Tuesday, November 19, 2019

The rest of this week, we will be working hard on our comparison essays using "Sonnet 29" and "The Dark Side of Social Media." Today, we will be focused on deconstructing an essay prompt and writing an outline based around a claim.

We completed the outline on paper in class today, but if you need a copy of the outline to complete at home, you can find it posted as a PDF in Google Classroom. You will need to print it off and complete it for class on Wednesday, as we will be using this completed outline to write our essay rough drafts on Wednesday and Thursday. Friday, we will be using the scoring rubric to score your essay and reflect on your writing in class in preparation for your District Writing Assessment that you will take on Monday and Tuesday of next week.

A couple housekeeping notes for this week:

Keep an eye on the Late Work Board by my desk and make sure if you have a missing assignment you're turning it in with a late slip before the late period closes
Vocab Project Grades will go in sometime in the next 2 weeks
It is your responsibility (not mine) to check PowerSchool, watch for what you've got missing, get that missing work, complete it, and turn it in on-time. Per the KHS policy, you should be checking PowerSchool twice a day.

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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 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 scores.

Zeros however, are a real problem. Students get zeros when they do not turn in an assignment that they should have done. Zeros appear after an assignment is due. If it is an assignment that they can still turn in late, the grade will also be noted as “missing” with an orange symbol. Students have 1 week from the original due date to turn in the work late; however, they are losing points from their grade on the assignment for every day it’s late.

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. Please understand that I have a family and a life outside of school, and roughly 165 student assignments to grade, so sometimes grading takes longer for larger assignments/projects. Please be patient in waiting for these grades to be entered.

Student grades are based on meeting grade-level standard proficiencies. This is not a points or numbers game. There is rarely extra credit offered, and typically is only offered to students who have done the original assigned work – you must show you can do the minimum in order to receive a chance to go above and beyond (extra credit).

Speaking and Listening points are your daily participation points for a total of 10 points per week; this totals around 100 points for each grading period. This can make-or-break your grade, so participating in class activities and discussion, staying awake, and actively working on-task are encouraged to earn these points every day.

I hope this will resolve some confusion. Of course if you have questions about grades please e-mail me.

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