Assignment weights:
Tests/Papers/Projects/Assessments: 50%
Daily Grades/Homework/Quizzes: 30%
Midterm/Final Exam 20%
WELCOME
This class will give students a thorough background in major works of American Literature while fostering critical thinking and writing skills. Students will be exposed to different modes of technology in their research, retrieval, submission and documentation of classwork assignments. Class expectations are set high for student learning and achievement. They will learn and apply strategies in analyzing complex characters, rhetoric in speeches, figurative language, and contextual clues in different modes of literature as well as in writing effective constructive responses on an assortment of topics. Students will take the Georgia Milestones EOC as their final exam
Google Classroom:
Missed assignments can be located on Google Classroom. Assignments will be uploaded weekly. If a student is absent, they need to refer to Google Classroom for missed assignments. After referring to Google Classroom, the student may ask the teacher for further instructions regarding assignment(s).
ATTENDANCE/MAKEUP POLICY
Students are expected to be at school daily. If you are absent, you have three days to make arrangements with the teacher to make up work missed. The due date will be at the teacher's discretion. Until the assignment is graded, a zero will be recorded in the grade book. Per district policy, students who are absent more than 7 days within a semester possibly may not earn credit for the course.
REMEDIATION/RETEST POLICY
Students are encouraged to ask for any extra help he or she may need. I am available by appointment. A student is allowed to retake any assessment but
only one assessment during a 9-week grading cycle. To retest, a student must attend a review work session(s) and/or complete remedial assignments
prior to the retake.
Statement on Plagiarism:
Plagiarism is the act of taking someone else’s words or ideas and using them as your own. It may be done intentionally, or because of carelessness. Generally, if the information or ideas was borrowed from an outside source, and is not common knowledge, you must cite the source in the body of your paper and provide bibliographic information. This is true for paraphrased, summarized, or quoted material. In addition, you must use quotation marks when taking an author’s phrases or statements directly from the text. Handing in work that another student, friend, or relative writes or that can be found on an electronic source (the internet) is also considered plagiarism. All forms of plagiarism, regardless of intent, will result in no credit for that assignment.