Fresh English: English Journals and AOW (What's an AOW?)

Friday, September 1, 2017

English Journals and AOW (What's an AOW?)

Goals: Start and share your English Journal, learn about article of the week (AOW).

Agenda
Read
Start English Journal
Share it with your teachers
First Article of the week

Start your English Journal:

Your English Journal is a Google Doc you will be adding to all year long.
You will always add the newest work at the TOP of the document. (Later this will save you, and your teachers, lots of scrolling.)
Today you will start your English Journal and share it with us.
Click the copy link for your period to get started.
Change the file name to remove "copy of" and change the name parts to your name.

PERIOD 1 CLICK HERE
PERIOD 5 CLICK HERE

Share your English Journal:
Click the blue share button and type in the email addresses we give you in class.
(Yes, I know we could use Google Classroom for this. We won't. Because reasons.)

First Article of the Week:
Most weeks we will assign you an Article of the Week.
The assignment is simple: read the article and write two paragraphs about it in your English Journal.
The first paragraph should be a summary of the facts and ideas in the article.
The second paragraph is your thoughts and opinions about what you read.
Click HERE to get to the article. (Sign in with Google.)

Reminders:
Read this weekend. You should be almost 1/2 way through book #1 by Tuesday.
Get a trash bag. You know what to do with it right?
Clean up your room. (The world is messy. Start somewhere.)

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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, September 1, 2017

English Journals and AOW (What's an AOW?)

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