Fresh English: AOW and Catching Up

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

AOW and Catching Up

Goals: Article of the week and catch up time.

Agenda:
Read
Newsela Article
Catch Up Time

Newsela Articles:

There are three new articles assigned to you in Newsela. One is about the series 13 Reasons Why, one is about the recent healthcare legislation, and the third is about students cheating on a medical school entrance exam.
Read at least TWO of them and take the quiz in Newsela. Click on the lightbulb.
Write about ONE of them in your English Journal.

We have a lot of students out today for field trips, so the rest of us get some time to catch up.
If you are not here today you are still responsible for the Newsela Articles.

Catch up list:

Extreme Sports Essay: Are you done? Have you done the reflection questions at the end of the doc?
Call in your essay. You can use the phone in the office.
Have you chosen books for #10 and #11? Have you started reading them?
Comparative Analysis essay: Do you need to revise and request a regrade?
Check Power School: What are you missing?
Have you been absent? Did you read the blog for the days you missed?
Make up Socratic Seminar on Extreme Sports is TOMORROW at lunch. This is the second and last make-up chance I am offering. Please be on time.

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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, May 9, 2017

AOW and Catching Up

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