Class policies:

• Attendance

  • • You are expected to be in attendance daily.  

    • If you are absent, it is YOUR responsibility to retrieve the work from either Google classroom, a peer, or TDS.  

    • You are expected to participate in class activities daily. 

• Personal Electronic Devices

  • • We will follow the district's policy on personal electronic devices.

• Assignment Expectations

  • • Work assigned is to be completed and turned in on time.  

• Late work policy

  • • No late work will be accepted after the end of a unit or assessment/project.  Exceptions will only be allowed for EXCUSED absences (from the office/as marked in Infinite Campus).  

    • All electronic work will be due by 11:59pm via Google classroom. 

What to Expect from Me

• I update grades usually within days of a daily assignment or in-class work.  Essays take approximately two weeks to be graded and entered into the grade book.  

• I will do my best to explain, inform, and develop understanding of the ideas and activities we will pursue. Please ask questions if something does not make sense.  I am happy to explain & I'm sure someone else has the same question.

• Parent and student contact will be sent as needed. 

CLASS LITERATURE LIST

• DAILY:  Students will subscribe to and read a daily email/online source from either the DONUT, 1440, or CNN in 10 covering current events as they are happening in the world.  These cover a variety of issues and are all approached from a non-partisan viewpoint.

  • https://thedonut.co/latest/

  • 1440

  • https://www.cnn.com/cnn10

  • The NewsWorthy (podcast)

• Students will read an independent novel of choice throughout the semester in addition to in-class readings.  Students will have access to the school’s Library Media Center, Mid-Continent Public Library, teachers’ classroom libraries, and their own personal collections. For more information about the books, please speak with student, search Destiny (our library database), or email TDS.

• In addition to the independent novel, students will be participating in literature circles where each group will read a selected novel of choice and complete a project on the novel.  Selections are listed below.  

  • • Not all selections listed will be offered each semester.

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