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Class Policies
English Classes
Classroom
Expectations:
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I
am firm but fair, and I expect good behavior from each student.
- Respect your fellow
students. Do not talk when someone else has the floor. Feel free
to courteously share your ideas with the class. We all learn from each
other.
- No question asked
sincerely is ever a dumb question.
- THERE ARE NO BEHAVIOR
PROBLEMS IN MY CLASS.
- The test day for the
English department is Tuesday with Monday as the alternate day.
Quizzes can be given on ANY day. Please write all quiz and test dates in
your student planner.
- Class begins with the
ringing of the tardy bell. Please be in your seat before the
tardy bell begins to ring. You will be marked tardy otherwise. If a
student is at school, he/she is expected in my class.
- Have notebook/quiz paper
and pen ready to write when the bell rings. Most days begin with a
short "bell activity" you should quietly start as soon as you are
seated. Check the overhead or board for instructions.
- Bring supplies to class
EVERY day. Failure to comply will earn one a daily grade of 0.
If failiure to bring supplies becomes a habit, you will further be penalized
with a before or an after school detention (25 minutes) with the teacher.
- Written assignments are
due at the beginning of the assigned class. Late work will be
penalized one letter grade each day it is tardy.
- The grade you EARN is the
grade you will see posted. Do not ask me to give you points at
the end of the grading period. You will have every opportunity to EARN
your grade.
- Absences are your
responsibility and thus the work you missed while out. Do not expect
me to remind you to make up your work. Work missed for a school
function will be due the day the student returns to school.
- Make up work should be
placed in my hands to eliminate any problems.
- Tests and quizzes missed
due to excused absences must be made up on the Tuesday following your
absence. A make-up session is held in my classroom, Room 112, every
Tuesday, beginning at 3:25 p.m. You have only 1 week in which to make up any
missed quizzes or tests. After that time, a zero will be entered into the
computer as your grade for the quiz or test.
- Please attend to personal
needs before you come to class. This includes restroom visits, locker
visits, grooming, and drinks of water. You will be given two emergency
passes each quarter. If unused at the end of the quarter, each of these
passes may be turned in for 5 bonus points. If you lose your emergency
passes, they will not be replaced.
- Dress code is in effect
in Room 112 at all times. Violation is viewed as
insubordination.
- Hardback textbooks must
be covered at all times.
- English class time is not
available for homework completion or studying of other subjects.
Should I find you working on material for another class, I will collect it
and dispose of it.
I
will not tolerate off color, lewd or insensitive remarks. You are here to
learn.
Supplies:
1.
Two ink pens (black or blue ink pen AND a red pen
2.
A red pen for in-class correcting
2. Textbooks:
check your student planner to see which texts are needed for
each day
3.
Highlighters (blue, pink, green, yellow) for editing essays (keep in
locker until
needed)
4. Three ring binder with dividers and notebook paper
Grading:
Grades
are based
on a total points system:
Tentative
Test and Quiz Schedule:
Vocabulary
Quizzes: scheduled
for Wednesdays
Unannounced
Quizzes:
could happen any day of the week over current topics
Tests:
scheduled
for Mondays or Tuesdays and announced one week in advance.
Please write all test dates in your student planner.
Please
keep your student planner up-to-date.
Quiz and test dates may change due to variances in the regular school
schedule.
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