End of week two

By Monday morning, English 10 students should have accurate grades. I grade on a 4-point scale that corresponds with the traditional A-F rating. I also use 90, 75,50, and 25% as my grade cutoffs. In order to receive credit, students must submit assignments that fit all of the criteria. For example, if they do the first step of a poetry analysis and skip the second, they will not be graded.

Week 2, September 10

Well, we have completed our first Monday. In English 10, you should be wrapping up the final version of your work with the Robert Frost poem. By Friday, you should have a more complete idea of what your grade is. Those of you working with the reading remediation program should be busy annotating text and sending it to me. Watch for a vocabulary assignment in the near future. Have a great week!!!
MrD

Welcome to English 10

Hello!
This is my first year teaching English 10, and I am very excited. I will use this blog frequently to communicate with you. We will also be communicating in other ways as the year goes on. I don't really have anything else to say.

HAVE A GREAT YEAR!!!

MrD

Getting Started : Reading Remediation

All of the instruction for reading remediation will be handled through Google docs. This should be simple because the district has set up accounts for you which are easy to access from the labs and library. You should be able to just click on Google docs and then enter the same user name and password that you use to  log on. Once you do that, you need to send me a message at mattd@montevideoschools.org (This link may not work. You might need to copy and paste it into your gmail. Please make sure that you are using your montevideoschools account! Once you have sent me a message, I will be able to create a group for communications purposes. I will also set up a way for you to submit your work.