Fresh English: Thursday: Introduction and Conclusion

Thursday, March 15, 2018

Thursday: Introduction and Conclusion

Goals: Adding introduction and conclusions to your essay.

Agenda:
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Introduction: The first paragraph of your essay needs to have the following things in complete sentences.

The names of the authors and the titles of their work.
A brief summary (one-three sentence) of the gist of each creation, text or film.
A thesis statement that explains how the author and director use similar or different techniques to create the irony, moods, and themes in their works.

Conclusion: The conclusion of your essay needs to have the following things in complete sentences.

Restate your claims, hint look at the beginning of each of your body paragraphs.
Restate your thesis statement from the introduction.

Reminders:

Keep writing. Draft of your complete essay is due Monday 3/19 (before school) for writing groups.

Final draft will be due 3/22.

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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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Thursday, March 15, 2018

Thursday: Introduction and Conclusion

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