Required for ELA Honors 9, Honors 10, Honors 11, AP Language and Composition, AP Literature, English 1010/1020 CCP
Incoming honors 10: be sure to read the directions carefully.
Incoming AP Lang: I read each review and wrote as one-two arguments for each. When I checked my work against chat gpt, chat came up short. Good think it's not getting graded by me!
Use your brain. Think your own thoughts. Express your thoughts with your own voice. It's a voice I'm looking forward to hearing!
Not sure if you should take honors? What did your teacher recommend in February? What was your performance and motivation like since then? Use this self-evaluation to help you reflect.
See Mrs. Voight's Canvas page for daily updates, assignment details, links to helpful resources, etc.
Important Dates:
First day of school: Wednesday, August 20
Picture day: Friday, August 22
Click here for a calendar of "National ___ Days."
“If I don’t apply kindness in my voice, patience in my process and a peace in my spirit, chances are the things that I will do will prevent that growth from maximizing its potential."
-"Garden Marcus" Bridgewater
SUPPLIES: Bring these everyday
3-ring binder and 4 divider tabs to organize your handouts. You will have periodic binder checks, so keep it organized and bring it to class daily. Any size is fine, and please feel free to recycle an old binder or share a binder with another class.
Tab 1: Reference
Tab 2: Grammar/Vocabulary
Tab 3: Unit 1 (This will become unit 3 in the 2nd semester.)
Tab 4: Unit 2 (This will become unit 4 in the 2nd semester. At the end of the semester, you’ll recycle what you don’t need and “archive” under Reference the documents you should keep so you can refer to them later.)
Single subject notebook for daily warm ups--nothing huge or fancy. These can be purchased for under $1. Feel free to recycle an old one.
3. Earbuds (not airpods or headphones). You’ll need these for membean, Achieve 3000, and other listening activities like watching a TED talk or an edpuzzle. I also have headphones to borrow.
4. Some loose leaf paper--just a small chunk that you can replenish throughout the year as needed
5. Some post-its--just a small chunk you can cut into strips to mark passages in the texts we read
You don’t have to drag the binder home daily. Ideally, you’d use your locker to store it.
All handouts are hole-punched and labeled, so you can easily file them away. Lost handouts will result in a penalty in the preparedness/participation category.
For information about class rules and procedures including mobile devices, class procedures, and grading, click on Class Expectations button below.
Guiding Principles for Success
Be self-aware.
Treat everyone with respect.
Listen actively and attentively.
Use your resources.
Always try.
Achieve 3000 is a computer-based reading program that reaches every student at their own level. You will receive reading materials that are not too easy nor too difficult, but are at just the right level to help increase your literacy skills.
You’ll complete a lexile level set (ungraded reading test) early 1st quarter which generates a lexile number that corresponds to your reading comprehension skill level. Please give this level set your best effort. You’ll complete a mid-year and final level assessment, as well, so you can see how much your reading skills are growing.
In Achieve, you will complete reading “activities” (these may include a pre-reading poll, multiple choice questions, short response, and post reading poll). The target score on the first try of the multiple choice questions is 75%. Once you start scoring 88% and 100% consistently, Achieve moves you to the next reading band to help stretch your skills; these adjustments will occur throughout the year.You may score lower when this adjustment first happens, and that is okay! This push upwards helps you to continue to grow as readers.
We do not use Achieve 3000 to penalize students in Gradebook for their reading levels. You will earn points for your completion and effort on the “first try” of activities.
To better understand what your score means in terms of college and career readiness, click here.