Week of May 18, 2020

Last week I spent a long time making sure grades were accurate and updated, but it's a time-consuming task and I'm only human, so I'm relying on students to double-check Skyward and alert me to any mistakes. If you do find that you have an assignment marked missing and 0, please send me an email that includes the following information:

• Your full name (especially if the name on your email address is different)
• The name of the assignment exactly as it appears on Skyward
• Your class period

If an assignment shows * that simply means it's not graded yet.

Please be aware that I am devoting Mondays and Tuesdays to going back through Teams and Actively Learn and scoring and updating any late work. If you submitted work after Monday then I will update it when I grade this week, and there is no need to notify me. I'm more concerned about work that you submitted before last week and still shows a 0 and missing.

It is also clear that some students are reading summaries and hoping to skate by on that. Please note that short answer questions in Actively Learn require text details and an explanation. If you are not including accurate details and/or explaining your thinking, your grade will reflect that.

This week we are reading two chapters of Gatsby so that we can finish the book on time. Next week we will read just one chapter again, but fair warning, chapter 7 is a long one.

I'm also offering an optional summative writing assignment this week. If you are currently dissatisfied with your grade, I strongly recommend you take advantage of this opportunity. There will not be another one next week.

Please find all of this week's work explained here in this link.

Take care!