Fresh English: Final Essay Progress Day

Friday, March 6, 2020

Final Essay Progress Day

Goal: Use this day to finish your five paragraphs. If it's not done by the end of class, it's homework this weekend.

Agenda:
Read
Intros and Conclusions
Work on Essays
Use New Tools

Introductions and Conclusions
Click HERE for an outline that should help you craft your introduction and conclusion.

Work on Essays

You know what to do. As a reminder, your essay template is in Google Classroom. You do not need to click "turn in" when you're done, because I can still see all of your work. Here are the resources you might need:

New Tools

If you are totally done, I want you to use this NEW TOOL to check your work. This awesome app will help you to make your sentences clear and concise. It's great for anyone to use before turning in a paper.

Reminders:

Draft of your essay is due Tuesday 3/10.
If you did not finish this week, it is homework.

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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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Friday, March 6, 2020

Final Essay Progress Day

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