Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Writing Groups

Goal: Writing groups for your Poe/Laughton essays.

Agenda:
Read
Refresh: What are writing groups?
Poe/Laughton Essay with your group

Getting Started:

Refresh: What are writing groups?
What kinds of discussion help writers most?
Follow the procedures in the chart or on THIS PAGE with your group.

Essay Rubric: (below)
How does your essay compare to the rubric?
What do you still need to work on?

Reminders:
Final Draft of your Poe/Laughton Essay is due this FRIDAY.
Read: You should be on book #8 and it should be finished by Friday, 3/13. (But we won't do book reviews until Monday, so you can still keep reading over the weekend.)

Rubric: Comparative Analysis <<Full Rubric Here

Criteria	An excellent paper will meet these expectations
Genre, focus, and organization	Introduction includes, novel/film’s title, author/director, an overview of both texts. Thesis statement provides a clear claim and focus. Points are addressed in a logical order. Strong conclusion.
Evidence and interpretation	Develops interpretations that demonstrate a thoughtful, comprehensive grasp of the text/film. Uses through textual and cinematic examples to support the thesis in an academic voice.
Writing conventions	Standard English spelling, punctuation, and capitalization are used appropriately (especially when punctuating dialogue). Transitional words connect evidence.

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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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Wednesday, March 11, 2020

Writing Groups

Rubric: Comparative Analysis <<Full Rubric Here

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