Sunday, May 17, 2009

Revised Rubrics for Draft 3

May 31 OK

Two weeks from today OK
a) 10 references (2 pt each) 20% OK
b) Ahmed's Section finished (5 pts each question * 6) 30% OK
c) Richard's addition to Ahmed's section (background info) 10% OK
d) 20 vocab in glossary with your OWN or cited definitions 20% OK
e) Accuracy: no copy paste (a lot, 50% +, will be seriousand possibly a 0%) 10% OK
f) Bloggs (active participation) 10% OK

We are happy with these rubrics.

15 were here to negotiate.

Book: As An Experience So Far

We have been working on a class project, the book. We would love to get some feedback on the project and the process.

1) Describe your feelings about the project.


2) What are the benefits of the project?


3) If the project was done again, what would you want done differently?


4) If the project was done again, what would you keep the same?


5) How does the project help your English?


6) On a scale of 1 to 10 how motivating is the project?

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10


7) If a group went off to the states to present this project would you support them?


8) What kinds of projects would you like to do next year?


9) We need to finish draft 3: can you finish it by May 31? This will give you two weeks from today.

a) 20 references (1 pt each) 20%
b) Ahmed's Section finished (5 pts each question * 6) 30%
c) Richard's addition to Ahmed's section (background info) 10%
d) 20 vocab in glossary with your OWN or cited definitions 20%
e) Accuracy: no copy paste (a lot, 50% +, will be serious
and possibly a 0%) 10%
f) Bloggs (active participation) 10%

This is negotiable, and if we do negotiate it the revised Draft Three Rubrics will be posted.

Steve

Wednesday, May 6, 2009

Black Box

Each student should have written a "Black Box". Please copy and paste it here. Please include your name.

Steve

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Draft 2 Grading

Name: __________________________________

Date: _______________ 2009

PAPERS MUST BE YOUR WORK

For draft 2, you decided that the rubrics would be:

1. 10 Blogs = 1 pt each = 10% (There were less than 10. Let's go for 5 @ 2 points each)

Your score: _____ 10

2. 4 additional articles = 10%

List the 4 new references (copy and paste is fine):

a) ___________________________
b) ___________________________
c) ___________________________
d) ___________________________



3. Glossary of 20 key words = 10%

Your score = _____ 20 (copy and paste terms below)





4. Word limits = 30% (Must be e-mailed to Steve)

500-800 = 5%, 800-1200 = 10%, 1200-1600=20%, 1600-2000 = 30%

Must not include large block quotes. Only your writing here.

Your score out of 30 = _____ 30


5. Materials section = 40%

Did you add a materials box = yes / no
Did you add Ahmed's 6 questions = yes / no
Did you use olive green and tan = yes / no
Did you add Richard's section = yes / no
Did you start to answer the questions = yes / no
Did you use your time to develop this professionally = yes / no

What grade do you feel it deserves out of 40% = _____ 40

TOTAL = _____ %

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Deadline

Please use tonight and work on the paper, to develop as much as you can. It looks like you will be able to hand it in tomorrow as there are no "no" on the last Blog - so please e-mail me what you have.

You can do it tonight, or tomorrow night. I'll modify the book based on draft 2. Please write here:

I have e-mailed a copy

OR

I have not e-mailed a copy

Thanks a million, your book is looking good

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Draft 2

Remembering that this is a draft, can you have it ready by the 30th, based on the rubrics we have discussed?

Yes No

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

10 Yes/No Reflections

Please copy and paste the following questions and write yes or no accordingly. If you feel the need, please add comments.

1 Have you collected 20 articles for your reading portfolio yet?

2 Is your whole text in Arial 14?

3 Are your Headings in bold Arial 14?

4 Are your heading’s numbers based on your chapter number?

5 Is your text 1.5 spaced?

6 Have you created your materials box yet?

7 Have you written Ahmed’s 6 questions in the box and started thinking/researching appropriate responses?

8 Have you begun thinking about whether it’s necessary to reduce the amount of copied (plagiarized) text in your writing?

9 Have you responded to Richard Summerfield’s blog post about presenting to the management team?

10 Will you be ready to hand in a second, fully referenced non-plagiarized, draft on the 30th of April based on the rubrics the class set?