Fresh English: Happy Monday

Friday, May 5, 2017

Happy Monday

Goals: Complete the survey, catch up, maybe even get ahead.

Agenda:

Read

Academic Honesty Survey

To do list

Call in your Extreme Sports Essay:
Remember when I told you that there would be other things to call and read this year?
Remember when I said doing the dramatic reading from your book would be good practice?
You can now begin calling in your Extreme Sports Essay.
See the tab above for directions. Call before 9:00 PM Friday 5/12 for the best possible score.

Academic Honesty Survey:

Please complete the SURVEY.

It's about 40 questions and may take you up to 30 minutes.

It will not save your answers. Make sure you are online before you hit submit.

If you finish you can:

Work on your Extreme Sports Essay. (Final draft due is due today.)

Call in your dramatic reading.

Work on your Comparative Analysis Essay and request a regrade.

Or, you know, read your book.

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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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Friday, May 5, 2017

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