Ms. P's Place
AICE ENGLISH GENERAL PAPER
2020-2021
Mrs. Portuondo
OVERVIEW
Activities form the grades accrued as students are practicing and learning skills (also known as formative assessments). The approaches that a student takes while acquiring knowledge and skills are an important part of the learning process. Diligent students take responsibility for their learning, set goals, and exhibit attitudes that encourage successful outcomes.
Portfolio Binder
Class Notes
Test Preparation
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Your binder is your primary organizational tool for the course. You are responsible for maintaining the organization and upkeep of this requirement. Date all submissions.
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The binder will house all materials distributed/created in and out of class, including but not limited to: notes, newspaper/Upfront activities, drafts and final papers, returned quizzes/tests, test prep materials, inquiry research materials, journal entries, and any other paperwork deemed relevant to your development as both a EGP writer and literary critic.
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Binders may be graded randomly and without prior notice
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As the title dictates, these are to be scribed during class. Note-taking is a self-directed activity. I will not always prompt you to take notes, though I will initially provide instruction on strategies. You should monitor your learning and assess whether notes are needed for a topic. It is ultimately your responsibility to distinguish between relevant and minor information. All class discussion material is fair game for note-taking. In particular, if it’s on the board or the screen, write it down.
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Materials viewed in class such as PowerPoints and handouts are often archived on my website. If you miss class or do not scribe notes quickly enough, access these on line, creating handwritten, paraphrased notes and adding them to your binder. You may not simply print the posted document.
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Check Jupitered/Website often for updates, links, class materials, and additional/supplementary materials.
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Summative grades refer to mastery of knowledge and skills that have been developing over the course of activities leading up to assessment. Because this is a college level course, students will be held to a college level standard for these assessments. The rubrics established by Cambridge will be utilized for these grades whenever possible.
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Literature Assessments/Projects
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Essays or pre-established projects that have been assigned well in advance with pacing deadlines
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Grammar Assessments
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Reading and Writing Assignments that mimic the Cambridge exam
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from the textbook and/or online sources like Pearson and Commonlit.
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Independent Reading analyses and assessments from Upfront magazine and elsewhere
Composition
Composition
We will write frequently, and ALL stages of the writing
process are important.
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Please KEEP ALL PLANNERS, DRAFTS, AND PEER EDIT ACTIVITIES, labeling each and organizing them in your binder. Keep electronic copies on a USB or through Google Docs.
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I use a variety of ways to evaluate written work. I will:
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not mark every error on every paper because research indicates that this kind of intensive grading does not develop better writers
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help you develop self-editing and revision as a routine part of your writing
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often grade your papers on the basis of specific primary traits being emphasized by assignments
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occasionally grade your papers holistically, using a pre-established rubric
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