Assessing Chapter 10

Reading Reflection

Name: Tyler Duran, Sam Brisette, Rebecca McIntire, Ryan Michaud
Date: 11-05-2007
Book: Fair Isn’t Always Equal
Chapter: Ten

Write a brief abstract of the chapter.
Chapter ten focuses on allowing work to be redone, emphasizing that this should always be decided at the discretion of the teacher. Although it was brief in its entirety the chapter offered many valid suggestions to allowing redo work. I thought the most important piece of advice was to base this decision based on whether the student who requests the redo option is an occasional or chronic offender.

How did you connect to the reading and briefly reflect on your thoughts.
Redo work is always a very tricky and murky subject for teachers, and it should be because it should be allowed on a case by case basis. Each student and their respective requests for rework are submitted for different reasons and obstacles that would force them to redo their previous work. I really connected with creating a calendar for completion because this then puts the accountability on the student, and the quicker the timeframe the better for both grading and understanding. When accepting this work I really connected with writing down both grades, maybe in an A/D format to see the student’s progression throughout the grading period, see if the offenses are occasional or chronic, and then reflect this on the student’s grade in the best way to explicate their knowledge of material and level of success in the class.