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Thursday, January 31, 2019

Keep Reading!

Goal: Finish reading "Possibility of Evil" and introduce Book #6 Book Review

Agenda:
Read
Introduce Book Review 6
Finish reading "Possibility of Evil"

Book Review 6
We are doing a DIFFERENT method for Book Review 6: A Socratic Seminar!

We are giving you hard copies of the Book Review Socratic Preparation document.
You can also access it HERE digitally if you prefer, but you must print it before class on Monday.
You have participated in a Socratic Seminar before, so you know how it works. We will have the Socratic Seminars on Monday during class, so come prepared! This counts as your grade for Book #6 Book Review.

Finish reading "Possibility of Evil"

Open GoFormative and finish the reading you started yesterday. You are able to pick up where you left off.
You should be able to finish in class, but if not, it's homework.

Reminders:
Finish your GoFormative for "The Possibility of Evil." Grades for this reading will be up on Friday, and they are the first grades in PS for second semester!

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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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