Important Policies

Late Work

Physical Work: Be sure to turn in physical copies to your teacher.

Digital Work: Turn digital work in on Classroom. THEN, you MUST email the teacher or leave a private comment on that assignment to make the teacher aware the work was completed.

Makeup Work

If you miss an assessment or assignment which CANNOT be completed outside of class, you will need to arrange a time to meet with your teacher.  If you miss notes, FIRST copy any notes missed from a friend IF POSSIBLE and AFTER completing this, check with the teacher to see if office hours are necessary. NOTE: You have 5 days to complete absent work. DISTRICT related events/field trips to not fall under this category. Please get work ahead of time, as it is due as if you were in class.

Homework

Homework generally consists of vocabulary practice using a site such as Quizlet or watching a video that previews a topic for the next class. If you do NOT have assigned homework, you should spend 10-15 minutes reviewing notes, practicing on Quizlet, etc.

Dictionary vs. Translator Usage

You are allowed to use Spanish/English dictionaries when needed.  We recommend the website & app www.wordreference.com for use at home and at school.  Please be aware that you are NOT allowed to use translation sites or services at any time. (THAT MEANS GOOGLE TRANSLATE IS NOT ALLOWED - even to "check your work" or "see if what you wrote was right.")  If  you use a translation site or service to complete your work, that work is considered PLAGIARIZED, as the work is not original to you, and you will receive all 3 CTC consequences for plagiarism:

                    1. An automatic 50 on the original assignment.  The expectation is that the student will re-do the assignment for a grade no higher than a 50.

                    2. Office Referral

                    3.  Parent Contact

        WHY??  A bilingual dictionary tells you what a word is in another language and indicates its part of speech, whereas a translation site will convert multiple words at a time while attempting to use proper grammar in their usage.  Frequently, these sites are wrong – remember that these are computers and they can’t intuit your meaning.  Also, allowing a computer to decide on the appropriate grammar, word order, etc. to use for a statement is considered cheating, just as having another person write for you is cheating.  

It is also important to remember that when you turn in work that was produced in part or in whole by a translation site, it will use grammatical concepts you have not been taught and that are above your level.  This is VERY APPARENT  to the teacher when you do this.  The PURPOSE of your assignments is to show how you use concepts we are learning and working on mastering, NOT to produce work that is not your own to sound like a native speaker.

Plagiarism & Cheating

All students are expected to sign the plagiarism pledge/contract at the beginning of the year.  Please understand that this applies across the board to ALL classes.  Plagiarism includes copying and translating from a site or another students' work.  Cheating would include allowing a family member or friend to complete your work or to supply you with answers.  Both cheating and plagiarism will result in the consequences mentioned in the plagiarism contract and above.

See STUDENT RESOURCES for more details.