Fresh English: Culminating Presentations Day 2: Group Work Day

Thursday, November 8, 2018

Culminating Presentations Day 2: Group Work Day

Goal: Finish putting together your group's culminating project and be ready to present tomorrow!

Agenda:
Read
Work on your group presentations

Today is ALL YOURS!

This is the only remaining day to work on your project as a group. Presentations are tomorrow.

Just to clarify:

The questions in the notes section are GUIDING questions. The only element you need written in your notes sections are the TWO quotes.
Recommendation slide only needs one quote. Choose a line you really like from the book.
Write your quotes on a notecard so you're prepared for tomorrow.

Resources:

Ms. Daniel's sample presentation HERE if you need a reminder!
Rubric is HERE if you need a reminder of expectations.

You have all day today to work on your project. Use your time wisely!

Reminders:

You should still be reading a book even though your group novel is complete. You should be on Book #4 (or more) for this grading period.
Unit test is NEXT WEEK.
Tomorrow is presentation day!

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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, November 8, 2018

Culminating Presentations Day 2: Group Work Day

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