Grade Updates and Upcoming Dates

Hello everyone!!  I know that some people are very concerned with grades.  (Grades are currently up to date online) The scores for many on the first two tests are low.  When talking to students, most admitted that they did not study.  When I look back at last semester's quiz grades, they are comparable.  Students really need to study.  The note taking guide should serve as a study guide as well.  Student should be able to explain each term on the list and its significance to the topic.  For example:  Tet Offensive.  Students should be able to talk about what the Tet Offensive was and WHY and HOW it was significant to the Vietnam War.  It is not enough to define it.  The Vietnam Quiz is on March 6.  Please have your student study!!!!!  This will be the last thing in the assesment category for the progress report.

The other thing to consider is that we usually have a project and a written unit exam in the assesment category that help to balance out the chapter quiz grades.  This unit our unit exam and project are combined into a full length essay.  This essay will count as the unit exam and the project for this unit.  However, it will not be going in on this progress report.  Our grades are due March 11 and the essay is not due until the March 13.  After that, it will take me a few weeks to grade all 200 of them. 

Here is a list of upcoming dates for this unit:
March 6- Vietnam Quiz, Chapter 21 work due (It has acutally been due throughout the chapter, however I had students hold the notes to study), Essay Outline Due
March 8- Extra Credit Due (if student wants it to count for progress report)
March 11- Essay Rough Draft Due
March 13-  Essay Final Draft Due (Do not forget to submit it to www.turnitin.com)

Dates for the next unit:
March 8- 17.1 Due
March 12- 17.2 Due
March 14- 17.3 Due
March 15- Extra Credit Due
March 18- 18.1 Due
March 20- 18.2 Due
March 22- Post War Quiz

Extra Credit Opportunity

Fallen Angels Extra Credit Assignment

 

This assignment will require you to read the novel Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers.  Please follow the directions.  If any part is missing, you will not get credit.  You need to type your assignment.

 

 

1. Label your paper Fallen Angels. 

 

2.  Write these objectives at under the heading:

            *Explain how the novel shows the impact of war on Americans.

            *Explain how the novel fits into our unit of study.

3.  Write a half page summary of the novel.

4.  Choose one of the objectives to focus on.  Write a PIE-IE in which you use specific examples from the film.

 

 

Checklist:

 

¨     Typed

¨     Half page summary

¨     PIE-IE on one of the objectives

¨     Due March 8 if you want it to count for this progress report.  Due March 15 for everyone else.

Grades and other stuff

Semester Grades will be posted online at some point today.

Here is how to read them:


Overall= your semester grade


Please bring your book on Monday!!  If you missed the final exam due to illness, we will be having a make-up on Tuesday at 2 pm.

Grades, Finals and Studying

Your grade going in to the final has been posted.  If you have an 89.5% or higher, congratualtions, you do not have to take the final exam!!!  Remember, you need at least a 63% to pass the class.

Study tips:

*Use the notetaking guides as a study guide
*Re-read the chapters.  The final is on chapters 1,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11,12 and 13
*Review the past quizzes.  We have posted the old quizzes with the answers.  Almost all of the final exam questions come from the past tests.

If you want to find out what you need to get on the final to get a certain grade, check out this website.  Trent Marlow showed it to me.  The final exam is worth 15% of your grade.  I round up at .5.  For example, an 89.5% is an A-, a 79.5% is a B-.

http://rogerhub.com/final-grade-calculator

Good luck!!!  I probably will not be checking my e-mail until Tuesday morning, so if you have any questions, I will answer them then. 

Grades and Finals

Hey everyone!!  I hope you have a great break!!  People have been asking questions about finals and what to study.  You should study all of the note taking guides that we have given to you over the course of the semester.  You should be able to answer and explain all of the objectives and key terms without looking at your notes.  I highly recommend making flashcards.  It helps.  Make sure that you know the significance, not just the definition. 

Also, we have put all of the past tests online so that you can review the questions.  The questions on the final will be very similar and some of the questions will be the same.  Look for them in thelink that says online content.

Grades will be updated today by the end of the day.

See you in two weeks!! Be safe!! 


P.S.  There is no homework over break, besides stydying for the final.  But when we get back, we still have a lot of work ahead of us.  We will be starting an in class project and covering two chapters!!

Grades

Grades have been updated.  Please check with your student about goals for the remainder of the semester.  The rest of this semester is very important in solidifying their grade. 

Grades and Other Stuff

Hello everyone!!  We ae in the home stretch.  We have started the last grading period of the semester.  But we are far from finished!  Do not give up now! 

The grades that are currently posted online are the progress report grades.  Grades will be posted again next week. 

There has been a date change on the schedule.  Here are the dates for chapter 10.

10.1 and 10.2- I am lecturing in class on 12/5.  If you are absent, you are responsible for doing the notes from the book.

10.4- 12/5
10.3- 12/7
10.5-12/10
Ch. 10 quiz- 12/11