Your Goal Grade
Highlight the header for the column below to indicate which grade you plan to work toward in the course. Meeting the basic requirements for your chosen letter grade, according to the table below, is mandatory.
| A Work | B Work | C Work |
– Misses two classes or fewer, or makes up excused absences – Misses no CODES & College labs, makes up excused absences – Completes all readings on time and annotates them thoroughly – Contributes deeply to discussions – Meets all assignment and draft deadlines or has approved extension – Work shows engagement, care, effort, and growth – Abides by the CODE of Conduct and classroom norms | – Misses three classes or fewer, or makes up excused absences – Misses one or fewer CODES & College labs, or makes up excused absences – Completes and annotates most readings – Often participates in discussion – Meets all assignment and draft deadlines or has approved extension – Work shows care, effort, and growth – Abides by the CODE of Conduct and classroom norms | – Misses four classes or fewer, or makes up excused absences – Misses two or fewer CODES & College labs, or makes up excused absences – Completes most readings – Sometimes adds to discussion – Completes all major assignments, meets most draft deadlines, and turns in x – Meets minimal expectations on assignments; shows some growth – Abides by the CODE of Conduct and classroom norms |
First-Week Introduction
- Reading- c. Reads using an appropriate lens and can engage in a continuing dialogue within and beyond a discipline or a community of readers.
- Collaboration- c. Works independently toward goals by contributing and meeting deadlines.
- Written Communication- b. Uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject, conveying the writer’s understanding, and shaping the whole work.
- Written Communication- c. Uses language to skillfully communicate with clarity and fluency.
- Problem-Solving Skill- b. Identifies and evaluate multiple approaches for solving problems.
I choose these five goals because it is important to help me grow more as a student and wanting to improve more and more as a student. These goals show that I am very open to growing more as a student, and wanting to improve more and more. I am excited to work more in my class with improving more on my assignments throughout the semester. Being able to know how to solve problems of the readings and even being able to look at them a certain way to help me more and more.
Midterm Introduction
[Speak about the skills and content you’ve learned during the first half of the semester. What did you most enjoy? What did you struggle with? What goals do you think you’ve most excelled at meeting and what do you want to continue developing during the second half of the semester? What goals haven’t you yet met, and how will you make them a priority in the second half of class?]
Final Introduction
[Now that the semester is over, use your introduction to reflect in-depth on your process. How well did you meet the goals you set out to meet? What did you learn that surprised you? Focusing on your goals for this class, what do you want to remember to take with you into your future courses? What strategies can you use to continue developing toward these goals?]
Course Goals
- Reading- c. Reads using an appropriate lens and can engage in a continuing dialogue within and beyond a discipline or a community of readers.
- Collaboration- c. Works independently toward goals by contributing and meeting deadlines.
- Written Communication- b. Uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject, conveying the writer’s understanding, and shaping the whole work.
- Written Communication- c. Uses language to skillfully communicate with clarity and fluency.
- Problem-Solving Skill- b. Identifies and evaluate multiple approaches for solving problems.
Goal 1 (20%)
Reading- c. Reads using an appropriate lens and can engage in a continuing dialogue within and beyond a discipline or a community of readers.
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| Reading the materials and wanting to build more off. Being able to understand it as well to help me grow more on the topics. | Being able to show my improvements throughout my notes during the semester and being able to show growth on them. | -Reflections -Visualizations -Readings |
I hope to see a lot of improvement in my work over the time. I also hope to see growth with me being able to communicate more with my classmates and even asking for help if I need any help on anything that I am stuck on.
Goal 2 (35%)
Collaboration- c. Works independently toward goals by contributing and meeting deadlines.
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| Being able to work towards all of my goals on time before the deadline. Putting in all the work with all of my assignments to make sure that I am doing what I am supposed to be doing. | Being able to show improvement with my growth with making sure all the assignments are getting done before the deadline. | -Discussion preparation -Professor feedback -Data visualization |
I hope to be able to work towards making sure that I am on top of my work when it comes to meeting all the deadlines. As well as making sure that I am also meeting all the goals that I’ve made too and being on top of my goals as well.
Goal 3 (10%)
Written Communication- b. Uses appropriate, relevant, and compelling content to illustrate mastery of the subject, conveying the writer’s understanding, and shaping the whole work.
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| I would make sure that I am understanding the work and reading and being able to put it together with the shaping of my assignments. Being able to know when to apply certain things to the work as well. | I want to be able to show a lot of improvement in my work throughout the semester when it comes to being able to grasp what I am reading and the things I need to add to my assignments. | -Professor feedback -Peer feedback + my response -Codes notebook |
I hope to see progress in all of my work throughout the semester being able to understand all my work clearly and not having any trouble with knowing what is going on in the readings or even my assignments. I hope to get feedback back when I am not doing anything wrong in my work to help me correct myself and my work to help me improve more as a student.
Goal 4 (5%)
Written Communication- c. Uses language to skillfully communicate with clarity and fluency.
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| If I don’t know a word or anything I will look up the word to know what the definition is to help me understand what I am reading to help me with the text more and more. | I would use all my resources and even my old work to help me improve more as a student to see where I can grow more in my work. | -Code notebook -Professor Feedback -Peer feedback + my response |
I hope to improve in with being able to understand certain words that I am reading about and being able to improve on my work using the words. Improvement on communication skills with understanding the language can help me as well grow more with being able to know the words that I am talking about and sharing with my peers around me.
Goal 5 (30%)
Problem-Solving Skill- b. Identifies and evaluate multiple approaches for solving problems.
| What will you do to learn the content/ develop the skill? | What examples will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | What characteristics of the chosen examples demonstrate you have met your goal? |
| Being able to look at certain issues in my work and knowing how to solve the problem of the work without having any trouble to know how to look at the work without any problems. | Any of my work that shows all my progress throughout the semester when it comes to me solving any problems in all my works. | -Codes notebook -Reflections -Drafts & revision |
I would want to be able to be able to look at certain problems and not having any problems with being able to solve the problems and being able to grow in that area of work. Being able to look at the problems and just knowing what certain solutions fit in what areas and even all the information to help me help others when they need any help with the work.