Your homework for tonight is to finish your mini-project. Remember this should be Beautiful Work. Full disclosure, you will not be assessed on this mini-project; this is meant to help you solidify and ground your understanding of the basic concepts of Sociology that we have covered thus far. Your motivation to do well on this project is intrinsic (that is, it comes from within). For what it is worth, you may be drawing on this work in a few weeks once we begin our masks and our essays. You also would have the option to turn this mini-project into a Challenge Extension to add on to our final project. Three of you will be randomly chosen tomorrow to present to class, so be ready to go!
Today in class we:
--Did the quiz if we missed school on Friday and got a brief lecture from Matt about the Cycle of Socialization
--Worked on our mini-projects in class
--Matt explained the reassessment policy; you can read it below or see a copy of it in Class Handouts under 9/3
9th Grade Humanities Reassessment Policy
If you are disappointed in your grade on a test or quiz in this class, you may reassess. Reassessment is a way for us to master the material if we didn't master it the first time; I reassess students because I believe that a student who does poorly on a quiz or test should have an opportunity to make it up partially. However, in order to avoid encouraging a pattern of not studying the first time around and then just making it up later, here is how the reassessments will work.
1. All reassessments unless otherwise noted will be held during Matt's office hours and begin Wednesdays at 3:30 pm in the classroom. You must confirm with Matt in advance that you will be at office hours at 3:30 to reassess.
2. A reassessment unless otherwise noted is a verbal interview in which Matt will quiz you on the material you were initially assessed on. Matt will first go over the quiz or test with you and ask you to explain how and why you misunderstood the material, and then will ask you questions to determine if you now understand the material.
3. The best way to prepare for a reassessment is to study the material that you were given to master the first time around. Ask questions of your classmates who did well on the test or exam. Review the incorrect answers and figure out how and why you misunderstood the material. If the answer is, "I just didn't study", be honest in your reassessment and make sure you have studied the material so you can answer the material questions correctly.
4. Before you reassess, you must print out or handwrite a paragraph that answers the following questions and turn it into Matt at the start of your reassessment.
a. Why do you think you did poorly on this quiz or test? Was it related to your study habits, out-of-school life or issues, or time-management mistakes?
b. Are there concrete steps you can take to address the reasons why you did poorly on this exam? What are they?
c. Do you feel that this material could or should have been taught in a way that would better accommodate your learning style? Do you feel that a learning need (if you are working with ESS) was not addressed in the teaching of this material? If so, how?
NOTE: A reassessment will at most win you back 50% of the points that you lost. So if you scored a 10/20 on a given quiz, the most your score can go up after a reassessment is to a 15/20. The best policy is for you to prepare and do well the first time.
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