sophomore english

Course Description:

California English 10 is a completely re-designed course that offers 100% alignment to the California Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts. In addition to the emphasis on alignment, the new lessons in the course are designed to be shorter in length than lessons of previous versions, offering focused exploration of topics to make concepts more digestible for learners, and intentionally grouped to reinforce connections. Practice questions are included with each lesson, including technology-enhanced items and explanations to assist learners in their understanding of the concepts. This new design offers learners multiple opportunities to experience the reading and writing connection via analysis tasks, and other opportunities to engage in research and experience writing across genres. Instructional best practices are embedded throughout lessons such as the close reading of texts and application of reading strategies. New features to support student mastery include worksheets for practice and guided notes to help learners record key takeaways as they move through the tutorial. Scaffolding pieces, such as Clarifying Big Ideas (CBI) lessons, are included throughout the course to provide learners with opportunities to build on foundational skills as well as prepare for greater success by drawing learners’ attention to common misunderstandings and articulating the big ideas that underpin learning. These CBI lessons include additional modeling, student examples, and detailed explanations to ensure students internalize key concepts discussed in tutorials. This fresh new look and feel for the course was inspired by educator feedback. California English 10 reflects our commitment to standards alignment and putting the needs of educators and learners first in all aspects of course design.

Basic Information:

These are semester classes completed over approximately 18 weeks
With a passing grade, you will earn 5 High School Units.

Curriculum:

Edmentum Courseware - found through Clever or the Google App Selector (must be logged into school Google account)
Google Classroom is where most essays and projects will be done.

Policies and Expectations

Behavior and communication

Mr. Everhart and his students will use language that is appropriate for a professional and academic setting. This includes all written and spoken communication (e.g. email messages, Zoom conferences).
Email is best after the school day and during weekends.

How are grades calculated?

Grades are calculated based on total points earned divided by total points possible.

What happens with transfer grades?

If joining the class with a transfer grade: The work from your previous class or previous school will count for this class based on the number of weeks since the semester began. I will let you know how much work to do that will represent the rest of the semester.
If joining the class without a transfer grade: You will need to do the entire semester's amount with the amount of time left in the semester.

Late work policy

This class is part of the Virtual instruction Program and is asynchronous. Work flow and due dates are flexible with the exception of a general start and end of the semester.
Completing work early is encouraged. Completing work late does not cost you any points in the grade book. Work not completed by the end of the semester will be scored a zero.
There are assignments that must be completed before you move on to the next unit or sub-unit.

Can I "redo" assignments?

Quizzes may be retaken if you got an F the first time through. If you fail a quiz a second time you will have to have a short study meeting with your teacher before trying a third time.
On projects and writing tasks, you may improve your work based on teacher comments for a better score. If your work has not reached D level, you will be required to make improvements before moving on to the next assignment.

Extra Credit

Extra Credit is not a part of this class. If you are predicting that your grade may not be what you think you deserve, work with me to improve past assignments for additional points.

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