Comments for Ms Hogue's Online English Resources

Comment on The danger of quantifying everything! by Brian

Brian — Sat, 02 Feb 2013 01:47:33 +0000

I stopped using rubrics when I realized I just made them fit the grade I thought the essay should have. Essays are not just the total of the parts – they should be something greater than that. I do use the AP rubric, which I feel is basically holistic grading anyway, mostly because that is how the students will be assessed on the test and I feel an obligation. I argue with my colleagues over this, and I do wish more teachers would consider rubrics as just another alter for the cult of measurement.

Comment on AP English Speeches, A Wordle by BClark

BClark — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 17:31:39 +0000

Wow! 11 AP Seniors!!! What a dream! I had 45 last year, after 7 dropped.

Thank you for all your resources and ideas! They are very helpful, especially when much of my time during the year is taken up with grading rather than planning, as you can imagine.

Best

Comment on The danger of quantifying everything! by al stout

al stout — Fri, 01 Jun 2012 14:59:15 +0000

I have resorted to establishing this thought in my students’s heads: papers are upper half or lower half. Upper = A and B = concerned primarily with analysis (B-ish) and argument (more A-ish). Lower half = Summary (F-ish) and Description (D-ish)… a C is a D paper, with “some analysis,” as the old AP scoring guide for 5′s used to read.

Problems, kids? Come to me, point out and PROVE to me… there is more analysis and/or argument than I saw when I scored your paper. Never had a taker.

Comment on An ethical dilemma by Jenni and Nicole

Jenni and Nicole — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:37:47 +0000

We would publish it.

1. It is an interesting story that many people would enjoy reading.

2. The public has the right to know this about public figures pasts. As long as the story isn’t twisted to make him look like a scumb bag, if that’s not the case.

3. Truth would play a key role. A reporter couldn’t just go off of stories from other students that attended the same school at the same time could offer.

Basically if they can’t get an interview from Wu or the girl, the story wouldn’t be truthful enough to run a full story. Though the security report helps to bring truth, it also stated that he wasn’t charged.

So in the end, we would run this story but probably just as a shorter story. Just facts, not putting any type of spin on it.

Comment on Writing reviews, of movies and more . . . . by Al, Reina, Stephanie

Al, Reina, Stephanie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:03:12 +0000

Good review of the review articles
Although you don’t necessarily need to be a professional, another article stated that it does help in the review process to better understand what the director and screen writers were intending to portray. Also, when you take notes, jot down interesting quotes and the character that spoke those lines. If you forget the names of characters or would like to find out who the director was, IMDB is a database that contains all of this information.

Comment on Writing reviews, of movies and more . . . . by Ms Hogue

Ms Hogue — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:02:13 +0000

I hadn’t actually thought about this before. If you’re too conspicuous taking notes in a restaurant, someone will notice and the service might change. On the other hand, maybe regular customers should just take notes!

Comment on Writing reviews, of movies and more . . . . by Ms Hogue

Ms Hogue — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 17:01:06 +0000

Ha. Funny Josh!

Comment on Writing reviews, of movies and more . . . . by Paul and Danny (Mostly Paul)

Paul and Danny (Mostly Paul) — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:57:20 +0000

This stuff was great. We thought all of the sites provided useful information not only about how to review stuff but also about how to avoid reviewing stuff inadequately. We found the information about the hows – stuff like bring a notebook, take a moderate amount of notes, don’t get “greased up” by restaurant owners whose restaurant you’re reviewing – somewhat useful, but we thought the answers to that how kind of stuff will basically never change and that the whats were more helpful. The whats – information about what to include in your review – simply rocked. All novice reviewers need to know the whats before reviewing, need to find out what questions regarding content to cover in their reviews. Here’s what stuff the book review site offered that we particularly enjoyed: “Thus, in writing a review, you combine the skills of describing what is on the page, analyzing how the book tried to achieve its purpose, and expressing your own reactions.”

Comment on Writing reviews, of movies and more . . . . by Al, Reina, Stephanie

Al, Reina, Stephanie — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:56:11 +0000

What we got out of the article is that if you are going to write a movie review then you should follow a few simple rules: view the film more than once to avoid missing key concepts, do not just “bad mouth” it- have a reason, feel free to express your opinion but once again have support, avoid giving away the ending and plot points, evaluate the story line-is it logical and the actors’ abilities to correctly fill the roles, and was the film directed to make the film realistic.
Other things obtained by a different article are as follows: decide how you are reviewing a movie whether it is on content, entertainment, etc., watch the movie in a good environment-don’t let the audience effect your review, stay away from reading other people’s reviews and opinions on the film until after you have written and published your review, bring to the film a small notebook and a pen to take notes on interesting quotes, don’t write the review immediately after viewing the film-sleep on it, consult IMDB for names of characters, director, etc., make your review entertaining, engaging, and free of clichés, and finally after writing your review, come back to it with a clear head to evaluate it.

Comment on Writing reviews, of movies and more . . . . by Jenni and Nicole

Jenni and Nicole — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 16:54:40 +0000

Spot on. This is perfect!