Major Writing Assignment and Open House

Hello All

First of all I want to make sure you're aware of Open House next Thursday at 6:30.  I offer extra credit for students who either bring you to Open House (I like to meet you face to face) or for parents who reach out to me about their students' progress next week.

I hope to see or hear from you!

Secondly, yesterday students had their first major writing assignment.  They were to use the GradeMark function on Turnitin.com to revise and edit their The Road Constructed Response.  Many students at least started this assignment in class yesterday.  However, several students had yet to turn in their The Road Constructed Response in the first place.  Of course, they cannot revise something they haven't written.  Most of those students worked to complete this in class, but several didn't finish.

The Revision of their The Road will be their first Summative Writing Grade.  It is due on Turnitin.com before 11:59pm on Sunday.  I want to make sure they have the whole weekend (as well as last night) to work on this, even if they don't have the internet at their house.  That gives them time to go to the public library, to a coffee shop with wifi, to a friend/family memeber's house.

We also, specifically, had the students type this up on their Google Drive accounts and turn it in to turnitin.com because both function well on cell phones (if they need to finish typing on their pocket-sized computers).  To access Google Drive, you do have to download both the Google Drive and the Google Docs apps.  They work on both Android and Apple products.  The turnitin.com mobile website also works well.  Make sure that you UPLOAD your assignment from Google Drive, not copy and paste it.

Happy Early Release and I hope you stay safe and warm this weekend!