Fresh English: Evaluation Day

Friday, February 24, 2012

Evaluation Day

Good morning,

It is time to evaluate your essay. Open your essay in Google Docs and read it over one more time.
Use this Rubric Form to self score your essay. Use the comments section to explain why you scored your essay the way you did.

After you have evaluated your essay it is time to get started with our on-demand writing assessment. You may write the essay by hand on paper or type it. If you type it you will need to print it when you are done for it to be submitted to me.

You can view the prompt and the materials for the essay as a word doc or ask me for a hard copy of the prompt. On-Demand Writing Prompt

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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, February 24, 2012

Evaluation Day

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