Fresh English: Welcome Back!

Monday, April 1, 2019

Welcome Back!

Goal: Write an email to your teacher to practice the difference between formal and informal communication

Agenda:

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Reading Progress Update
Practice Email
Contest

1. Reading Progress Update

Welcome back from break! Click HERE for a reading progress update.

2. Practice Email

There is an art to getting what you need through emailing, and you likely have plenty of emails in your future since we live in such a technological age.
Make a copy of THIS email template, and read the instructions listed at the top.
Share this document with ALL of your teachers (email addresses posted in the back of the room).

3. Table Contest

Everyone will read their email aloud.
The table will decide whose email would likely be the most well-received by a teacher.
Have the winner at your table submit their teacher email HERE (only one person at each table should be submitting).

Reminders:

You should be reading Book #9. If you got a new book today since we are back from break, please check it out.

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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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