Fresh English: Choose your Article of the Week

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Choose your Article of the Week

Goal: Article of the week.

Note: Mrs. R is out today. You still have a lot of work to finish.

Agenda:
Read
Article of the Week

Article of the Week:

I've assigned you several articles in Newsela.
Choose ONE to read carefully. (You have three to choose from.)
Write TWO paragraphs in your English Journal.
In the first paragraph summarize what you read.
In the second paragraph say what you think about what you read.

Articles to choose from: (Sign in with Google)
Famous Speeches: "We call BS," Emma Gonzalez's speech to gun advocates
New critics emerge for lack of action on guns: students
Teenage Olympians Chloe Kim and Red Gerard are inspiring youths

Finished early?
Be sure you are finished with other work in your English Journal
Read your book.

No comments:

Post a Comment

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.

Pages

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

Choose your Article of the Week

No comments:

Post a Comment

Visitors