Agenda
1) Warmup
What makes a good warmup prompt?
Write a good warmup prompt.
2) Return graded work
3) Hand out gradeseets
Homework
None
Today I gave the students back some work that had been graded (in case you were wondering, it's official—I'm slow at getting work graded and returned). We went over the grades, and spent some time discussing how I mark up the students' work.
The most important thing is that if there is a red minus sign in the right margin, that means there is some mechanical error in that line—either a typo, wrong word, grammatical mistake, etc. If you fix all the errors, and turn the minus signs into plus signs, you can hand the work back in for an improved grade.
Note to parents: I gave the students their gradesheets, showing the work we have done so far. I did not make it mandatory that students show these gradesheets to their parents—I like to give the students the chance to make up any missed work first. But of course, you know about the gradesheet, so you are free to make your child show it to you if you want.
