Fresh English: Extreme Sports Writing Task

Monday, April 30, 2018

Extreme Sports Writing Task

Goal: Read and understand the writing task. Get started on an introduction and a thesis. Begin gathering evidence for the rest of my essay.

Agenda:

Read
Locate your extreme sports writing task document assigned to you in Google Classroom.
Read through the writing task including the scoring guide at the end.
Choose the quote you want to work with (highlight it on your document).
Explain the quote in your own words in your introduction.
Decide wether you agree or disagree with what the quote is saying about life.
Consider what pieces of evidence you want to use in the following paragraphs of your essay.
Do some research on the person who said the quotation you are writing about.

The draft of your complete essay is due Thursday 5/3 (before school) for peer review during class. The final draft is due Monday 5/7.

Reminders:

Finish reading book #10 by Wednesday.
Be sure you have a non-fiction article picked out to go with book #10. (Link should be in your EJ already from 4/17.) Be sure you have read the article. << Pro tip.
Friday 5/4 is the end of the grading period. Check your English Journal. Are you missing anything? Could any of your work be better? A little effort now can really help you later.

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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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Extreme Sports Writing Task

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