Progress conferences will be held this week with any student who is not on track to recover credit in NovaNET. Conferences give teacher and student an opportunity to have a one-on-one consultation about progress 'bumps and humps' and what can be done to correct and improve the situation.
Benchmark Deadline for Offline English Assignments: Due Friday, Oct. 21.
9th A: Autobiographical narrative: instructions pgs. 94-99 in text.
9th Lit B: Romeo and Juliet, The Odyssey: Parts I and II
10th Lit A: Julius Caesar, "The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dog"
10th Lit B: Persuasive essay, Read "Don Quixote" "Arthur" and "Sundiata"
American Lit A: "Song of Myself" and write your own
American Lit B: Read and take notes over each act of The Crucible.
Multicultural Literature B: Complete first 4 reading and writing assignments.
- Rubrics are available for writing assignments. Must be types, MLA format.
- Tests are to be taken in class over reading assignments. Any handwritten notes taken while reading may be used on tests.
Extra help is available in each subject area from subject area teachers. Students can seek this extra help before or after school, during lunch, or during ASE. The point is to get help; not to expect something to improve by continuing to do- or not do- the same thing.
Evidence of conferences will be mailed home so parents have the opportunity to view the discussion points. As always, feel free to email Mrs. Armistead for an update on grades at any time. Remember, NovaNET and Pinnacle do not communicate, so only 6, 12, and 18 week grades are manually put into the system. I'm trying this semester something new...to put completion grades and module averages in Pinnacle with the override grade from the 6 week progress report. We'll see how it goes, but if it works, it would give the parents and students an opportunity to keep a closer eye on progress through Pinnacle.
