letter to a B student.ppt

Letter to a B Student Robert Oliphant Pre-reading Questions 1. What grades do you mostly get for the English courses you have been taking? Are you happy or are you disappointed with the grades you get? 2. Imagine yourself to be a teacher and that you are to write a letter to a student who is disappointed with the grades he gets. What would you say to him in the letter? Grading Scale The percentage needed in any given course to achieve a certain grade and the assignment of GPA point values varies from one school to school, and sometimes between instructors within a given school. The most common grading scales for normal courses and honors/Advanced Placement courses(大学先修课程) are as follows: "Normal" courses Honors/AP courses Grade Percentage GPA Percentage GPA A 90–100 3.5–4.0 90–100 4.5–5.0 B 80–89 2.5–3.49 80–89 3.5–4.49 C 70–79 1.5–2.49 75–79 2.5–3.49 D 60–69 1.0–1.49 70–74 2.0–2.5 E / F 0–59 0.0 0– 69 0.0–1.99 Some states, such as Louisiana, may use the following grading scale: Grade Percentage A 94–100 B 87–93 C 75–86 D 69–74 E/F 0–69 About the Author And the author’s purpose is to tell the student what a grade really means and what it doesn’t. Born and raised in Sault Ste. Marie, Oliphant studied Commerce and Finance at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1978, with a Bachelor of Commerce. While at university he rowed on the Men’s Varsity Rowing Crew, was involved in music and student politics. Upon graduating from U of T, he returned to Sault Ste. Marie and worked at Algoma Steel as an accountant in computer systems development. Oliphant lives in Cabbagetown, Toronto with his husband, Marco Fiola, a Professor of Applied Linguistics at Ryerson University. Oliphant married Fiola in 2005, soon after same sex marriage was legalized in Canada. Structu