Grade Enhancement / Recovery Opportunities
Extra credit to replace missing grades is not available, however, if your average on a test grade is below 70%, you are invited to do test corrections. Test corrections may vary depending on the assignment. Mrs. K. will explain test corrections after each test. For example, recovery for an essay test may be doing a rewrite with added details whereas recovery for a novel test may be writing a summary for the tested chapters or additional test questions.
Quarterly Recovery Project. (for overall ELA averages falling below 70%):
1. Print, read, and fully annotate up to 4 nonfiction news articles of your choice. The articles must be at least 1.5 pages in length. Remember, annotate means to underline key phrases, circle and define unknown words. Interact with the reading material by making comments about the meaning of the article in the margins. What do you notice, wonder, or think?
What do you notice about the author's style or the techniques being used?
2. Then, using well-written sentences, write or type a half page summary for each article. And, write a personal response for each. This means you will write ½ page summary and
½ page for your personal response for each article you read. You may do up to 4 articles to
replace classwork grades only.
3. Recovery projects must be submitted at least 2 weeks before the end of each quarter.
Quarterly Recovery Project. (for overall ELA averages falling below 70%):
1. Print, read, and fully annotate up to 4 nonfiction news articles of your choice. The articles must be at least 1.5 pages in length. Remember, annotate means to underline key phrases, circle and define unknown words. Interact with the reading material by making comments about the meaning of the article in the margins. What do you notice, wonder, or think?
What do you notice about the author's style or the techniques being used?
2. Then, using well-written sentences, write or type a half page summary for each article. And, write a personal response for each. This means you will write ½ page summary and
½ page for your personal response for each article you read. You may do up to 4 articles to
replace classwork grades only.
3. Recovery projects must be submitted at least 2 weeks before the end of each quarter.