Fresh English: Research and Drafting

Friday, December 13, 2019

Research and Drafting

Goal: Make tremendous progress on our argument essays including more research and even begin drafting.

Agenda:
Read
Adding Citations
Working/writing time

Citing your research:

You need to do more research about your topic, even if you already know a lot about it because the research will make you more knowledgeable AND when you can cite the research in your writing it will make you more credible too.
I made you a short video about how to create an MLA citation for your research sources. WATCH VIDEO.

Drafting tips:

Focus today on explaining the problem. Will your audience agree that it is a problem or do you need to convince them that this is a problem.
As much as you can try to use facts, and specific details about the problem. Sometimes statistics help too.
If you want to watch Mrs. R write a paragraph to explain why her topic is a serious problem you can find that HERE.

Reminders:

A complete draft of your argument essay is due TUESDAY 12/17 so that you can get feedback from your writing group before the final draft is due.
Keep reading book #5.

No comments:

Post a Comment

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.

Pages

Friday, December 13, 2019

Research and Drafting

No comments:

Post a Comment

Visitors