Honors English 9 

Mrs. Wolfe

Honors English 9

2023-2024 School Year

Room 104

Phone:

928-634-7531 Ext. 1104

Email:

awolfe@muhs.com

Welcome to Honors English 9! I am excited to work with each and every one of you this school year. Honors English is a rigorous course that is meant to prepare you for future honors classes. This course will be challenging, but upon its completion, you will be confident in the skills that you acquired. These skills will be the strong and successful foundation in which you build your academic career. In this class, we will read several literary works, write academically and creatively, participate in discussions and Literature Circles, create visual interpretations of literary works, and develop research skills. The skills that you learn and acquire in this class will ultimately prepare you for success in future classes both here at Mingus, as well as at the college level.

Here are some of the texts that we will be using this year

Texts:

-         Fahrenheit 451

-         To Kill a Mockingbird

-         The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet

-         Various Lit Circle Texts

-         Numerous Poems

Classroom Expectations:

Effort in the classroom:

You are enrolled in Honors Class for English. It is expected that you come to class everyday prepared and ready to work with the proper materials. As per school policy, phones must be off and put away during class. Any phone seen during class will be turned in to the front office and will have to be picked up after school.

WORK HARD.

USE CLASS TIME WISELY AND EFFECTIVLY.

Equality Statement:

The instructor is dedicated to establishing a learning environment that promotes diversity of the students including race, class, culture, religion, gender, sexual identity, and physical ability. It is important that this is a safe classroom environment. We will practice being generous and respectful members of our classroom community. There is ZERO TOLERANCE of discrimination in this classroom. Anyone noticing discriminatory behavior in this class, or who feels discriminated against, should bring it to the attention of Mrs. Wolfe immediately.

COMPUTER OR PRINTER PROBLEMS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AS EXCUSES FOR LATE WORK. Always make copies of your work and save them until the term is over. Print out drafts of your work as you go. Computer or printer problems will not be accepted as excuses for late work; if your printer doesn’t work, email your assignment to yourself as an attachment and then print from one of the computer labs, e.g. the library. Leave yourself enough time to recover from printer problems. Back up your work. Please put your name and page # in the Header, use standard font and margins, double-space, and staple all work. You must have your paper printed before entering the classroom and ready to turn in during the class period on the day that the assignment is due.

Google Classroom Policy: When turning in an assignment to Google Classroom, do NOT share document. Be sure that you hit “Turn In”. Any documents that are shared will not be graded.

PLEASE use the restroom before class.  

TURN OFF YOUR CELL PHONES before class. Cell phone disruptions will adversely affect your grade. Per school policy, any cell phone that has become an issue will be turned in to the front office and cannot be picked up by the student until

IN THE CLASSROOM, mature conduct is, of course, expected at all times. In case there is any confusion about this, here are a few of the very basics: Don’t roll your eyes and sigh when you disagree with what someone is saying. Don’t interrupt your classmates. Don’t talk (or whisper) (or pass notes) when they are talking. Insults (even when you are “just kidding”), dismissive tone or body language, and interjections off of topic are obviously inappropriate and they will adversely affect your grade.

BE RESPECTFUL.

“No Name” Papers:

No credit will be given to any “No Name” papers.

PUT. YOUR. NAME. ON. YOUR. PAPERS.

INTELLECTUAL HONESTY:

Do not represent someone else’s work as your own. Bear in mind that plagiarism, even when unintentional, is a serious offense with serious consequences. This includes copying someone else’s in-class assignments.

Posting pictures of completed assignments for ANY CLASS on any social media site IS CHEATING. All associated assignments will be counted as zeros.

PERSONAL ITEMS:

Theft of any kind will result in immediate administrative action.