Thursday, January 16, 2020

Before we get into it today, a couple housekeeping notes:

Vocab Menu is due Tuesday by 2:30pm. Anything after that must have a late slip or I won't take it (yes, I'll know that you turned it in after that time even if I'm not here that day!)
Bookmark worksheet for chapters 1-2 is due tomorrow (Friday)
Honors/STEM only: Your Flipgrid video is due tomorrow by 2:30pm
Remember, if you're absent, it's your responsibility to check the class blog for the day(s) you were out and then go ask for the activities/homework you missed
You should be working on your 6 assigned IXL skills outside of class time. If you need info on that, check the IXL Skills tab at the top of the blog. This is your responsibility to be working on these, and they will be due in about a month - don't wait until the week they are due to start on them!

Today you're going to look at how rhetoric is used throughout Old Major's speech you read yesterday. You'll have the chance to reread his speech and "Beasts of England" that Old Major sang with the animals, then find examples of each of the 3 types of rhetoric: ethos, logos, and pathos. You should have time to finish it in class, but if you don't you'll need to complete it for homework. This assignment is posted in Google Classroom and will be due tomorrow.

Go ahead and put your laptop away now, because you've got an activity to do before we get started!

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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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