Room 118

I’m really pleased that you guys are doing your journals. These should really be a boost to your average! I am also very impressed that I haven’t had to get on Dyknow and “Big Brother” anyone. And you all have been really observant with the “Music Stoplight”.

However, I am still seeing a lot of empty seats. I know that I have small classes, but we have had a lot of absent students. Please try to make an effort to come to school – there is so much that you miss you when aren’t here. Just think of how many people missed watching students try on chain mail? That’s not something that you can make up after school. You missed it. And that makes me sad.

Tutorials are going on after school for the TAKS test. Please, please, please show up to these tutorials. It would be such a shame if you completed all of your coursework and sat the seat time, but failed to get a diploma because of the TAKS test.

We are currently working on Beowulf and I hope that you all are taking the exact same notes as me in class. This is where all of my test questions from. If you missed a day, please get the notes from someone else in class. It is really hard for me to give you my computer for you to copy notes from; I am always using my computer, especially after school. That’s when I grade!

Great job! Remember, Mrs. Ekster gets a report of who has zeroes tomorrow (2.12.09), so get those grade in!

If you are not done with an assignment and do not turn it in on the day that it is due, I need to have a drop box note telling when you plan on having the assignment turned in. If I have to manually enter grades on LMS, there is a risk of that grade being “locked” – that means you could end up getting a zero on an assignment that you completed and that I graded.

People are starting to slack on the journals – I grade those on Fridays. This should be an easy 100 each week if you answer the questions each day.

You are doing a GREAT job of following my 55 Rules – even when someone forgets and a sword gets picked up, we fix the situation pretty quickly. Thank you. I feel like I can leave my stuff around the room without worrying that it will be broken.

Watch those zeros – if you are missing something, I’ll take it by the end of the week without penalty, but you are going to have to do it on your own time. We are moving on in class and I want to be able to brag to Mrs. Ekster that my classes have no zeros!

See you tomorrow!