Grade Contracted For ____ A ____ B ____ C
What concepts are you going to learn, or skills are you going to develop? | How will you learn the content/ develop the skill? | What evidence will you add to the portfolio to demonstrate your learning? | How will you and I assess the evidence of your learning/skills? |
(30%) Based on (learning goal from CODES): Civic Engagement: Tailors communication strategies to effectively listen, express, and adapt to others to establish relationships both in person and online | I will seek to use different strategies to show that I am having positive interactions and relationships both in person and online. | I will take reviews from classmates/teammates that I worked with during my photo essay group project to give me feedback on how I was as a team member | I met the goal if my reviews are on the porfolio and they show that I was a positive and beneficial member to the team |
(10%) Based on (learning goal from CODES): Oral Communication: Uses compelling, appropriate delivery techniques | Use language that is appropriate in context and for the audience | I will keep notes on who I react with in class and at the end of the semester I will ask those people to give me feedback on how well I communicated | My portfolio will consist of the feedback from those people and should show that I communicated affectively. |
(20%) Based on (learning goal from CODES): Written Communication: Uses language to skillfully communicate with clarity and fluency | I will write with good punctuation and show intelligence | I will present a paragraph from my Digital Project #1 on my portfolio | Review the paragraph I provide and determine if I wrote with good punctuation and displayed my intelligence. |
(20%) Based on (learning goal from CODES): Information Literacy: Accesses information using effective, well-designed search strategies and appropriate sources | Learn how to determine what sources are credible enough to cite and use information from | Provide my citations page from my Digital Project #2 | View the citations page and determine if it shows that I used credible sources. |
(20%) Based on (learning goal from CODES): Problem-Solving Skills: Identifies and evaluate multiple approaches for solving problems. | While encountering different problems I will think about what my best approach will be to solve it. | Whenever a problem is encountered, I will jot down the steps I take in a journal and post it in my portfolio | The journal should show how I identified the problem and evaluated my approaches |