Fresh English: Soapstone with a Precis

Friday, May 12, 2017

Soapstone with a Precis

Goals: Complete the SOAPSTone protocol with your partner then catch up on any work you missed this week.

Agenda:
Read
SOAPSTone
Catch Up

Soapstone:

With your partner complete THIS SOAPSTone form.
You have the article. It is shared with you in Google Drive.
Note that the SOAPSTone form also asks you to write a rhetorical precis. Don't skip that part.

Catch Up:

Did you finish charting the text yesterday?
Did you answer the reflection questions at the end of your Extreme Sports essay?
Did you self score your English Journal on Wednesday?
Did you complete the article of the week assignment on Tuesday? Including writing in your English Journal about one of the articles?
Have you called in your Extreme Sports essay? (Due tonight at 9:00 PM)
Is your book checked out?
Did you give your parent/guardian the survey I passed out yesterday? (Period 2 I need to give you these today. I only got them period 3 yesterday.)

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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 12, 2017

Soapstone with a Precis

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