Genetics of Disease (Medical Interventions)

Friday reflection

Ten minutes, every Friday, before the end of class. You predict your grade before you look it up, read your own notes back, answer one deep question about the week, and set one goal we can both check next Friday. Worth 5 points in Daily work each week, and turning it in is what keeps extra credit open to you. In the 6 Rs, this is the Reflect beat.

Each week below has its own page: that week's painted artwork, where we are in PLTW, and the deep question. That week's page names the submission route. Use the form when it appears; otherwise complete the printed sheet and hand it to Mr. Mendoza in class.

The printed two-sided sheet

What you write, in order

01My grade right now, and why
Predict it first, then open the portal or Schoology and check. Predicting first is the part that raises grades.
02My notes this week
What your Cornell notes show you worked on, and one thing you would improve about how you took them.
03What I understand now that I did not on Monday
Name it plainly. If nothing comes to mind, look at Monday's page and compare.
04Where we are in the PLTW curriculum
One line. The week page prints it for you; put it in your own words.
05This week's deep question
Three or four sentences. It is answerable from this week's work, and from nothing else.
06How I am feeling about this class and school right now
Honest is the only wrong-proof answer. Mr. Mendoza reads every one of these.
07Anything that might get in my way next week
Only if you want to say it. A heads-up on Friday beats an apology on Thursday.
08My SMART goal for next week
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound. One goal we can both check next Friday.

The 17 Fridays

Watercolor of a student at an open window in golden late-summer light, a journal resting on the sill

Week 12026-08-28

Due Friday, August 28, 2026