Fresh English: First read of Undercover Parent

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

First read of Undercover Parent

Goals: First reading of Undercover Parent article using the "Say Something" protocol.

Agenda:
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Learn about the "Say Something" protocol.
First read of Undercover Parent

First Read of Undercover Parent:

This text is shared with you in Google Drive.
You will read it with a partner and use the say something protocol to check your thinking and understanding with each other as you go.

English Journal:

Write a response about "Undercover Parent" using the same TWO paragraph structure you use for an article of the week.

Reminders:

Food Drive. We have a box for JROTC where you can drop off non-perishable, canned food.
Book reviews are happening in class on WEDNESDAY. You can pre-write them if you want to.
This grading period ends on Friday. All regrade requests are due by 2:30PM Friday. (Some of you may want to work on your memoir or your visual memoir.)

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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, November 28, 2017

First read of Undercover Parent

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