Transcript GRADING A JOURNAL

Journal
Format
and
Grading
First, you MUST have a
standard 100 sheet,
7 ½” x 9 ¾” composition
book just for science class.
No spiral bound notebooks!
Tahoma Jr. High
8th Grade Science
Maple Valley, WA
Make sure your First and Last name are PRINTED
clearly and always remain visible on the cover,
along with teacher’s name and period.
(also write this same information inside the front and back
covers as well - along with your six-digit student ID #)
Scientists (and many jobs) require you to record
data, use a checklist or keep a journal of work.
Our Journal is designed to help you develop
consistent recording skills by having a record of
what we do each day (especially HomeWork!).
We use a very particular format for
completing them to make it easy to
find info and grade them.
You copy EXACTLY what you see on
the Entry PowerPoint just as it is.
Each sheet (two pages) is for one class.
With 90 classes (1 sheet each), THIS ONE BOOK will
take you through the WHOLE YEAR.
DO NOT LOSE YOUR JOURNAL – it’s worth a LOT of points!
If you do lose it, you have to Re-DO ALL of it!
No loose papers should EVER be in your Journal…
they get LOST !!
ABSENT? = copy in what was missed from Study
Buddy ASAP (or get everything but answers from
web site and then get answers from a Study Buddy)
DON’T HAVE YOUR JOURNAL? = write everything on
a separate paper AND THEN… COPY ALL OF IT
BACK INTO YOUR JOURNAL ASAP!!
On the FIRST SHEET of paper
draw what you see below:
You get 15 passes per year – teacher will initial
and then you sign out as usual at the door.
If you lose this sheet or use up your passes, you
must borrow from someone.
So use the bathroom during Passing Time
(these passes save for “emergencies only”!)
Teacher will initial page – you only get one!
BATHROOM PASSES FOR THE YEAR
Now skip 5 sheets and then on this NEW SHEET
(which is on the right side of the book) write a big
“1” in the top margin to show this is Class # 1
Then go to the next NEW SHEET (right side again)
and write a big “2”… and so on until you get to 90.
Your Journal must always be brought to class,
up-to-date, in sequence and complete –
REGARDLESS if you’re absent
(all but the Notes are on web site site).
Journals CAN BE COLLECTED /
GRADED ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE
Late Journals (being ≥ 40 pts) can be done
LATE but only for 60% maximum.
Keep them up-to-date and on-hand and this
should be an easy “A” for everyone.
OVER 86% OF IT DONE IN CLASS !!
DOING A
CLASS’s
JOURNAL
ENTRY
it
should look
like this…
Make a box with
Class # and date
Each new
class starts
on the RIGHT
hand side of a
new sheet
and should
look like this.
Draw a thick line
to separate the
two parts.
(front of RIGHT page – beginning of class)
CLASS # 1
02 SEP 2009
Entry Question: copy it
(skip a space)
My Answer: attempt an answer
using what’s in your head ONLY
A: notes taken during the
debrief on the correct answer
(whether you were correct or
not)
THIS IS THE ANSWER YOU
STUDY FOR TESTS
STUDENT
EXAMPLE
BEGINNING
OF CLASS
(simply COPY
what’s shown
EXAXTLY as it is
given to you – and
SPACE THINGS
OUT)
(back LEFT page – end of class)
HW (due):
1. Questionnaire HW (10 pts, due next class)
2. Intro PPT HW (30 pts, due 30 / 31 OCT)
__________________________
Exit Question: Why are preassessments in a new class
important ?
(skip a space)
Answer: This way teachers will know
what skills are being brought to the
new course and how to teach better
during the coming year. Students and
parents will also know how well the
student is progressing in their skills
and if additional help is needed.
This is the back
page for that day’s
class where you:
RECORD HOMEWORK
and DUE DATES FOR
EACH HW in (…)
COPY THE EXIT
QUESTION and
THEN WRITE
ANSWER WHEN
TEACHER GIVES IT
TO YOU (finish for
HW if not done in
class).
STUDENT
EXAMPLE
END OF
CLASS
(every HW item is
LISTED and
SHOWS WHEN
IT IS DUE)
VERY SIMPLY – YOU ARE
COPYING EVERYTHING IN
BLACK JUST LIKE IT’S
SHOWN ON THE SCREEN !!
(what’s in red is “reminders”)
End of
“Doing Journals”
Next slide starts
“GRADING A
JOURNAL”
GRADING A JOURNAL
District goals are for you
to EVALUATE work so
you will grade your own
Journal the first time,
and after that other
students will grade it.
But your teacher will
check your grading for
accuracy.
If you are off a lot in your grading, there
will be a HEAVY penalty. Grading is
very specific, so follow the rules.
The grader in
this example is
using green something that’s
easy to see.
CLASS # 1
02 SEP 03
Entry Question
(skip a space)
1
My Answer (if a list, all of them
If giving credit
for a part, put a
small “1” in a
circle for each
part near the
edge as shown.
If no credit, put a
“0” in a circle.
done)
(must have BOTH parts to get
1 pt – otherwise it is 0)
Real Answer
(even if top is correct, it is re-written)
1
HW (due)
1
1. Description AND (due “date”)
(must have BOTH parts to get
1 pt – otherwise it is 0)
Exit Question
1
EACH HW item listed
MUST have its own
DUE “DATE”
(skip a space)
Answer
(must have BOTH parts to get
1 pt – otherwise it is 0)
Once all classes
are done, simply
add up how many
1pts were earned.
1
HW (due)
1. Description AND (due “date”)
(must have BOTH parts to get
1 pt – otherwise it is 0)
Exit Question
1
(skip a space)
Answer
(must have BOTH parts to get
1 pt – otherwise it is 0)
C.B. Russell Wilson
x/y
A.F.
see #11, 23
Your teacher will tell
you how many total
points are available,
so on the back of
the last day graded
write “C.B. and your
name” to show you
graded it. The
owner will then
check to see if it’s
accurate and initial
it themselves. Any
problems, write
what class needs to
be checked by the
teacher – then
teacher will initial.
(once initialed by teacher do
NOT ever change that grade!)
* when done with grading show next slide
This is the only graded item in 8th Science that is done
as a “surprise” (and since it’s all done in class, it
shouldn’t be a bad surprise).
If you don’t want your grade to look a lot worse
compared to others… DO NOT tell anyone outside of
your class that they were graded (or they’ll fix
everything before grading in a later period).
GENERAL RULE IN 8th SCIENCE:
“WHAT HAPPENS IN SCIENCE – STAYS IN SCIENCE !”
This goes for tests, labs, videos, jokes, ANYTHING!
(let them find out/learn for themselves just like you did)
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