Fresh English: Charting the text

Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Charting the text

Goal: An assessment and some other tasks.

Agenda:
Read
End of course survey
Charting the text
Your To Do List

Please begin today by completing the END OF COURSE SURVEY.

Charting the Text:
As we have done with many previous articles, today you will be charting what the author is saying and doing in Big Brother Meets Big Mother. We are doing this on paper, so if you are absent you will need to see Mrs. R. for a make up.

Absent Monday or Tuesday?
To make up the assessments from Monday and Tuesday you must see Mrs. R. You can not take them from home. Come at lunch or after school.

Your To Do List (Are you done with all of these things?)
Self grade of your English Journal? (See blog post from yesterday.)
Book reviews? Use the independent reading tab above to turn them in.
Did you write to your future self? (See blog post from yesterday.)

TEXTBOOK RETURN: Monday June 8 bring ALL of your textbooks to English. We will be going to the library to return them near the end of the period. Keep any books you need to study for a final, but take them home. You will not have the use of a locker after June 10.

BOOK REVIEWS: Your last two book reviews must be complete, in Goodreads, and links posted to the submission form by June 10th.

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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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Wednesday, June 3, 2015

Charting the text

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