Fresh English: First Steps to Authorship

Thursday, October 16, 2014

First Steps to Authorship

4th period.

We have an earthquake drill.

We will be going to the football field.

Please be prepared to follow directions carefully.

6th period.

We're going to work on creating NaNoWriMo accounts.
Please be prepared to follow directions carefully.

Goal #1: Make a NaNoWriMo Account

Open your English Journal.
In a different tab, go to ywp.nanowrimo.org
You will sign up for NaNoWriMo. Your username should be your period, your last name your first name.

Here's an example: 4 Black Alyssa
Once you sign up, you will get an email. Go to that email to find a link to set a password.

Goal #2: Only after you've successfully created an account and password.

Fill out this form.
Open the NaNoWriMo Handbook and download it to your desktop. (Click Download, open it with Adobe, and Save As)
Read the Letter to the author on page 1.
Go to page 3 and banish your inner editor.

Goal #3: What can you do to stay on top of your work?

Have you updated your "Currently Reading" shelf on Goodreads lately? What page are you on in your book? (Ms. Black needs to do this too. Remind her.)
Do you have any missing work in your English Journal?
If you and the person sitting next to you are both done, can you edit each others' work for proofreading mistakes?

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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, October 16, 2014

First Steps to Authorship

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