Grading Yourself

This Friday signifies the end of the first quarter of the year. Since we've reached the halfway point of semester, I thought a little English teacher humor would be appropriate here. This comic appeared in "Pearls Before Swine" a couple of years ago and I figure some of my students might agree with Rat, having spent a couple of months with me already.

Part of the grading process at Sage Hill School includes quarterly comments. In addition to giving students a progress report of their grade in my class up to this point, I'm also asked to write a short comment in which I give them some constructive feedback regarding my experience teaching them so far. While hearing feedback from me is important, I also think this is a great time to do some self-reflection too.

For this week's blog post, I actually want students to reflect on their work in English II so far this year. Write a comment to yourself, critiquing your work so far this year in English II. Where are you succeeding? Where can you stand to improve? Set one or two goals for yourself in second quarter. Be kind but constructive.