This semester we will have opportunities for collaborative learning, discussion, and feedback.   We will be working with the MyPerspectives Curriculum and completing the following units:

• • • Unit 1 - Power of Words

      • How can words inspire change? (Non-fiction review)

        • • Rhetoric/Diction in Non-Fiction texts

          • Review Fiction/Narrative

          • WRITING FOCUS: Citing reliable sources and informative writing (RACES); Telling a story (Narrative)

• • • Unit 2 - SURVIVAL

      • What does it take to survive?

        • • Lord of the Flies Unit

          • WRITING FOCUS: Argument Writing 

• • •  Unit 3-  DESTINY  vs  FATE

      • Do we determine our own destinies?

        • Mini-unit Romeo and Juliet

        • WRITING FOCUS: Writing to compare

• • • Unit 4 - DYSTOPIA

      • Why do we try to imagine the future?

        • Fahrenheit 451/Ray Bradbury Short Stories Unit

        • WRITING FOCUS:  Review - student choice (Argument, Informative, Narrative)

 Semester Enrichment Project - The Odyssey - information provided the first week of class

            I do recommend students purchase a copy of Lord of the Flies and Fahrenheit 451  so that they can annotate the text. This helps build their critical thinking and analysis skills. These are not required but recommended.  Class sets will be available for students to read in class.

 HOMEWORK: All classwork needs to be done IN CLASS. The only homework will be READING the chapter or text for the next day. **NOTE** This may also include  occasional Commonlits, Edpuzzles, or Canvas Digital annotations. All homework is DUE at the START of the following class. A 60 is the highest grade possible on late homework. 

All WRITING must be done in class.*

*The goal is that all work be completed during classtime, but occasionally students may need more time to finish an assignment if they do not finish. This can be requested when needed and will be allowed when students have demonstrated that they were working and on task and just need a little more time.  If it is a writing assignment, students need to have a parent or guardian sign the assignment that they completed it on their own without the assistance of technology. This includes students making up work after being absent (see policy below).

Please note, keeping Infinite Campus consistently updated is my PRIMARY way of communicating with parents and students about what is completed or missing. Please check this consistently as I include comments and codes (missing/incomplete/exempt) to help explain different grades. I will ALWAYS take late work through the end of the quarter for at least partial credit (there will be a cut off date prior to the end of each quarter).

Grading Policies:

When Absent

• Write the dates you were out on your packet and mark it “ABSENT.”

• It’s the student's responsibility to check Canvas and see what you missed.

• Students have 3 school days for each day you were absent to get the work completed adn turned-in.

Late Work Policy

• You can turn in late work up to one week after the due date. After that, the highest grade you can earn is a 50 for completed work. Missing work will receive a 0.

• I’ll let you know the final cut-off dates in class.

• Anything missing at interim reports stays a 0. The final deadline for late work after interim reports is 3 school days before the end of the quarter. After that, no late work will be accepted and will remian a 0.

Exceptions:
Some homework assignments (like CommonLit, Edpuzzle, or Canvas Annotations) are due the next day before class starts. If you turn these in late, the highest grade you can get is a 50.

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