ALO Guidelines

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TITLE="Suggestions on How to Write an ALO"><U><B>Suggestions on How to Write an  ALO</b></U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id268.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ALO Website Review, sample"><U><B>Sample ALO website review</b></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I><B>ALO Guidelines</b></I></div> <div>       </div> <div> <B><U>ALO update, January 2003:</U></b></div> <div> 1.  Thinkwave doesn't let Dr. W deal with ALO points the way his old homemade Excel program did, so from here on out you still get points on your ALO work, but it will be added in using a more qualitative approach - that is, you will have to accumulate a decent amount of points (at least 5?) to raise your grade the one-third of a level.  It won't go into your "bucket of points" since I can't seem to make Thinkwave do that.  So, you might actually get your Jeopardy points added to your exam, just like you always wanted!</div> <div> 2.  I will be streamlining the film options - they are still recommendations, but I will focus on some good ones, instead of listing all the possibilities.</div> <div> 3.  Since ALO is "additional" and not a regular assignment, I will not be announcing options or due dates.  You will have to find your own options (I will still post recommendations here), and you will have to hand them in at a reasonable time (for ex:  the day before the unit test, or the Wednesday of a week before report cards are due).  Make sure you hand it in early enough to be graded on time - I won't grade ALO during the last minute when I have a stack of essays to grade or quarter grades or mid-quarter comments to enter.</div> <div> - Despite these changes, you should still consider ALO since it may raise your grade, it might increase your understanding of course content, and it might give you practice and feedback on skills.  Most importantly, I hope it will help you make connections between what you are learning in school and the "real world."</div> <div>    <IMG SRC="79a498b0.gif" border=0 width="329" height="395" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <div> <B>Dr. Weiselberg's</b></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Additional Learning Options (ALO) Guidelines</b></div> <bR> <div> <B>1</b><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" ><B>¨</b></FONT><B>Film Review.  </b>Watch and review a film related to our current unit of study.  For example, <I>Paths of Glory</I> (WWI), <I>Schindler's List</I> (WWII/Holocaust), <I>Dr. Strangelove</I> (Cold War).  Some films might relate by virtue of their content (for example, <I>The Patriot </I>is about the American Revolution) or the themes they illustrate (for example, the science-fiction movie <I>Forbidden Planet </I>and the comedy-dramas <I>Good Will Hunting</I> and <I>Analyze This </I>illustrate some of the ideas of psychologist Sigmund Freud even though they are not about Sigmund Freud or his era).</div> <bR> <div> <B>2</b><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" ><B>¨</b></FONT><B>Television Documentary Review.  </b>Watch and review a TV documentary.  Total length should be two hours.  A one-hour show will count for ½ credit.  For example, the PBS presentation, <I>The Great War</I>(WWI), or Ken Burns' documentary of New York, or an A&E biography, or many of the programs on the History Channel.</div> <bR> <div> <B>3</b><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" ><B>¨</b></FONT><B>Electronic Media Review</b>.  Find, use and review a website (or even a computer game) related to our unit of study.  The PBS website includes a great number of fantastic sites which accompany their television programs:  <I>The Greeks; Crucible of Civilization</I>,  <I>Liberty!  The American Revolution</I>,  <I>The West</I>,  and <I>JAZZ</I> are just  a few of the great ones.  Don't pick a lousy site and then explain how it could have been better - instead, find a better one!</div> <bR> <div> <B>4</b><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" ><B>¨</b></FONT><B>Independent Field Trip</b>.  Visit a local or other site with historical or cultural significance.  Sites need not relate directly to our course of study, but you might find it easier to discuss historical significance if they do.  For example, Lyndhurst, Sunnyside, the Eiffel Tower, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, etc.</div> <bR> <div> <B>5</b><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Symbol" ><B>¨</b></FONT><B>Current Events</b>.  Select a current event from a newspaper or on-line news source; read about it and write a description, comparing it to the history that we've learned in class.  Don't just summarize the article - you will need to find out more about the history leading up to this current event, as well as make connections from course content and themes to the current event.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Goal of your write-up:</b>  Your ALO report should do three things-</div> <div> 1.  Demonstrate knowledge of the film, site, event, etc.</div> <div> 2.  Show an understanding of course topics and themes.</div> <div> 3.  Make connections between the two.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Total points possible per ALO:  </b>10.  