner.
What is the author trying to tell parents?
What is the author claiming?
How does the author support his/her claims?

Ready? Go to socrative.com and join room PLHS.

Absent on 3/24? You missed an in class writing assignment/essay test. You have a zero for it in power school. You need to make it up.

Your options are:
1. Come after school. (See the chart by the door for available days.)
2. Come during period 2, 3, 5 or 6 if you won't be missing something in another class.
3. Come during advisory and plan to continue writing into lunch time.
You can't make it up during class time because you will miss instruction.

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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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What's in a name?

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