In-Class Focus and Feedback
Before we talk about anything else, here is your reminder that in-class focus and your use of feedback will determine the majority of your grade for the second semester:
All second-semester projects have rolling deadlines. You can set specific deadlines and checkpoints, because everything can be individualized; you are most likely, however, to prefer to do your work at your own pace.
That means that your choices in class, from the goals you set each day to your ability to avoid distraction, will contribute directly to your profile. Until June, there is no such thing as “late work”; there is just the evidence of your choices.
You have four or five projects to consider. You can individualize the work. There isn’t much excuse for being off-task and unproductive when you have that much agency and autonomy.
Repeated: Deadlines and Grades
June 2 is the end of GAP Q4B and the last official day for Senior Talk presentations. June 3–5 will be used for late presentations, second attempts, and other last-minute adjustments. June 5 is the soft deadline for all work
June 8–12 is when we will solidify final grades, including scores for the final exam, and final averages. Senior grades will be finalized and posted on June 12.
Except for your final exam, you control the deadlines and feedback given to these projects. Feedback on your work is the same as it ever was:
The process of grading you is also the same as it ever was:
- Grade Abatement Profiles
- Universal Skills and Traits
- Step-By-Step Guide to Assessment
- Clarifying Grade Abatement
- Static GAP Score Feedback
Grades are based on evidence of universal skills and traits. Feedback uses those same universal languages. Grades and feedback are most dependent on your in-class focus and use of feedback, and you will do best when you focus on growth, collaboration, and transparency.
Exception: final exam
Your reflection on the Senior Talk is your final exam. Unlike the evidentiary approach of the GAP scoring process, this is the qualitative assessment of a single artifact. It is graded through a writing rubric based on our universal writing process.
Here is a folder with a collection of these rubrics:
The two that will be used for the final exam are these:
You must follow all separate instructions and guidelines for this reflective essay.
Repeated: Artifact Checklist
These are the artifacts due during the second semester. Consider the etymology again: An artifact is anything made with skill. Each of these artifacts will either be a formative step or part of a summative project.
- Self-Prescribed Book Choice | Completed online through a Google Form.
- Self-Prescribed Book Project | Presentations, projects, discussions, etc. Submitted in class and/or online according to individual needs.
- Research-Driven Essay Focus | Completed online through a Google Form.
- Research-Driven Essay | Final draft and links to any online publishing. Due on Google Classroom.
- MLA-Formatted Research-Driven Essay | Properly formatted submission to Turnitin.com.
- Commencement Address | Final draft and links to any online publishing. Due on Google Classroom and Turnitin.
- Pareto Project Student Work | Presentations, projects, discussions, etc. Submitted in class and/or online according to individual needs.
- Pareto Project Final Self-Assessment | Completed online through a Google Form. Two parts.
- Senior Talk Statement of Purpose | Completed online through a Google Form that also sets the time for the actual presentation.
- Senior Talk Script | Final draft due through Google Classroom. Must also be submitted to Turnitin.com.
- Senior Talk Presentation | Presented to an audience in a space of the presenter’s choosing.
- Senior Talk Reflection & Final Exam | Final draft due through Google Classroom. Must also be submitted to Turnitin.com.