ENGLISH 9

CLASS INFO

English 9H

Welcome to your freshman year and English class!

This course is designed to take you on both a personal and academic journey. By opening your mind and putting in honest effort, you will find success and growth along your path.

All assignments will be posted on Google Classroom. You are expected to check the Classroom daily for reminders, due dates, and digital copies.

This year in literature, you will meet characters who

Face and navigate expectations from parents, peers, and society.
Trek far and wide in their search home and wholeness.
Overcome obstacles with outside help in addition to their own strength.

This year in writing, you will

Compose personal narratives, poems, essays, and creative free writes.
Develop and support arguments & opinions with MLA cited evidence.
Hone your VOICE and expand your confidence on the page

Let the journey begin!

Supply List

Composition book
Chromebook is used frequently, so please have it charged!
Pens/pencils
Highlighter
Small & large Post Its - for annotating texts and gathering ideas to share
A 1" binder or accordion folder with space for handouts and loose-leaf paper
PHONES are not a supply

Grading

Weighted 1x: quizzes, homework, classwork
Weighted 2-3x: tests, projects, outside reading assessments, process writing or literary analysis responses

Holistic grading (based on overall quality/effort)
Rubrics with specific expectations and guidelines
Point system

Homework & CLASSWORK

Assignments are meant to build and develop analysis and writing skills or prepare you for a future class discussion/project.
Assignments are posted on the white board and on Google Classroom.
If you lose handouts or are absent, you can find them on Google Classroom.
Homework is on time when it is present/ handed in at the beginning of class or by GC due date. For hand-written assignments: If I cannot read it, I will not accept it!

Late Work and Zeros

One day late on hw without communication will be scored no higher than 85%.
Super late work will be scored no higher than 75%.
Late work will not be accepted after the 5 week progress report. We move forward!
For projects and extended writing assignments, it is -10 points every day that it is late.

Classroom expectations

ABSENCES

Check Google Classroom or contact me directly.
When you return to class, check the folders located in the front of the room.
If you have been absent for an extended period of time, see/email me.

Procedures

Arrive to class on time. If you are late, you will need a pass.
Sharpen pencils and get pens out at the beginning of class. If you need to throw something out, wait until an appropriate time (NOT during a lesson).
Bathroom breaks will be taken at the beginning or end of the period.
Upon your arrival, look for your “Do Now” task.

Conduct

Above all else, conduct yourselves with integrity. Have respect for yourself, others, and the space we are in.
Unacceptable behavior includes anything that interrupts the teaching and learning process.

Some examples: Continuous talking, phone use in class, abusive or offensive language (slurs, stereotypes, or any other derogatory language) and/or indecent gestures, and throwing objects in class.

Cell Phones: They are away and silent. Consequences for having one out during the lesson & work period are contact parent and referral.

When a substitute is present

You are to treat them with respect. They will be guests here in your home. Your job is to do the work that has been left for you and be productive in my absence.

Extras

HAND IN WORK THAT YOU ARE PROUD OF...not work you have copied, rushed, or cared nothing about.

COMMUNICATION IS KEY! I will treat you as the young adults that you are, and in turn, you are expected to treat your education with this level of maturity.

I will do my absolute best every day. This does not mean I will always have the perfect lesson or get all papers graded the next day. This means I will give it my all and will be honest with you about any changes I need to make in the curriculum or grades that will take some extra time.

I will set up the learning space and the opportunity for growth; however, it is the work you put in that will determine what you will get out.

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