Fresh English: Project Time

Monday, June 5, 2017

Project Time

Goal: Work on your academic honesty project so that you will be done by Thursday.

Agenda:
Read
Project time
Reminders

Project time:
Be sure to review expectations on the Academic Honesty-Next Steps Project Page
Specifically be sure your project has:

Data from our survey
Cited sources/ references visible to the audience (even if it is small)
Your first names
Credits to anyone who helped you with the project

Want more project time in class tomorrow?

You can write you BOOK REVIEWS TONIGHT. Put it in your Book Reviews document (not your English Journal.)

Reminders:

CALL IN your Extreme Sports essay if you haven't already.
Return all books you borrowed from our classroom.
6/6 Book reviews due. Write at home or in class depending on your project needs.
6/7 Textbook return. Bring all of your textbooks to class and we will take them back to the library during our class period.
6/8 Academic honesty projects due. Be ready to present and explain your project.
6/9 Clean out your locker before 6/9.

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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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