They are not like a “regular” grade such as 7 out of 10, which is a C; instead, they are awarded on a raw scale from 1 to 10.  If you score a +5, that's an average review and you get five points added to your point total for the quarter.</div> <div> Update, Jan 2003:  you get ALO credit, which, if around 5 or more points, might raise your grade by one-third of a grade.</div> <bR> <div> <B>Total points possible per quarter</b>:  The maximum impact that doing ALO's can have on your quarter grade is to raise it one third of a grade (from a B to a B+ or a C- to a C, for example).   The purpose of the extra credit from a grading point of view is to solidify your hard-achieved grade and/or to give it a small boost.  For example, if you have been doing steady B work but then didn't do so well on a quiz, the ALO can help you keep your B average.  Or, if your B average is a low B bordering on a B- (like an 83%), the ALO will help you to stay in the B range instead of falling to a B-.  It is also intended to give your grade a small boost.  For example, if your average is a solid B (85%), you could achieve enough points through one or more ALO's to raise it to a B+.  To raise a grade any higher than one-third, you should be mastering the course content (studying, reviewing, practicing, putting in more effort, asking questions, working with the teacher to improve skills, etc.), not bartering for points here and there.  The purpose of the ALO is to provide further enrichment, not to artificially boost grades.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Additional Notes</b></I></div> <div> <B>Achieving points on an ALO write-up will not raise an A to an A+.</b> An A+ is for consistently excellent work, effort and demonstration of content in the course throughout the whole year (that's why Dr. W only gives them in 3rd and 4th quarter or for a final course grade).  In other words, a student who achieves an A+ does so not by collecting points at every opportunity, but by showing an interest and a mastery of content at every moment.  Although ALO points won't make an A into an A+, the A+ student would benefit from doing ALO's, because it will solidify their point average.  Further, an A+ student would be expected to take an interest above and beyond the regular course assignments.</div> <bR> <div> <B>One ALO per unit is the maximum.</b>  If you want to review more than one film, you can do that - but it should all be in the same write-up.  For example, you could watch both <I>U-571</I> and <I>Das Boot</I> and do a single review of both films.  Thus, you could organize the write-up as a review of two submarine war movies.  In other cases, you might want to review one film, but use a second (or third or fourth) one to provide perspective.  For example, you could review <I>Dances With Wolves</I>, but make use of <I>Last of the Mohicans</I> in your review.  (Or, you could discuss them equally under the theme of revisionist movies about Native American Indians).  Finally, you could compare movies about the same era, like <I>All Quiet on the Western Front</I> and <I>Gallipoli</I>, or even across eras thematically, like a study of patriotism and warfare in <I>The Patriot</I> and <I>Apocalypse Now</I>.   The reviews get interesting when the comparisons are made; which is why an ALO write-up that doesn't make connections (like talking about <I>Apocalypse Now</I> without mentioning <I>Platoon</I>) probably wouldn't get more than a +6.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The value of an ALO goes far beyond its “extra credit” point value and it can still raise your grade in other ways</b>.  You might think that if the ALO will only raise your grade one-third, that you would only do one, or perhaps even none.  Not so!  Here are some ways that doing ALO write-ups will raise your grade in addition to its immediate point value and in addition to the obvious learning that might occur if you explored a relevant topic:  <B>First</b>, it encourages the student to learn more about the subject area - which gives the student who does an ALO access to more information and resources than the student who doesn't do an ALO.  This information could be used later to score points on a test or in a paper.  <B>Next</b>, it gives an opportunity for feedback from the instructor.  Since many other written assignments will be assessed by Dr. W, writing an ALO gives you a chance to sharpen skills that will be tested later.  On a similar note, the ALO write-up gives the student a chance to “make mistakes” when it doesn't hurt; the student can then apply the knowledge and skills learned during the ALO to other assignments that count, like an essay assignment.  For this reason, students often re-write their ALO several times based on feedback from the instructor, and you should expect to do so, too.  <B>Finally</b>, doing ALO's early and often will give you an idea of what Dr. W is looking for.  If you wait until the last week of the quarter to do an ALO, you might be surprised if you get only a few points that don't impact your point total; instead, start writing them right away, even if you think you won't need the points, so that you get feedback on how to get the most points (and the most learning).</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>